Coalition Ending Gender-Based Violence

“The coalition has the following two (2) classes of members: voting members - any individual or organization may become a voting member of the coalition upon their agreement to support the mission and values of the coalition and payment of any dues and assessments as determined by the board. - affiliates - any individual or organization that wishes to support the coalition without becoming a voting member may become a non-voting coalition affiliate upon payment of any dues and assessments as determined by the board.”

“Members have the right to vote on board candidates annually. The board has the right to elect candidates to any unfilled positions between annual membership elections.”

“Members have the right to vote on board candidates, changes to the by-laws, and certain other major organizational decisions.”

“Members of the board of directors receive copies of the irs 990 for review, comment, and approval prior to filing.”

“Annually board members are required to report any conflicts of interest. This occurs at the board's annual meeting.”

“The board utilizes formal and informal salary surveys to determine the salary for the executive director. The salary is reviewed annually by the board during the budget process. The board adopted an executive compensation policy to further describe the process for reviewing and determining the salary of the executive director.”

“The coalition has no other compensated officers. The executive director is responsible for setting the salaries of other staff positions, considering formal and informal salaries, the coalition's equity goals, input from the board, and agency budget constraints. These salaries are reviewed annually by the board during the budget process, and are ultimately contingent upon the board's approval of the overall budget.”

“All organizational documents and financial statements are available to the public upon proper request. The annual audited financial statements and 990s are posted on the coalition's website and guidestar.”

“Improving funding & public policy this year the coalition rallied advocates, survivors, and community members to amplify this message: especially in light of the social and economic consequences of the pandemic, racism, and gender inequity, survivors of gender-based violence need more support and options than ever before. In 2022 we: mobilized representatives from member programs to advocate for increased emergency and on-going funding to address the skyrocketing demand for services for survivors. Our advocacy efforts at the local level resulted in a 2.5 million increase in seattle and king county funding for survivor services, and our participation in state and national advocacy efforts prevented devastating cuts to existing funding streams. This means that thousands more survivors in our region will be able to get the support they need to escape and heal from abuse and violence. Continued to advance the ongoing work to build meaningful alternatives to the criminal legal system, including publicly advocating for funding for the king county regional peacekeepers collective and increased seattle funding for community-based alternatives to public safety. Throughout these efforts, we emphasized the fact that survivors of sexual and domestic violence need alternatives that are specifically tailored to the unique harms they've experienced and the ongoing danger that they face. Connecting within and across disciplines survivors of sexual and domestic violence need their communities and service providers to be coordinated and working together to respond to violence and address the gender, racial, and economic disparities that drive violence and abuse. Some of our collective efforts towards our vision of safe and just communities in 2022 included: the family law work group served the critical role of being the main conduit for information flow between the court, gbv advocates, and attorneys, particularly in regards to the statutory changes to the definition of domestic violence enacted on july 1, 2022. This significant change warranted multiple discussions with the advocacy community, family law attorneys, court personnel, and third-party family law practitioners because of the inclusion of "coercive control" in the definition. We convened multiple sessions for gbv providers to weigh in on the king county regional homelessness authority's five-year plan in order to ensure that the plan serves the survivors experiencing homelessness and housing instability well. We convened regular meetings between dv housing providers and family emergency shelter providers to strengthen partnerships, coordinate services, and to provide a unified voice to funders and stakeholders. We continued significant coordination with other regional human service groups, including the seattle human services coalition, the king county alliance for human services, and the seattle/king county coalition on homelessness. We deepened the region's transformative justice and prevention work, connecting 30 survivor advocates and community members in a virtual "learning cohort" to learn about, practice, and integrate transformative and restorative justice principles and practices into their work. We continued to convene the cse collaborative, made up of four organizations who provide support and services to those engaged in the sex trades. We successfully organized an in person retreat that allowed us to deepen our understanding of each other's work and discuss strategies to better support our communities. We hosted a retreat for gbv directors to discuss and strategize embedding anti-racist principles in leadership work, both internally and organizationally. This led to planning and consultation later in the year for the gbv directors' group to continue the work into 2023. Equipping people with helpful information & tools we provide training and resources coalition members, other professionals, and community members so that they can provide effective services and supports t”

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