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Custody Part 2: VAWA Confidentiality and Family Courts
This workshop for NIWAP’s national conference in New Orleans provided on information about implementing case strategies when opposing party seeks VAWA confidentiality protected information, submitting motions, making arguments, and introducing evidence in support of a motion, and filing and winning motions.
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Creative Language Access Advocacy: Removing Language as a Barrier to Justice in Rural and Urban Communities
These slides were presented by Detective Shelli Sonnenberg, Olga Trujillo, and Cannon Han at the Community of Responders: A Holistic Approach to Working with Immigrant Survivors of Abuse in New Orleans, LA on July 29, 2015. This presentation discussed how to build community resources for suvivors who are Limited English Proficiency (LEP) and to find…
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Creative Remedies: Obtaining Economic Support for Victims in Family Court
This training provided guidance for advocates on giving economic assistance to immigrant survivors of domestic violence. It highlighted economic barriers faced by immigrant survivors. The training covered how to prove income for undocumented parents, the use of wage withholding, and the enforceability of support orders regardless of immigration status. It addressed the relationship between child…
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Complex Issues that May Arise When Filing a U Visa Application: Inadmissibility, Derivative Applications, and Waitlists
These slides were presented by Edna Yang and Mercedes V. Lorduy at the Community of Responders: A Holistic Approach to Working with Immigrant Survivors of Abuse in New Orleans, LA on July 30, 2015. It trained participants on identifying early the problems with U Visa applications and how to respond.
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Community of Responders: A Holistic Approach to Working with Immigrant Survivors of Abuse
These slides were presented by Leslye Orloff and Olga Trujillo at the Community of Responders: A Holistic Approach to Working with Immigrant Survivors of Abuse in New Orleans, LA on July 29, 2015.
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Civil Protection Orders and Immigrant Victims
This presentation discusses civil protection orders as creative remedies for harm, the role of judges in protecting immigrant victims from violation of protection orders, and ways to identify the primary aggressor when an order is sought against a victim or both parties.
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Building Law Enforcement Capacity to Serve Immigrant Victims
This presentation from the September 20-21 training in New Orleans, Louisiana trained participants on understanding of the U-visa certification process, identifying barriers that prevent immigrants from cooperating and the challenges to signing a U Visa certification.
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Bridging the Gap Building Partnerships – How Law Enforcement and Advocates Can Work Together on U Visa Certifications
These slides were presented by Michael LaRiviere, Rocio Molina and Aparna Bhattacharyya at the Community of Responders: A Holistic Approach to Working with Immigrant Survivors of Abuse in New Orleans, LA on July 30, 2015. It trained participants on collaborative working with local law enforcement.
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Anticipating and Protecting Immigrant Survivors’ Privacy Interests
This presentation from the Victims Right’s Law Center discusses why and how immigrant survivors’ privacy needs are important, identifies risks to avoid, summarizes survivors’ privacy rights under VAWA, and shares tips for protecting survivors’ privacy interests.
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Affidavits of Support and Divorce Cases
This training empowers judges to use affidavits of support and supporting documentation to accurately assess ability to pay and to support immigrant victims in divorce proceedings.
National Immigrant Women's Advocacy Project