NYCHA Holds Virtual Domestic Violence Awareness Conference

NYCHA’s Family Partnerships Department (FPD) held two virtual Domestic Violence Awareness Conferences to mark National Domestic Violence Awareness Month in October.

On October 12, FPD hosted its “Queens-Staten Island/Bronx Family Partnerships Domestic and Gender-Based Violence Awareness Conference 2021.” The event opened with a true-or-false quiz about domestic and gender-based violence (see questions and answers below), which was followed by a panel discussion on domestic violence and how NYCHA residents can get assistance in New York City. The expert team of panelists represented the NYC Mayor’s Office to End Domestic and Gender-Based Violence, Safe Horizon, Arab-American Family Support Center, JASA, NYPD PSA 9 Domestic Violence Unit, and NYCHA’s Emergency Transfer Unit. They each informed the audience about the type of support their organizations can provide to people experiencing domestic violence and how the COVID-19 pandemic and staying at home has led to an increase in domestic violence across the city. The event also featured a song, poem reading, and Q&A session.

On October 29, Brooklyn and Manhattan Family Partnerships in partnership with the Voices Committee, The Family Justice Center, and Safe Horizon hosted a virtual conference, “What Survivorship Looks Like.” The event opened with a clip of from the film “What’s Love Got To Do With It” in which Tina Turner leaves Ike Turner followed by questions and discussion about the scene. Keynote speaker was poet and survivor Valencia Daniels who spoke about “What Survivorship Looks Like.” There was also a panel discussion on aftercare for survivors featuring panelists from Safe Horizon, NYC Health + Hospitals, New York City Family Justice Center, ENDGBV Voices Committee survivor-led group.

For a list of domestic violence resources in NYC, visit Resources For Survivors During COVID-19.

Domestic Violence Questions: True or False

Children who experience violence have a lower probability of becoming abusers when they grow up.
True/False

Forcing an elderly person to change his or her final will could be a sign of financial exploitation.
True/False

NYCHA residents can apply for an emergency transfer due to domestic violence without an order of protection.
True/False

1 in 3 girls in the US is a victim of physical, emotional, or verbal abuse from a dating partner.
True/False

Domestic violence occurs only when it becomes physical. It is not about power and control.
True/False

LGBTQ persons fall victim to domestic violence at equal or even higher rates than their heterosexual counterparts.
True/False

If an adult child prevents an elderly parent from socializing or obtaining food, medication, or medical care, one might not consider this elderly abuse.
True/False