MOmentum for Change: Voices of the Missouri Movement

Send us Fan Mail The Missouri Battered Women’s Clemency Coalition, also known as the Missouri Clemency Project, launched in 1999, and remains an important part of the Missouri movement’s history. Join Amy Lorenz-Moser for a discussion of the 25th Anniversary of the project and her decades-long work to obtain clemency for incarcerated survivors of violence.  Notes: • The Perfect Victim: https://www...

Send us Fan Mail The Missouri 2024 legislative session came to a close last month, on May 17th. In this episode of MOmentum for Change, MOCADSV Public Policy Committee members, Dr. Sara Brammer, Vice President of Family Violence Services at Synergy Services and Jessica Woolbright, Executive Director at Saint Martha’s discuss their passion for public policy, notable victories from this legislative...

Send us Fan Mail Civic engagement provides multiple opportunities for advocates to empower survivors and impact positive change throughout the community. Join MOCADSV staff, Sammie Jurado and Matthew Huffman for a discussion about the intersection of civic engagement and advocacy, voting resources that are available to survivors, and thoughts on how domestic and sexual violence advocacy organizati...

Send us Fan Mail Join MOCADSV for a conversation with a true Missouri hero, Lisa Saylor, who shares her inspiring story of hope, survival, and healing. She speaks to the power that survivors have to make change, in their own lives as well as in the state Legislature, and reminds us that we all have an important role to play in supporting survivors and ending domestic and sexual violence.  As Lisa...

Send us Fan Mail Dr. Gloria Johnson is the Founder and CEO of Life Source Consultants in St. Louis, MO. She started the organization over 30 years ago with a $100 check donated to the organization from her husband, Louis. Join MOCADSV for a celebration of Women’s History Month as Dr. Johnson reflects on the history of her organization and shares her hopes and dreams for the future. Find I Cried Al...

Send us Fan Mail In recognition of National Teen Dating Violence Awareness Month, we discuss the intersection of teen dating violence and strangulation for February’s episode of Momentum for Change: Voices of the Missouri Movement. In this episode, Cara Jones, MOCADSV Member Services Specialist, talks about the dynamics of strangulation in teen relationships, barriers to supporting survivors, and...

Send us Fan Mail In recognition of National Stalking Awareness Month, MOCADSV is joined by Dana Fleitman, the Training and Awareness Specialist at the Stalking Prevention and Awareness Resource Center (SPARC). Dana talks about how SPARC defines stalking, common dynamics, and the role that awareness plays in preventing stalking and supporting victims. She also talks about National Stalking Awarenes...

Send us Fan Mail Stephanie Taksel and Becky Beck from DeafLEAD discuss Trauma Center Trauma-Sensitive Yoga (TCTSY), its foundation in evidence-based research, and how it empowers survivors and supports healing after experiencing trauma. They also discuss how TCTSY can benefit staff at domestic and sexual violence advocacy organizations and their hopes for making TCTSY available to advocates, survi...

Send us Fan Mail In this episode of MOmentum, MOCADSV Partnership Development Specialists, Sammie Jurado and Ashlea Whaley, discuss the role that community partnerships play in building organizational capacity for responding to and preventing domestic and sexual violence. Members of MOCADSV are welcome to attend the November/December 2023 Regional Meetings to continue the conversation about partne...

Send us Fan Mail The state of Missouri now recognizes the third Saturday of October as Domestic Violence Awareness Day. In this "minisode" of MOmentum, Bran-dee Jelks, Program Director at Diamond Divas Empowerment Foundation and Representative Chantelle Nixon-Clark discuss their efforts to establish Domestic Violence Awareness Day in Missouri.

Send us Fan Mail In recognition of Domestic Violence Awareness Month, the October episode of MOmentum explores the issue of domestic violence and the impact it has on survivors' maternal health. Join Huvona Watkins, Executive Director at Almost Home and Sarah Ehrhard Reid, Chief, Office on Women’s Health at the Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services for a discussion of The Missouri...

Send us Fan Mail In this "Mini-sode", a shorter episode of MOmentum, Corina Merritt from the YWCA in St. Joseph and Cara Jones from MOCADSV, discuss the National Sexual Assault Conference (NSAC) and how they were inspired by other passionate advocates working across the country to prevent violence and support survivors of sexual assault.  Corina mentions the U.S. National Plan to End Gen...

Send us Fan Mail New Missouri laws that passed in the 2023 legislative session went into effect on August 28, 2023. In this episode of MOmentum, MOCADSV’s Chief Public Affairs Officer, Matthew Huffman, and Partnership Development Coordinator, Sammie Jurado discuss developments in Missouri law and the impact on survivors of violence and communities throughout the state.

