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COMMUNITY CONVERSATIONS

Research Belongs

in the room.

Community Conversations bring research, lived experience, professionals, institutions, and communities together to examine financial coercive control, institutional response, and what stronger responses can look like.

HOST A COMMUNITY CONVERSATION →
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COMMUNITY CONVERSATIONS

Research Belongs

in the room.

Community Conversations bring research, lived experience, professionals, institutions, and communities together to examine financial coercive control, institutional response, and what stronger responses can look like.
HOST A COMMUNITY CONVERSATION →

WHY WE GATHER

Research can tell us what is happening.
Conversation helps us examine what comes next.

Policy change alone does not guarantee practice change. Community Conversations create space to examine the evidence, hear from lived and professional experience, identify gaps between policy and practice, and consider what stronger institutional responses can look like.

LEARN

Start with the evidence.

Research and policy establish what we know and provide context for understanding financial coercive control.

LISTEN

Bring experience into the conversation.

Lived and professional experiences help illuminate how policies and institutional practices operate in real life.

EXAMINE

Look at the gap.

Together, we examine where evidence, policy, institutional norms, and professional practice intersect - and where gaps may remain.

BUILD

Ask what stronger responses can look like.

Conversation creates an opportunity to identify questions, possibilities, and pathways toward change.

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DATE 

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LOCATION 

TBA

TICKET INFORMATION

TBA

OUR SIGNATURE CONVERSATION

When Coercive Control Turns Financial:
the Institution Responds.

How institutional response directly impacts a survivor's ability to leave and rebuild.

Behind Every Gift Is a Woman

WHY YOUR SUPPORT MATTERS

Trying to Find Her Way Forward

Hear from a woman whose life was impacted by the support made possible through You Made a Way

BRING THE CONVERSATION TO YOUR COMMUNITY

Host a Community Conversation.

Universities, professional organizations, businesses, community organizations, and other groups can partner with You Made a Way to bring a Community Conversation to your community. You bring the room together. We bring the conversation.

Which best describes the network you would primarily invite?
Approximately how many guests do you believe you could realistically bring together?
10–15
15–25
50+
What fundraising goal do you believe would be realistic for your Community Conversation?
Under $1,000
$1,000–$2,500
$2,500–$5,000
$5,000–$10,000
$10,000+
I'm not sure yet and would like guidance
Would you be comfortable inviting guests with the understanding that this is a fundraising event benefiting You Made a Way?
Yes
I'd like to discuss this further
Would you be comfortable personally reaching out to your network to encourage attendance?*
Yes
I'd like to discuss this further
Approximately when would you like to host?
Within the next 1–2 months
Within the next 3–4 months
Within the next 5–6 months
More than 6 months from now
I'm flexible / would like guidance
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