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Budgeting: A Guide for Small Nonprofit Organizations
Budgeting: A Guide for Small Nonprofit Organizations is provided by the Virginia Society of Certified Public Accountants. This 8-page document provides an overview of the budget development process, including the role of the budget committee, setting budget priorities and realities, preparation timeline, how to use the budget as a management tool. Great resource for new directors and financial managers!
Building Consentful Tech zine
(as originally posted on GutsMagazine.ca on 2/22/2018)
Our data can be so many things: our locations and travel times tracked by Uber, our search and browsing histories on Google, and the words we use frequently in our Facebook posts. Building Consentful Tech prompts tech creators, such as app and platform developers, to reflect on how they can give users more agency and information on how (and whether) they share their personal data.
Building Healthy Futures - Prevention education flyers
The Building Healthy Futures Fund (BHFF) was created to establish a statewide revenue source for local Sexual & Domestic Violence Agencies to implement evidence-informed prevention programming to disrupt the root causes of sexual and intimate partner violence.
These educational flyers were created to assist and support parents and other caring adults in young people's lives with approaching conversations about consent, sexuality, and gender expression and identity. Discussions about these topics are critical to a young person's healthy relationships, identity development, and lifelong well-being. Establishing a safer space to talk through what can be tough topics can open the door for them to ask a trusted adult about more difficult situations such as harm and abuse. We encourage you to explore the resources shared on each flyer or contact us at the Action Alliance if you would like to learn more!
If you would like to support the Building Healthy Futures Fund you can purchase a Peace Begins at Home license plate, Virginia’s only license plate to help fund prevention of sexual and domestic violence, here: bit.ly/peacebeginsathome.
Building Healthy Relationships Across Virginia
The Teen Dating Violence Prevention Facilitator’s Guide began its “life” in February 1996. The project benefited greatly when Cindy Katona agreed to lead the working committee. With her dedication, enthusiasm and remarkable creativity, Cindy inspired an amazing number of people to do an incredible amount of work. She also recruited vast numbers of volunteers from the Winchester area as ad-hoc members of the committee to field test and refine the curriculum. The First Edition of the guide, titled “Virginia Responds: Teens Building Violence-Free Relationships,” was published by VADV in early 1997, and was welcomed by a diverse range of professionals working with teens.
The year 2004 marked the official beginning of VSDVAA and a greater focus on primary prevention work. It was in this environment that dating violence prevention work with
teens became a priority, and VSDVAA took on the formidable task of revamping the Teen Dating Violence Prevention Facilitator’s Guide. Drawing upon the expertise and
enthusiasm of members of VTDVP Taskforce, VSDVAA staff member Brad Perry was able to obtain invaluable feedback about how the First Edition of the guide was being
used and how a subsequent edition should be modified in order to maximize functionality. Dozens of meetings and countless work hours later, a new, more streamlined
guide began to take shape with a greater focus on activities.
Building Thriving Communities Toolkit
A toolkit to help unlock the power of individuals and communities to create a world in which all of us thrive.
The Building Thriving Communities: Civic Engagement Toolkit seeks to transform Virginia communities by increasing public participation in voting for candidates who align with their values and other means of civic engagement that promotes healthy futures.
Download the entire toolkit all at once to find all of these resources (below) designed to support you in increasing community engagement with voting, the formation of public policy, and becoming active participants in democracy. Or you may download the handouts and guides separately.
The core component of the campaign is to build authentic connections between people, across differences, and around issues that make communities healthy, safe, just, and compassionate for all.
This is a long-term campaign that draws upon the strength of the movements to end domestic and sexual violence: each person having a voice that is valued and respected, sharing stories as a tool for building understanding and mobilizing action, and empowering individuals and groups to bring about change in their own lives, in communities, and in the world.
The toolkit provides educational resources on civic engagement and strategies to engage communities and candidates.
Toolkit features:
- * guide for facilitating community conversations around civic engagement;
- * questions for candidates to build trauma-informed communities and systems;
- * legislative advocacy guide;
- * voting basics handout;
- * print-ready posters to encourage voting for a #radicallyhopefulfuture;
- * print-ready handout about why voting matters.