Send us Fan Mail In this episode, we speak with Jennifer Delp, Program Specialist for TeleSANE at the Department of Health and Senior Services, Office on Women's Health. Jennifer talks about her passion for supporting survivors, discusses the MOCADSV Sexual Assault Services Enhancement Summit, and provides an update on the rollout of SANE Telehealth in Missouri. For more information, see the...

Send us Fan Mail In the episode, we talk to Hayden Dugger, Mrs. Missouri American, about  her platform of "Survivors to Thrivers: Ending the Cycle of Domestic Violence" and her mission to increase awareness about domestic violence throughout Missouri.

Send us Fan Mail For June, MOmentum featured two guests and members of the MOCADSV Public Policy Committee Erin Barger and Meghann Kosman.  Erin, Meghann, and Nora discuss the 2023 Missouri Legislative Session along with some exciting developments that came out of it.   ....... Join us each month at for MOmentum Live hosted by MOCADSV on our Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/MOCADSV/

Send us Fan Mail We're changing things up a bit! Join our new host, Nora Mosby, Members Services Specialist at MOCADSV, in this month's episode.  For April, MOmentum featured two guests and founders of the Missouri Chapter of the International Association of Forensic Nurses (IAFN), Natalie Maupin,  Forensic Program Coordinator from Mosaic Life Care, and Jennifer Sonsiadek, the Clinical F...

Send us Fan Mail For March, MOmentum featured two guests from member agencies. Sara Cooper from MOCSA and Jessica Hill from Safe House of Southeast Missouri. As part of our campaign for Sexual Assault Awareness Month, MOCADSV created a social media toolkit, available for member agencies as well as the general public, to aid with the recruitment of hospital advocate volunteers. Building on that cam...

Send us Fan Mail February's guest is Ashlea Whaley, the Partnership Development Coordinator at MOCADSV. February is Teen Dating Violence Awareness Month, and we will be discussing sexual violence and dating abuse prevention for youth. Links discussed during the live: - State Laws and Policies: Sex and HIV education - https://www.guttmacher.org/state-policy/explore/sex-and-hiv-education  - Sex...

Send us Fan Mail As the legislative session kicks off,  Matthew Huffman, Chief Public Affairs Officer of MOCADSV, Angela Hirsch of RACS, and Jessica Hill of Safe House of Southeast Missouri joined MOmentum Live to talk about supporting survivors through public policy advocacy. Learn more about our public policy advocacy: https://www.mocadsv.org/advocating-for-change/ ....... Join us every last Fri...

Send us Fan Mail December's MOmentum live featured several MOCADSV staff members, Nora Mosby, Erin Chambers, and Zak Wilson, for a recap of our favorite highlights of the year! Links mentioned in live: - Laura van Dernoot Lipsky: https://traumastewardship.com/laura-v... - Future Tripping Podcast: https://traumastewardship.com/podcast/ - Education and training opportunities: https://www.mocads...

Send us Fan Mail Our October event featured Huvona Watkins, MOCADSV's Partnership Development Coordinator, for a discussion on the intersection of HIV and Domestic Violence for Domestic Violence Awareness Month. Links mentioned in live: - https://www.gileadadvancingaccess.com/ - https://health.mo.gov/living/healthco... - https://www.cdc.gov/hiv/default.html - https://www.un.org/en/observances...

Send us Fan Mail Our August event featured MOCADSV's own Matthew Huffman for a discussion on some of the new laws that passed during the 2022 Missouri Legislative Session. Links of interest: - MOCADSV's Public Policy page; find both versions of our New Laws publication here: https://www.mocadsv.org/public-policy/ - MOCADSV's Legislative Archive with the past few years' legislat...

Send us Fan Mail Our September event featured Christina Ford, Founder of the Rebound Foundation, for a discussion on healthy masculinity and the prevention program offered by the Rebound Foundation. Links of interest: - The Rebound Foundation: https://www.thereboundfound.org/ ....... Join us every last Friday of the month at 12pm CST for MOmentum Live hosted by Megan Owens on our Facebook at https...

Send us Fan Mail After a short summer sabbatical, MOmentum Live is back! We rescheduled our June event for a few weeks later, and we appreciate everyone's flexibility. MOCADSV was joined by Clair Antoine from the St. Louis Anti-Violence Project for a conversation on how direct-service agencies can better serve LGBTQ+ survivors of domestic and sexual violence. Link discussed during the live: -...