" I was hit by my companion at a time in my life when a number of forces in the world outside our home had already ‘hit’ me, so to speak, it made me painfully aware of my powerlessness, my marginality"
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bell hooks
Supporting Black women and girls who have been subjected to domestic and sexual violence and abuse.
Don’t Call Me “Sis” is rooted in Black Feminist Criminology, Critical Race Theory, and applied intersectional practice. Our training moves beyond identity as description and instead examines how race, gender, class, migration status, and sexuality converge to shape risk, vulnerability, and institutional response.
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This training centres the lived realities of Black women and girls experiencing domestic and sexual violence, exploring how stereotypes, adultification, hypersexualisation, and the “strong Black woman” trope reduce access to empathy, protection, and justice.
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Don’t Call Me “Sis” challenges practitioners to confront conscious and unconscious bias, examine systemic erasure within violence against women and girls work, and build culturally competent, trauma-informed responses that are safe, accountable, and transformative.
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This training equips professionals to move from awareness to applied practice, ensuring Black women and girls are not an afterthought in service design, but centred in response.
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What You Will Gain
Participants will develop:
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An understanding of domestic and sexual violence within the context of anti-Black racism
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Foundations in Black Feminist Criminology and Critical Race Theory
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Skills for intersectional risk and needs assessment
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Insight into racial trauma and minority stress
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Tools to identify and disrupt stereotypes and controlling images
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Strategies for creating culturally safe spaces
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Practical approaches for improving outcomes for Black women and girls