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Hey there, financial equity enthusiasts and champions of change! Ever wonder what sexual and intimate partner violence prevention and economic justice have in common? Quite a lot. From Delaware’s coalition efforts to California’s new strides in paid family leave, initiatives across the board reveal the strong ties between financial stability and safe, thriving communities. Join us as we dive into economic justice, where local organizations, big corporations, and everyone in between are rewriting the rules for a more equitable society. Get ready to lift the curtain on how financial security acts as a superhero cape against violence and what we can all do to bolster this in our own backyards! Let’s break it down, shake it up, and build a future where prosperity and safety go hand in hand. Check out our prevention playlist of our top 9 favorite resources below!
- Delaware Coalition Against Domestic Violence
- This paper discusses how different groups, such as local organizations, big companies, workplaces, and industries, can consider making rules that help everyone have fair economic opportunities. It also suggests changing rules that prevent people from being prosperous, secure, and safe at work and in their communities. The goal of publishing this paper is to make more people aware of economic fairness and to help them understand it better. Puede encontrar el artículo en español haciendo clic AQUÍ.
- LIFT’s Model and Two-Generation Prevention of Intimate Partner Violence
- LIFT Los Angeles’s programming aims to reduce generational poverty by supporting parents’ financial strength, well-being, and social connection.
- Financial Security for Violence Prevention
- This is a great web conference we held with Sharon Lim from FreeFrom, an antiviolence organization that focuses on economic security as a protective factor against violence. There are things agencies can do to support economic security for survivors and things to consider when supporting survivors.
- PreventConnect Centering Survivors for Transformative Change: Exploring Economic Supports to prevent sexual and intimate partner violence.
- This is a web conference hosted by VALOR’s national project, PreventConnect, about projects that aim to strengthen support for survivors through economic justice and financial security.
- CDPH What’s Economics Got to Do with It Infographic
- Resource on the connection to economic justice and violence prevention for California.
- Implementing Paid Family Leave across California: Strengthening Economic Supports to Prevent Multiple forms of violence (California Work & Family Coalition and the California Partnership to End Domestic Violence)
- This report describes the partnership between two organizations to improve access to paid family leave with evidence that paid parental leave can support reductions in domestic partner violence. Their statewide prevention program affirmed the link between paid parental leave and the opportunity for financial independence for those in unhealthy relationships to gain economic security.
- Before and Beyond Crisis: What Each of Us Can Do to Create a Long-Term Ecosystem of Support for Survivors (FreeFrom)
- This report examines how the US infrastructure has failed survivors and how we can work in anti-violence to address the intersections of financial harm and economic security.
- Prioritizing Security in the Movement to End of IPV: A Roadmap (FreeFrom)
- This report shows what will enable staff working in anti-violence to prioritize client economic security and what building a financial work framework would look like.
- How are Income and Wealth Linked to Health and Longevity? (Center on Society and Health)
- Check out this brief from the Urban Institute and the Center on Society and Health on how income might impact a person’s health and wellness. This brief examines economic insecurity, education gaps, and other factors impacting Americans’ health and lifespan.
BONUS RESOURCE: Join the Partnership and VALOR for the Economic Justice Peer Learning Circle (PLC) that gathers Preventionists around California to discuss and explore things like the history of the economic justice movement in California, the current policies and programs that address the intersections of economic justice and sexual and intimate partner violence, and how to advance violence prevention work to address economic justice as a protective factor in organizations and prevention program implementation. To register for the upcoming Economic Justice PLCs, go HERE.
