Speakers: Bella Book and Arianna Sessoms, Futures Without Violence
In this interactive session, participants will learn how advocates and attorneys can collaborate to leverage pre-existing employment protections for employees who experience sexual assault. This session’s materials will foreground the lived experience of survivors through case studies and real life challenges that survivors have reported when it comes to accessing these rights. It while also address how stable employment reduces economic insecurity, facilitates financial resilience, and supports survivor dignity.
This session was made possible by Grant Number 90EV0562 from the Administration for Children and Families, Office of Family Violence Prevention and Services, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. Its contents are solely the responsibility of the authors and do not necessarily represent the official views of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.
