2023 Statewide Domestic Violence Annual Virtual Conference

Building Together, Moving Forward

The Florida Domestic Violence Collaborative in collaboration with the Florida Department of Children and Families will hold the annual virtual conference on April 26, 2023, from 9:30 AM EST to 5:30 PM EST.

The purpose of the annual conference is to deepen the skills and knowledge of those who support survivors, hold perpetrators accountable and work to end domestic violence. The conference will focus on four objectives to achieve this:

1.    Acknowledging our Past / Re-Storying the Movement with Cultural Humility

2.    Affirming our Strengths

3.    Deepening our Commitment (Advanced Advocacy, Equity & Advocacy) and accelerating our impact urgency

4.    Sustaining our Efforts (Self & Collective Care, Multi-Sector/Discipline Collaborations)

FLDVC is seeking workshops that will engage advocates, community-based organizations, legal and court systems, child welfare, and other service providers that support survivors of domestic violence, hold perpetrators accountable and/or work to prevent domestic violence. Workshops will be 70 minutes long. Priority will be given to workshops that fit one or more of the conference themes.

We welcome responses until COB November 22, 2022. Submissions received after this date will not be considered. You may expect a response to all submissions by December 8, 2022.

After workshops are selected, FLDVC will reach out to all applicants. Funding is available to pay presenters. Selected presenters will be asked about their financial needs after acceptance of their application so that money does not influence the decision. However, FLDVC reserves the right to negotiate costs, and the presenter reserves the right to decline to present.

Workshops will have automatic transcription provided by the Zoom platform, ASL and Spanish language interpretation. Additional access needs are available to presenters and attendees upon request. To request accommodations in completing the Request for Proposals contact FLDVConference@CASAPinellas.org. Accepted applicants will be asked about their access needs upon acceptance.

Proposals must include:

  • Workshop Title

  • Intended Audience(s)

    • For example: Advocates, Supervisors, Leadership, Child Welfare, Court Systems, Law Enforcement, Housing, or other community participants

  • Presenter(s) Information:

    • Name, Pronouns (if any), Title and Organization (if applicable)

    • Brief Bio

      • If selected this may be used in the conference program to describe workshops

  • Workshop Description

    • If selected this may be used in the conference program to describe workshops.

  • Which of the 4 themes does this presentation address?  More than one theme can be addressed by same presentation.

  • Learning Objectives and Outcomes

  • Detailed Description of Presentation Method(s)

    • This may be done by providing a written description of the presentation style, sharing an outline, slides, or other supporting materials, or in another manner

  • Expertise – What experience do you have presenting training?  Tell us about your level of expertise in the subject area and ability to communicate with the audience.

  • What are the steps you take to make your materials accessible?

    • Prioritize culturally specific organizations. In what ways does your workshop support communities that may have been historically underserved, inadequately served, or unserved?

Workshops will be selected from proposals submitted in this process based on scoring according to the criteria below. Workshops will also be selected so that there is a diversity of information covered and audiences addressed.

1.    Alignment with conference objectives/goals

2.    Ability to speak to unmet needs

3.    Relevance to the field

4.    Engagement/Innovation

5.    ADA Compliance (include link to VERA Institute)

To submit a proposal, you may do any one of the following:

For more information, please feel free to contact FLDVConference@CASAPinellas.org. We look forward to hearing from you!