Clergy Training & Community Awareness
Recent studies show that victims of domestic violence often turn to clergy seeking support and assistance in making decisions about their safety and future. DAYENU! empowers religious leaders to address the issue of domestic violence in their congregations by dissecting the myths and stereotypes about domestic abuse that imprison families and make women, children, and men fearful for their lives. In its professional training programs, clergy learn to recognize signs of domestic violence; practice compassionate ways of assisting those living with violence at home; and become familiar with local resources including specialized social and legal services.
DAYENU! trains ordained clergy and seminary students and faith educators of all denominations. It prepares clergy of all faiths to work with victims in interfaith settings.
Since 2005, DAYENU! has:
Provided this vital intervention training for 500+ clergy members. Developed the training for the NYC Family Justice Center’s Interfaith Spiritual Caregivers program.
Provided education and family violence resource information to over 10,000 members of the NY Faith Community and has impacted over 100,000 people.
Prevention Trainings and Programs:
• Stewards of Children®— nationally recognized child sexual abuse
Stewards of Children®— nationally recognized child sexual abuse prevention training program for organizations that serve children and youth. To learn
more about Stewards of Children, go to www.darknesstolight.org for more information.
•Before the Chuppah—pre-marital education training for clergy provides tools that screen
Before the Chuppah—pre-marital education training for clergy provides tools that screen couples for signs of domestic violence.
•Healthy Dating—dating violence prevention education for teenagers and young adults.
Healthy Dating—dating violence prevention education for teenagers and young adults. This program is appropriate for confirmation class, youth groups, Hillel, and camps.
•Love Healthy—dating violence prevention education for parents, teachers, educators
Love Healthy—dating violence prevention education for parents, teachers, educators and youth leaders.
Intervention Programs:
•Do No Harm—a two-hour awareness and educational domestic violence program to assist
Do No Harm—a two-hour awareness and educational domestic violence program to assist clergy and community members in aiding victims of abuse.
•Building Safer Communities—a half-day domestic violence training program designed to
Building Safer Communities—a half-day domestic violence training program designed to empower religious leaders to address the issue of domestic abuse.
To schedule a training or for further information please contact the DAYENU! Director, Rabbi Diana S. Manber at: dmanber@nybr.org
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You may never know how many victims’ lives you save and children you protect, but you will know that you and your community will have made an enormous difference.
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Upcoming Engagements Fall 2009 - Winter 2010 (a partial listing)
Hebrew Union College - Jewish Institute of Religion/NY -Before the Chuppah November classBefore the Chuppah December classPalm Beach County Rabbinic Association - Palm Beach County, FL Before the Chuppah January classTemple Beth Torah - Melville, NYThe following is a partial list of establishments where Dayenu Programs and Trainings have occurred:
National Coalition Against Domestic Violence Conference - Washington, DCMid-West Association of Reform Rabbis Conference - Scottsdale, AZGarden City Clergy Association - Garden City, NYManhattan Interfaith Training - New York, NYNYC Family Justice Center - Brooklyn, NYSt. Johns University Partners Project - Queens, NYQueensborough Hall - Queens, NYBlessed Sacrament Parish - Staten Island, NYFontana Center for Child Protection at the NY Foundling - New York, NYSuffolk County HeadStart - Riverhead, NYSan Francisco Child Advocacy and Protection Center - San Francisco, CAMerrick Jewish Centre - Merrick, NYMount Sinai Congregation - Brooklyn, NYTrinity United Methodist Church - Bronx, NYSamuel Fields YMHA - Little Neck, NYStephen Wise Free Synagogue - New York, NYRoger's Memorial Library - Southampton, NYBayside Pool and Tennis Club - Bay Terrace, NYEast End Temple - New York, NYOklahoma State Attorney General's Conference on Domestic Violence - Oklahoma City, OKShinnecock Indian Reservation - Southampton, NYOrangetown Jewish Center - Orangeburg, NYCommunity Synagogue - Port Washington, NYTemple Beth Shalom - Fairlawn, NJTemple Chaverim - Plainview, NYInterfaith Center of New York - Spring RetreatUJA-Federation of NY sponsored program for Social Worker StudentsTemple Or Elohim - Jericho, NYNational Association of Jewish Chaplains - Rye, NYTemple Emanuel - Cherry Hill, NJJewish Theological Seminary - New York, NYCongregation Kol Ami - White Plains, NYNYS 21st Annual Crime Victims Vigil - New York, NYBeth-El of Cedarhurst - Cedarhurst, NYKingsbrook Jewish Medical Center - Brooklyn, NYTrinity Healing Center/Connect NY - Brooklyn, NYReconstructionist Rabbinical College - Wyncote, PASuffolk County Coalition Against Domestic Violence - Huntington, NYTemple Beth El of Patchogue - Patchogue, NYThe Hampton Synagogue - Westhampton, NYYeshivat Chovevei Torah - New York, NYTemple Beth El of Northern Westchester - Chappaqua, NYNew York City College of Technology - Brooklyn, NYMt. Sinai Congregation - Brooklyn, NYMerrick Jewish Center - Merrick, NYTemple Beth El of Huntington - Huntington, NYHebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion - New York, NYCongregation Rodeph Sholom - New York, NYTemple Beth David - Commack, NYTemple Emanu-El - Edison, NJTemple Emanu-El - Westfield, NJLong Island Board of Rabbis and Rabbinic Assembly of Nassau and Suffolk - Jericho, NYCentral NJ Board of Rabbis - Scotch Plains, NJNew York Board of Rabbis - New York, NYColumbus Board of Rabbis - Columbus, OHCUNY Baruch College Hillel - New York, NYNYS 23rd Annual Crime Victims Vigil - New York, NYQueensborough Domestic Violence Taskforce - Queens, NYNYS Health Department Program on Domestic Violence - Bronx, NYYork College DV Conference - Queens, NYUrban Resource Institute - Kingsborough Community College Conference - Brooklyn, NYBrooklyn Child Watch - Brooklyn, NYCentral Conference of American Rabbis - Cincinnati, OHNYC Family Justice Center - Brooklyn, NYQueensboro Council on Social Welfare - Queens, NY
