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Our Mission

The Colorado Coalition Against Domestic Violence (CCADV) is dedicated to the elimination of domestic violence in all of its forms. We recognize that this requires a fundamental change in society's views of gender and gender roles. Through community education, networking and the empowerment of battered women and children, CCADV serves as a forum for social action and the development of services for battered women and their families by bringing its membership and the community together. CCADV is a diverse network of rural and urban advocates who work together through the coalition to coordinate services, exchange information and work on issues of common concern, thereby providing a unified, statewide environment that will nurture members' local, community-based efforts to stop domestic violence.

Philosophy

  • Our programs support, involve and include domestic violence victims and survivors of all racial, social, ethnic, religious, and economic groups, ages, sexual orientations and gender identities, and women with disabilities.

  • We oppose the use of violence as a means of control.

  • We support equality in relationships and the concept of helping women assume power over their own lives.

  • We strive toward becoming independent, community based groups in which women are major policy and program decision-makers.

  • We must work toward ending racism, homophobia, anti-Semitism, classism, and oppression of all traditionally silenced groups within the domestic violence movement. These oppressions are perpetuated by the same systems that profit by violence against women and children and cannot be separated from the overall mission of the Coalition, for the oppression of one woman is the oppression of all women.

  • We recognize and support efforts of other agencies and individuals in addressing all issues that help to eliminate oppression and societal support of violence.


What We Do

MEMBERSHIP SERVICES

  • Three Statewide Membership Meetings/Trainings each year held in different regions of the state
  • Room, board, travel and registration scholarships to CCADV events and trainings
  • Technical assistance
  • Specialized site visits, providing customized training and TA for staff and board
  • Opportunity for networking and support through CCADV membership listserv, regional meetings, regular updates and correspondence
  • Support for involvement of rural advocates with travel reimbursement, access to teleconferencing, meetings and trainings in all geographic regions and increased use of technology for communication and networking
  • Scholarships for advocates to attend national conferences and trainings
  • Funding to support projects, trainings, and work of CCADV committees

PUBLIC OUTREACH AND EDUCATION

  • Development and distribution of education and referral resources in English and Spanish
  • Free workshops and trainings to community members
  • Distribution of quarterly newsletter
  • Collaborations and partnerships with community-based programs and projects

ADVOCACY

  • Acting as a strong statewide voice for legislation that improves safety and options for victims of domestic violence
  • Safety and Accountability Audits which focus on systems change to increase safety for victims and community accountability for offenders
  • Systems advocacy to improve institutional response to domestic violence
  • Involvement in taskforces, committees and boards to bring the voice of victims/survivors of domestic violence

TRAINING

  • National trainers and facilitators at CCADV events
  • Leadership Institutes for People of Color
  • Annual Statewide Conference

CHILDREN AND YOUTH PROGRAM

  • Provide technical assistance and capacity building concerning children and youth exposed to domestic violence
  • Conduct national research
  • Create partnerships with community youth groups and individuals to effectively bring those underrepresented voices into the coalition
  • Involvement with community and system groups that address children/youth issues
  • Advocate for the development of appropriate responses to children who are exposed to domestic violence

CCADV COMMITTEES

CCADV has a number of standing committees and task forces that support the systems advocacy work of our staff members and that work to assist domestic abuse programs to provide quality programming and services. To learn more about CCADV committees click here.

�2008 Colorado Coalition Against Domestic Violence