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About the Program
Thought Leadership
The Allstate Foundation Domestic Violence Program supports domestic abuse advocates and service providers through national conferences, lobbying efforts and research. These include:
National Economic Empowerment Conference
Decade for Change
Congressional Briefing
Catastrophe Planning for Domestic Violence Advocates Summit
Survivor Leadership Retreat
View a Slideshow of our recent events.
National Economic Empowerment Conference
The Allstate Foundation Domestic Violence Program and the National Network to End Domestic Violence Fund will host the 2007 National Economic Empowerment Conference in Chicago, IL on October 8-10. The 2006 National Economic Empowerment Conference took place in Washington, D.C.. This annual event brings together hundreds of domestic abuse advocates and thought leaders to discuss the significant barriers domestic abuse survivors face in achieving economic autonomy.
Topics discussed during the 2006 conference included:
- Economic advocacy, including how to frame the issue, critical questions to consider, and highlights of state and local service provider work;
- Career building within traditional and non-traditional job markets;
- Economic strategies and asset building with survivors of domestic violence;
- Micro-enterprise, and entrepreneurial programs;
- Personal financial management sessions;
- Working with diverse populations; and
- Economic justice policy issues.
View a Slideshow of our recent events.
Decade for Change
The Allstate Foundation Domestic Violence program is partnering with the National Domestic Violence Hotline to host Decade for Change, which brings together thought leaders for a series of workshops to discuss and develop goals and strategies to help end domestic violence in the United States during the next 10 years. The Decade for Change kick-off took place on October 4, 2006 at the White
House Summit.
The goal of the Decade for Change is to measurably reduce domestic violence by the year 2016 and support public awareness initiatives of the National Domestic Violence Hotline (NDVH). Through its Decade for Change Summit meetings, the NDVH brought together over 100 representatives from key sectors to outline a coordinated, united national effort to reach this goal. Together, the Summit panelists developed a series of recommendations critical to stemming domestic violence in this country. The panel is in the process of developing approaches, strategies and statewide action plans to implement outcomes on a community level
Congressional Briefing
The Allstate Foundation and the National Network to End Domestic Violence Fund hosted a briefing during Lifetime Entertainment's Stop Violence Against Women Week 2006 in Washington, D.C. The briefing illustrated the importance of economic empowerment funding for survivors of domestic abuse.
Speakers included representatives from Allstate Insurance Company and NNEDV; a survivor, who told her story and described the assistance she received from a program funded by The Allstate Foundation; Connie Moore, Georgia Coalition Against Domestic Violence, who discussed the coalition's Ways to Work program; Sherri Salvione, New York Coalition Against Domestic Violence, who presented ways her organization supports immigrant women; and Merni Carter, Louisiana Coalition Against Domestic Violence, who discussed Surviving in Times of Catastrophes.
View a Slideshow of our recent events.
Catastrophe Planning for Domestic Violence Advocates Summit
The Allstate Foundation and the National Network to End Domestic Violence Fund hosted a catastrophe planning summit in Houston on April 25, 2006. It brought together nationally recognized domestic abuse experts and coalition leaders to:
- Share best practices
- Identify challenges
- Present legal advocacy issues
- Assist advocates and service providers in preparing and implementing strategies during times of natural or manmade catastrophes
They were joined by Harris County, Texas, Judge William Eckels who presented the keynote address, and members of the Allstate Insurance Company National Catastrophe Team for a presentation on how Allstate handles initial catastrophe responses and continues critical business processes after a disaster strikes. Here is a series of white boards (this document in .pdf format 
) from the summit: Catastorphe Databases and Websites, Emergency: Planning for families, Legal Advocacy, Key Lessons 1, Key Lessons 2, Planning to Respond
and Responding to the Unexpected.
Survivor Leadership Retreat
The Survivor Leadership Retreat held December 7–9 in San Diego, CA, brought together 25 women from across the country from a Survivors Speakers' Bureau. The Retreat focused on economic independence and cultivating personal leadership skills to help the survivors carry their message to other victims in need.
