Ending White Racism is Self-Care
June 10, 2020, RAFT Team
The following is a message to White Advocates from a former RAFT Team Member. Read her message to Black Advocates HERE. When recorded acts of racial violence surface ...
#BlackLivesMatter: A Foundation of Self-Care
June 10, 2020, RAFT Team
The following is a message to Black Advocates from a former RAFT Team Member. Read her message to White Advocates HERE. “Could there be anything stressing you out ...
The Importance of Supporting DV / SV Advocates
June 8, 2020, RAFT Team
With the right support, we can all go further. That’s why here at RAFT we seek to support advocates in building resilience to compassion fatigue and burnout so ...
Leaders Who Serve Succeed
May 25, 2020, RAFT Team
Attitude is contagious, and a positive one allows organizations to flex with challenges and grow with change. How does an organization develop a generally positive attitude? It all ...
5 Keys to Learning Your Own Value
May 11, 2020, RAFT Team
How you value yourself shows up in how you treat yourself. That’s a big statement. Let’s start with the basics. You probably treat the people around you pretty ...
5 Steps to Saying YES to the Things You Love
May 4, 2020, RAFT Team
Many people have an aversion to boundaries. They’re hard to determine, all about “no,” and difficult to enforce. Today we’d like to flip that thinking on its head. ...
15 Tips to Get the Most From Your Online Conference
April 20, 2020, RAFT Team
Virtual meetings provide great opportunity to move things forward. And we’re learning some great lessons as we move more towards the online space. Hour-long meetings can be replaced ...
7 Tips to Enhance Your Self-Care Journaling
April 6, 2020, RAFT Team
Define Self-Care There are so many ways to practice self-care. We’ve talked about a daily self-care routine, physical practices to help your emotional health, and the ways meditation ...
RAFT’s Research-Based Model Helps Strengthen Leaders
March 24, 2020, RAFT Team
Research Points to Immense On-the-Job Stress for Advocates At RAFT, we are learning more and more about the occupational stressors Advocates face. With insights gleaned from studies and ...
No Place to Hide: The Reality of Domestic and Sexual Violence Survivors During a Pandemic
March 19, 2020, RAFT Team
The COVID-19 pandemic has halted our society—forcing millions indoors and disrupting crucial systems we depend on. Even more devastating is its ability to expose and greatly exacerbate preexisting ...