NDCAWS/CASAND
3rd Annual
Unity Month Conference
Roots of Change:
Growing Strong for 30 Years
Doublewood Inn – Bismarck
October 1-3, 2008
Our Mission
The mission of NDCAWS/CASAND is to provide leadership and support in the identification, intervention, and prevention of domestic and sexual violence.
Goals
- Prepare the organization NDCAWS/CASAND for changing needs in society.
- Strengthen the NDCAWS/CASAND coalition, strengthen support for local
programs and agencies that provide direct service, and energize program
leaders through systematic professional development.
- Raise state-wide and region-wide awareness of domestic violence and sexual
assault by promoting the NDCAWS/CASAND statement of values to the community
and region.
- Advocate, sponsor and create appropriate legislation.
- Identify and address gaps in service.
- Improve the stability of member programs and for NDCAWS/CASAND through the
development of financial opportunity.
- NDCAWS/CASAND will be a source of information and training, across the state
and region, on issues of domestic violence and sexual assault.
- Improve the communication between NDCAWS/CASAND and member programs through
the development of communication guidelines.
- Raise statewide visibility of the Council on Abused Women’s
Services/Coalition Against Sexual Assault.
- Monitor and evaluate the status of goals in the five year strategic plan.
Our Ambition and Vision
- educating stakeholders, by unifying programs and leadership, and
creating public policy
- challenging ideas and attitudes that perpetuate violence
- promoting safety, peace, and respect for all people
- building a legacy of healthy communicates with an emphasis on people
- uniting stakeholders in purposeful action by promoting the
recognition of domestic violence and sexual assault as an important
societal priority
- demonstrating that all people have a stake in the issues of domestic
violence and sexual assault
What You Can Do
- Call your local domestic violence or sexual assault program to learn
about their volunteer needs
- Raise awareness in your own profession, organization, family and
friendship circles
- Educate yourself
- Donate time, money, other resources, special skills
- Become involved in political/social action which promotes victim
rights and offender accountability
- Be there for a friend who may be a victim or perpetrator; learn how
to intervene or refer effectively to helping networks
- Be a vocal proponent of services for victims in your community.
- Teach respect and non-violence to the young people in your life –
especially by being a good role model of those values.
