New England Domestic Violence Regional Forums

2004
In keeping with the overall vision of expanding our geographic pool, ATASK hosted a Regional Forum on October 29, 2004, with opportunities for information sharing, learning, and skills acquisition. The focus was the intersection and interconnection between domestic violence, health care, and law enforcement, as it specifically relates to and impacts the Asian community. The goal of the forum was to engage in dialogue with law enforcement officials and domestic violence providers, as well as learn about local county and statewide policies, practices and immigration issues that will ultimately end family violence in Asian communities.

2006
On May 5, 2006, the forum focused on "To Desmystify and Embrace the Gray Areas." With over 100 participants, we gathered to:

• Exchange ideas and strategies on the best model of providing services to survivors of family violence and other forms of gender-based violence within immigrant communities...going beyond the mainstream shelter model.
• Engage in discussion around addressing other forms of oppression that immigrant communities face such as racism, anti-immigrant sentiments, classism etc.
• Build a strong network of anti-violence organizations that work with underserved immigrant populations, organize and form strategies on critical issues

Following the May 5th conference, we successfully applied for and received funding from The Boston Foundation to form an immigrant and refugee coalition - The Multicultural Immigrant Coalition Against Violence (MICAV).

2008 Summer
In the summer of 2008, ATASK will bring 2004 and 2006 conferences beyond the region and host a national conference. More details will be posted here soon. Speaker submission will be sent out shortly.

Stay tuned!