Speakers: Gustavo Lopez, Alliance for Boys and Men of Color; JAC Patrissi and Regi Wingo, Growing a New Heart
A Call for Change is a confidential, anonymous helpline for people who want to stop using abuse and control, including sexual abuse, in their intimate relationships. This session will provide an overview of the Compassionate Accountable Conversations framework, which is the foundation for the Helpline intervention. The framework identifies the core concepts we use for understanding uses of force in intimate partnerships and how they are connected to abusive values, socialization, unresolved trauma, and the continuum of substance use. Session participants will get to hear reenactments of helpline calls to see how the framework is put into action.