The Domestic Abuse Women\u2019s Network (DAWN) has been selected by the U.S. Department of Justice, Office on Violence Against Women to participate in the national Advocacy Learning Center.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n
The Advocacy Learning Center (ALC) is offered by Praxis International and Manavi in partnership with the Office on Violence Against Women. The 18-month course is designed to strengthen how advocacy programs engage with survivors, address institutional responses to violence against women, and involve the community in ending violence.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n
Peg Coleman, DAWN’s executive director, Kellie Rogers, community advocacy program manager, and Elida Trujillo, immigrant survivors advocate will take part in three in-person events and participate in numerous distance learning activities.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n
DAWN, which recently moved its office from Tukwila to Kent, is one of 15 programs selected for this session of the class and will join 236 programs and 627 advocates who have participated in the ALC.The Centers for Disease Control reports that one in five women will be sexually assaulted in her lifetime and one in three women will be a victim of domestic violence. The programs participating in the ALC are working to end sexual assault, domestic violence, dating violence, stalking, prostitution and human trafficking.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n
DAWN is the largest provider of comprehensive domestic violence services including 24-hour Advocacy & Crisis Line and emergency shelter for domestic violence victims in South King County.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n