2nd Friday, Monthly
10:00am-Noon

The Ripple Project is pleased to extend an invitation to those providing sexual assault, domestic violence, crime victims’ advocacy and prevention services within culturally specific communities to join in Community Voices Advisory Network.

Meetings occur on the 2nd Friday of each month.

Gatherings enable us to:

Build connections and a sense of community among members,

Identify strategies to ensure culturally and linguistically based survivors’ support services are more widely accessible to participant’s community members.

Track progress toward “transform[ation of] the sexual assault services delivery system so that inclusion, diversity, and multicultural [humility] become a justice imperative. ”

Discuss the ongoing statewide funding reallocation process and other changes at the state level (availability of training, consideration of any potential changes/updates to Culturally Specific and Native American Sexual Assault Service Standards, etc.)

The purpose of Community Voices is to strengthen, at a statewide level, the network of people who have lived experience as members of and who are providing services within culturally specific communities across Washington State.

The goal of Community Voices is accessible, culturally responsive services to all victims/survivors of sexual violence and other tools of oppression.

Participants in Community Voices shall receive training certification for equivalent hours for continuing education as required by Culturally Specific Sexual Assault Services Standards.