Leading Together Partnership Breakfast to End Domestic Violence

October is observed as the Domestic Violence Awareness Month and as part of it, The Network: Advocating Against Domestic Violence holds its annual Together We Lead Partnership Breakfast to End Domestic Violence. The Network brings together its supporters, members, major donors and leaders in the community to share its accomplishments during the past year and its direction and initiatives for the future.

Please Note:

• Attendees need to be fully vaccinated
• Show proof of vaccination at the registration desk on event day.
• No entries allowed without proof of full vaccination.
• Masks on at all times during the event other than when eating.

• Attendees: 150 max.
• Date: Tuesday, October 19, 2021
• Time: 7:30 -10:00 am
• Venue: Chicago Cultural Center
• Breakfast: Continental
• Opening Remarks by VVIP Guest
• Keynote Speaker – Tanya Selvaratnam, a writer, artist, and an Emmy-nominated and multiple Webby-winning producer with more than twenty-five years of experience in the arts & social justice.
• Award Presentation: 2021 Leadership Award to Jennifer Welch, CEO & President, Planned Parenthood of Illinois; and Community Advocate Awards to Alderman Daniel La Spata, Alderman Matt Martin, and Alderwoman Maria Hadden.
• State of The Network presentation

In 1983, domestic violence service providers created The Network: Advocating Against Domestic Violence (previously known as the Chicago Metropolitan Battered Women’s Network) in order to exchange information about local resources for domestic violence survivors and to share best practices in responding to their needs. The Network still maintains the grassroots focus of its early years, but it is now a coalition of over 40 domestic violence organizations, allied professionals, and community members serving domestic violence victims in Chicago and the Cook County region. The mission of the Network is to educate, organize, and advocate as a collaborative membership organization to end domestic violence and underlying oppression. The Network is leading the fight against domestic and gender-based violence through a first response to crisis with the Illinois State Domestic Violence Hotline, policy and systems advocacy, provision of sector wide training, and member and community engagement. As outlined in our policy platform, The Network seeks safety for all in our community and we stand for racial justice and equity. The recent events demonstrate the lack of safety that persists for Black and other diverse members of our community and the continuing work that must be done to address a larger mission. In addition, the Network convenes its members to address common policy initiatives and promote education and awareness of domestic violence throughout the Chicagoland area.

Domestic Violence affects one in three women nationally. Cook County has the highest rates of domestic violence in Illinois, with women of color is proportionately impacted. Just over 80% of calls to the Illinois Domestic Violence Hotline are placed by survivors of color, including 55% who identify as Black. Domestic violence impacts all communities regardless of geography, demography, or income. Domestic violence abuse tactics and the barriers and access routes to receiving assistance to be free from violence depend heavily on the socio-cultural surrounding of the victim and abuser. The Network focuses on working with survivors of all backgrounds, and provides training, education, and support to organizations on how to better serve survivors of color, immigrant survivors, low-income survivors, survivors in underserved/unserved areas, and LGBTQ survivors, among others.

For more information about us, log onto www.the-network.org

Questions about this event? Contact us at [email protected]

Event Sponsorships: If you are interested in sponsoring this event, and have any questions about it, such as, you would like to pay by check instead of online, please contact, Paroma Mukherjee, Director of Development at [email protected]

Event Venue & Nearby Stays

Chicago Cultural Center, 78 E Washington St, Chicago, United States