MOmentum for Change: Voices of the Missouri Movement – Détails, épisodes et analyse

MOCADSV will host a Biannual Statewide Conference in Columbia, Missouri on November 6-8, 2024. The Conference brings advocates and allied professionals together to build relationships, strengthen networks, and learn innovative approaches to supporting survivors of domestic and sexual violence. Join MOCADSV members and Conference presenters Jessica Hill, Emily Stoinski, and Andrea Raya for a discussion of their highly anticipated workshop sessions as well as highlights from past MOCADSV Conferences and thoughts on what they are looking forward to this year.

Register for the Conference here and contact MOCADSV with additional questions.  

Content warning: Some episodes of MOmentum for Change have conversations that include content and descriptions of domestic and sexual violence, which may be alarming or activating for some listeners. Please take care and visit the MOCADSV Directory at www.mocadsv.org to connect with supportive services.

The Children's Division of The Missouri Department of Social Services launched their Family-Centered Services program to connect families with resources and prevent children from being placed in foster care, when possible. On this episode of MOmentum for Change, Judge Darrell Missey, the Director of Children's Division, talks about the state of child welfare that inspired these services, efforts that result in meaningful change, and the important role that domestic and sexual violence agencies play in this proactive, preventative process. 

Notes: 

• A Plan to Rebuild and Reform Children’s Division: https://dss.mo.gov/cd/docs/A-plan-to-Rebuild-and-Reform-Childrens-Division.pdf

Content warning: some episodes of MOmentum for Change have conversations that include content and descriptions of domestic and sexual violence, which may be alarming or activating for some listeners. Please take care and visit the MOCADSV Directory at www.mocadsv.org to connect with supportive services.

In this episode of MOmentum, MOCADSV Partnership Development Specialists, Sammie Jurado and Ashlea Whaley, discuss the role that community partnerships play in building organizational capacity for responding to and preventing domestic and sexual violence. Members of MOCADSV are welcome to attend the November/December 2023 Regional Meetings to continue the conversation about partnership development. Contact MOCADSV at 888-666-1911 for Regional Meeting dates, times, and locations.

The state of Missouri now recognizes the third Saturday of October as Domestic Violence Awareness Day. In this "minisode" of MOmentum, Bran-dee Jelks, Program Director at Diamond Divas Empowerment Foundation and Representative Chantelle Nixon-Clark discuss their efforts to establish Domestic Violence Awareness Day in Missouri.

In recognition of Domestic Violence Awareness Month, the October episode of MOmentum explores the issue of domestic violence and the impact it has on survivors' maternal health. Join Huvona Watkins, Executive Director at Almost Home and Sarah Ehrhard Reid, Chief, Office on Women’s Health at the Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services for a discussion of The Missouri Pregnancy Associated Mortality Review 2018-2020 Annual Report, the role that doulas can play in supporting survivors of violence, and other recommendations that address maternal mortality in Missouri.

Find the full report along with additional resources on the DHSS website at https://health.mo.gov/data/pamr/.  

Find more information about opportunities for domestic violence shelters to partner with doulas at https://vawnet.org/material/birth-doulas-and-shelter-advocates-creating-partnerships-and-building-capacity

In this "Mini-sode", a shorter episode of MOmentum, Corina Merritt from the YWCA in St. Joseph and Cara Jones from MOCADSV, discuss the National Sexual Assault Conference (NSAC) and how they were inspired by other passionate advocates working across the country to prevent violence and support survivors of sexual assault. 

Corina mentions the U.S. National Plan to End Gender-Based Violence, which  is available at https://www.whitehouse.gov/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/National-Plan-to-End-GBV.pdf.

New Missouri laws that passed in the 2023 legislative session went into effect on August 28, 2023. In this episode of MOmentum, MOCADSV’s Chief Public Affairs Officer, Matthew Huffman, and Partnership Development Coordinator, Sammie Jurado discuss developments in Missouri law and the impact on survivors of violence and communities throughout the state.

In this episode, we speak with Jennifer Delp, Program Specialist for TeleSANE at the Department of Health and Senior Services, Office on Women's Health. Jennifer talks about her passion for supporting survivors, discusses the MOCADSV Sexual Assault Services Enhancement Summit, and provides an update on the rollout of SANE Telehealth in Missouri. For more information, see the DHSS website at or contact Jennifer at Jennifer.Delp@health.mo.gov.

In the episode, we talk to Hayden Dugger, Mrs. Missouri American, about  her platform of "Survivors to Thrivers: Ending the Cycle of Domestic Violence" and her mission to increase awareness about domestic violence throughout Missouri.

For June, MOmentum featured two guests and members of the MOCADSV Public Policy Committee Erin Barger and Meghann Kosman.  Erin, Meghann, and Nora discuss the 2023 Missouri Legislative Session along with some exciting developments that came out of it.  

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