The movement to end gender based violence has spanned across centuries, and

until the last couple of decades was mostly comprised of volunteers and activists

who were not paid for their work. As the movement has grown, funding has

increased and many advocates and preventionists are now paid employees.

While there are many benefits to this, including increased sustainability and

recognition of the importance of our work, situating our work in the workplace has

also presented challenges. In this workshop, we will discuss the importance of

showing up authentically in our work to address violence. We will discuss the

barriers that can make this challenging and the ways that societal oppression

contributes to these barriers. This workshop will acknowledge some of the history

of the historically grassroots movement to end gender based violence and

explore steps that we can take as a movement to address dynamics of

oppression while centering historically marginalized voices in our efforts to end

sexual and domestic violence.