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The Mayor's Office to End Domestic and Gender-Based Violence
November 2024
Monthly Newsletter
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STAY CONNECTED:
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MEET OUR NEW COMMISSIONER |
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 We are proud to announce that Mayor Adams has appointed Saloni Sethi the new Commissioner of ENDGBV.
Saloni has been a city servant for over seven (7) years, much of that time was growing their career at ENDGBV as our Deputy Director then Director of Policy, and then as our First Deputy Commissioner managing many of our programs, financing, and policy work. Saloni also served as the Deputy Executive Director at the Office of Crime Victim Supports within the Mayors Office of Criminal Justice, through which she gave and gained crucial insight into the needs of survivors of crimes like domestic violence. Commissioner Sethi has over twenty (20) years of total experience in the private, nonprofit, and public space, including work with our longtime partner, Sanctuary for Families as their Manager for Operations and Deputy Director of the Economic Empowerment Program within the organization.
Commissioner Sethi has also earned an MSW from New York University and brings a clinical understanding to her work every day. Their expertise has been rooted in interrupting cycles of violence and providing pathways to heal from the traumas of that violence. A survivor of family violence themselves, this work is close to Commissioner Sethi’s heart. ENDGBV under their leadership will continue to ensure the city’s response to domestic and gender-based violence centers survivors, and that we support and utilize our strong network of community providers.
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Domestic Violence Awareness Month (DVAM) Retrospective |
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We saw an outpouring of support across New York this DVAM from city agencies, community organizations, and more. Our October was full of vibrant marches, panels, and trainings to raise awareness for domestic violence. Here are some of our campaign highlights!
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Commissioner Sethi spoke at the Opening Ceremony for the 24th annual Bride’s March to honor women who have died as a result of domestic violence and encourage New Yorkers to engage with and stop this epidemic. The march honors the life and memory of Gladys Ricart, a New Yorker who was murdered in 1999 by her former boyfriend on the day of her wedding. ENDGBV staff joined marchers in wedding apparel holding signs of loved ones lost to domestic violence, and stops were placed along the route Uptown and through the Bronx for speakers to share more about those we have lost.
ENDGBV would like to thank the organizers of the Brides’ March for their tireless dedication to Gladys, and to all victims of domestic violence, in putting together this march for twenty-four years. We are inspired and humbled by the community this event has built within NYC, and we are always honored to take part.
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This year, we highlighted ENDGBV’s VOICES Survivor Advisory Committee inour social media campaign “Letters to my Former Self” (a.k.a #LettersToMyFormerSelf). The VOICES Committee, a group of survivor leaders, shared their personal reflections of growth, resilience, and healing in the form of letters to themselves. These letters were released to raise awareness about the lasting impact of domestic, gender-based and intimate partner violence and show that there is a path to healing. The purpose of this content is to foster hope, inspire others to seek help. You can check out the full campaign by clicking our Instagram handle @nycendgbv, follow for more!
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October 17th was our annual Go Purple Day in NYC, where members of the public and domestic violence organizations across New York City dress in purple to acknowledge and raise awareness for survivors of domestic violence. This year, Go Purple Day was bigger than ever with organizations holding events across NYC!
By The Numbers:
- 20+ workplaces dressed up in purple for Go Purple Day, putting on internal and external events to raise awareness
- 28 total buildings, sites, and landmarks lit up in purple across the State of New York on Go Purple Day to show our City and our State’s commitment to providing survivors with a safe and supportive environment to thrive.
- 10 members of our VOICES committee shared personal letters of healing to their former self, + one special guest Deputy Mayor of Health and Human Services, Anne Williams-Isom sharing a video message to her younger self and her fellow New Yorkers.
