Deaf Overcoming Violence Through Empowerment - D O V E

“Sara frederickson 1805 s bellaire st denver, co 80222-4321 elaine navratil holly bise cheryl davis kali palin sarah bowmen bradley brown”

“The form 990 will be reviewed by the board of directors, and voted upon for its acceptance before filing.”

“Executive director's compensation is established and approved by board of directors. No member of the board of directors is compensated.”

“Governing documents are made available to the public upon request.”

“-provided 19 community education and youth advocacy & prevention (yap) workshops for members of the ddbddhh community on topics related to abuse -conducted 21 trainings on culturally affirmative service provision to ddbddhh survivors of abuse to law enfornement, victim services, and shelter staff. Board / fundraising / grant accomplishments: -added two new members to dove's board of directors, one of whom is now the board secretary -board of directors launched the 15k campaign, using the hashtag "dovestrong15," with the goal of fundraising at least 15,000 in honor of dove's 15th anniversary -invited a performer who is well-known in the deaf community, rosa lee timm, to provide entertainment at our annual benefit celebration in october -hosted numberous fundraising events throughout the year in different parts of colorado, as well as participated in colorado gives day in december -final amount raised solely through community donations in 2015 was 33,239, far surpassing the goal of 15,000 -maintained and/or increased grant awards from the same five victim assistance and law enforcement grants as well as two state grants (victims of crime act and domestic violence program). Other notable events/milestones -participated in vera institute of justice roundtable on sexual abuse of deaf children in seattle, wa in february -presented in partnership with vip holistic services on "healing vicarious trauma for asl interpreters: spring retreat" in march -collaborated with several community agencies to host asl community fest in may; partnering agencies included colorado commission for the deaf and hard of hearing, colorado daylight partnership/mental health center of denver, colorado registry of interpreters for the deaf, mile high independent living center, the independence center, and rock mountain deaf school -executive director ami garry was awarded the colorado coalition against domestic violence (ccadv) purple ribbon award for outstanding leadership in domestic violence victim advocacy during the colorado advocacy in action (caia) conference in june. -presented "closing the gap: collaborative service provision to deaf survivors in rural colorado" at this conference -partnered with deaf/deafblind texas social justice organization, together all in solidarity, to provide training for service providers and educational workshop for ddbddhh community members in august on addressing violence within our communities -invited community-based nonprofit agencies that provide advocacy/support services to surviviors of abuse from marginalized and/or underserved communities to partner with dove for a new all-day training project - this became a six-agency collaborative effort called access summit in 2016.”