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1 in 3 Women, 1 in 4 Men
Experience rape, physical violence, and/or stalking by an intimate partner in their lifetime. (U.S. stats)
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Wondering what to do? If you've seen signs of this behavior and you want to know how to help your employee, keep reading... Call or chat with the National Domestic Violence Hotline at 800-799-7233 or https://www.thehotline.org/ anytime! Tell them your relationship to potential victim-survivor and they'll provide expert, confidential information. They don't report to any authorities - they just help.
Wondering what to tell the employee? If you're concerned about what you would do if you thought but weren't sure, keep reading... Click the link below for your strategy call with us! We can get you set with training on exactly how to do this.
DV has been making company decisions for you up until now
DV - Know Your Enemy
Definition: DV/DA/IPV (Domestic violence/abuse or Intimate partner violence): A pattern of behavior by a current or former partner to gain or maintain power and control.
Little Known Fact: DV is the #1 health issue for Black women—addressing it is key to improving outcomes
Types:
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Coercive control - A form of emotional abuse where abusers use subtle behaviors, like body language or actions, to intimidate and control victims, creating fear of punishment for non-compliance. Reliable indicator for homicide. Download 8-Stage DV Timeline fact sheet
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Stalking (digital or physical) - Repeated physical or digital harassment, monitoring, or threats—chances for homicide increase by 3x when it is present. Download the fact sheet
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Sexual abuse/coercion - Pressuring or coercing unwanted sexual activity, including reproductive sabotage
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Financial/Economical - Control, sabotage, or blocking access to finances or financial stability
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Image-based sexual assault - Sharing private sexual pictures or videos without consent, often to get back at or control someone. Formerly called revenge porn
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Religious/Spiritual - Manipulating, controlling, or shaming a partner using their religious or spiritual beliefs, or preventing them from practicing their faith
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Emotional or Verbal - Behaviors like name-calling, controlling, isolating, humiliating, gaslighting, threatening, or damaging belongings to control or frighten you
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Physical - Hitting, choking, slapping, using weapons, restricting food/sleep, preventing emergency help, harming children/pets, reckless driving, or trapping you
Meet Our Re-Entry Resource
Latisha Williams knows reeentry is more than incarceration—it's much more
Our Co-CEO is a domestic violence and justice-involved survivor, national reentry coordinator and advisor who also believes in shifting outcomes for Black women—knowing they are disproportionately represented in justice-involvement and domestic violence—and revolutionizing the methods and approaches systems utilize to serve them.
Latisha's experience in the reentry realm has taught her that reentry is more than incarceration; it encompasses exiting rehabilitation centers, shelter living, transitional housing, even reentering the job market. Essentially, reentry is leaving any environment no longer conducive to one's future. Currently, Latisha's next focus is helping employers understand how to identify and recruit the subgroups within reentry who are high performers, and utilize stable state and federal programs that improve their workforce and increase their profitability.
Latisha's work in navigating parole and probation, medical transportation and Medicaid navigation, onsite housing and property management has given her unmatched expertise in discovering critcal pathways to accessing care, safe environments, as well as guiding people and systems in most effective ways to accommodate complex systems like relocation support, transitions from domestic violence shelters, efficient, culturally-informed stabilization.
Latisha has been doing this work since 2021 and has extraordinary skill incorporating trauma-informed, culturally-infused solutions while maintaining efficient and effective systems. As a logged more than 2,750 hours of field research on trauma-informed, culturally-infused care. As a certified SMART Facilitator and CCAR Trainer, she’s brought those insights into the operations of agencies and systems statewide—showing up as an innovative thought leader who paints a different picture on what productive reentry solutions look like.
Selected Training & Projects
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2025 Created and delivered presentations ICIW (Iowa Correctional Institution for Women) and Fresh Start to connect justice-involved women and staff to effective reentry recovery services
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2024-25 Forged new access points from recovery meetings to carceral and transitional spaces, broadening access for individuals in recovery
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2022-24 Streamlined process to connect unhoused individuals to supportive housing from 8 weeks to 3 weeks
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2021-24 Created a Medicaid navigation resource guide for reentry persons to utilize to efficiently access medical transportation