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The New York Chapter of Aid for AIDS International and the New York State Office for New Americans (NYS ONA) invited our Program Coordinator Jenny Proaño to hold a training for Intimate Partner Violence (IPV) 101 in Spanish. With Jenny’s guidance, providers and clients from Aid for AIDS learned how to identify IPV, strategies to support those enduring IPV, and how to build local communities that engage with each other on IPV. This training underscored the importance of having trainings and translations available in multiple languages, as a government office we value reaching as many New Yorkers from as many diverse communities as we are able, so they know there are resources available for them.
ENDGBV’s talented Community Initiatives Team can provide workshops and presentations for the public in Spanish, French, Haitian-Creole, and Arabic, virtually or in-person. We can also connect New Yorkers to workshops from community-based non-profit organizations with cultural and linguistic expertise. ENDGBV’s Training Team also offers provider trainings by the request of organizations who would like to learn more about how to handle issues of domestic and gender- based violence. More information. We thank Aid for AIDS and NYS ONA for hosting this important training for their clients and staff.
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16 Days of Activism Against Gender-Based Violence (GBV), also known as 16 Days is an annual campaign from November 25th, International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women, to December 10th, Human Rights Day. Since its founding by the Rutgers University Center for Women’s Global Leadership in 1991, the campaign has become an international movement recognized by UN Women to prevent and eliminate GBV. The Mayor’s Office to End Domestic and Gender-Based Violence (ENDGBV), and the Commission on Gender Equity (CGE) co-lead the NYC campaign, in collaboration with our partner organizations and city agencies.
The campaign recognizes that multiple forms of discrimination overlap and calls to end GBV against all people, regardless of age, ethnicity/race, faith, gender identity or expression, immigration status, physical and mental ability, sexual orientation, weight, and socioeconomic status, among other protected classes.
Get Involved with 16 Days of Activism:
Social Media
Visit our Instagram and X at @nycendgbv and the Commission on Gender Equity at @nycgenderequity for more information about gender-based violence, how it impacts people in your community, how to be supportive friends and community members to those experiencing GBV, and what resources are available to those experiencing GBV! Share our content with hashtags, #16Days, #NYCAgainstGBV, #OrangeTheWorld, and check out our toolkit on our website (https://www.nyc.gov/site/ocdv/index.page) where we explain 10 ways you can help end gender-based violence in NYC.
Attend or Organize an Event for 16 Days
We invite all New Yorkers and New York City organizations to host an in-person or virtual event as part of the 16 Days of Activism Against Gender-Based Violence campaign! ENDGBV and CGE are uplifting events centered around gender based-violence for 16 Days through our social media. If your organization would like to hold an event for the NYC 16 Days campaign, contact us!
Trainings for 16 Days
Do you want your workplace to be more aware and active around issues of domestic and gender-based violence? Do your providers want up to date information and conversations about topics like Gender-Based Violence? Long time partner Right to Be is holding an open training for the 16 Days campaign, see below for more details:
Right to Be continues to hold many trainings year round on important topics such as bystander intervention, accountability and repair, and standing up to street harassment. See all upcoming trainings by clicking the link labeled “Right to Be Training Calendar”
Right to Be Training Calendar
You can also ask your Human Resources department to request a training from us! Learn more about requesting a training on Page 6.
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The Mayor's Office to End Domestic and Gender-Based Violence invites you to register for our Open Provider Trainings. These sessions are completely free, virtual, and aimed at service providers in NYC. For trainings without a registration link, please visit our Instagram page @nycendgbv, where we will share information including registration links for all upcoming trainings.
Identifying and Responding to Intimate Partner Violence
- November 24th, 10am – 12pm
Register here: https://forms.office.com/g/WXmERbKNSR
Identifying and Addressing Secondary Trauma
- December 3rd, 10am – 12pm
An Introduction to Gender-Based Violence
- December 10th, 10am – 12pm
Host a Training:
For organizations who would like to hold a provider training for their staff, go to our website to request training with our Training Team. We hold in person trainings and virtual trainings through Zoom. The form to request a training is below and reads “Online Training Request Form”:
Online Training Request Form
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