Coalition Events

Please join as the Maryland Health Care Coalition Against Domestic Violence presents this lunch and learn series, built for domestic violence advocates who are supporting survivors with health concerns. Each session includes a 30 minute presentation, followed by 15 minutes of open Q&A.

Intro to Health Impacts of IPV: 2/18/25 | 12 – 12:45PM – Learn more and register here.

IPV & Strangulation: 4/15/25 | 12 – 12:45PM – Learn more and register here.

IPV & Traumatic Brain Injury: 6/17/25 | 12 – 12:45PM – Learn more and register here.

IPV & Pregnancy: 8/26/25 | 12 – 12:45PM – Learn more and register here.

IPV & Substance Use: 10/21/25 | 12 – 12:45PM – Learn more and register here.

IPV & HIV: 12/16/25 | 12 – 12:45PM – Learn more and register here.

Join the Maryland Health Care Coalition Against Domestic Violence as the Maryland Network Against Domestic Violence presents this seminar designed for advocates and health care providers seeking to better support survivors of intimate partner violence. This session will equip participants with practical tools and strategies to address reproductive coercion and meet the needs of survivors navigating complex reproductive justice challenges.

Through interactive discussions, attendees will:

• Understand the history of the reproductive justice movement
• Explore the intersections of intimate partner violence and reproductive justice.
• Learn to identify and address reproductive coercion in clinical and advocacy settings.
• Gain actionable strategies to support survivors’ access to reproductive health care, including trauma-informed prenatal and postnatal care, contraception, and abortion services. –Understand how systemic inequalities impact survivors’ reproductive choices and well-being.

This seminar is open to health care professionals, domestic violence and sexual assault advocates, and other allied service providers.

*Social Work CEU’s are offered for this event at a charge. 

Please join as the Maryland Health Care Coalition Against Domestic Violence and the Center for a Healthy Maryland present an in-person screening of “Aftershock,” in honor of Domestic Violence Awareness Month, at MedChi, the Maryland State Medical Society. Following the screening, there will be a panel discussion regarding the high rates of maternal mortality and morbidity for Black Women in the US, racism within the healthcare system, and the link to domestic violence. *Wine and popcorn will be included during the film screening.

More Information About the Film: 

Following the preventable deaths of their loved ones due to childbirth complications, two families galvanize activists, birth-workers and physicians to reckon with one of the most pressing American crises of our time – the US maternal health crisis. This 89-minute documentary was directed and produced by Paula Eiselt and Tonya Lewis Lee.  Watch the trailer here and learn more about the film here.

Panel Discussion Information:

Panel Moderator:

Lindsay Wilson, LCSW-C, Intimate Partner Violence Assistance Program Coordinator, VA Maryland Health Care System & Secretary, Maryland Health Care Coalition Against Domestic Violence Steering Committee

Panelists:

Fushena A Cruickshank, MS, CHES, Consultant, Women’s and Maternal/Child Heath, Mid-Atlantic Permanente Medical Group & Treasurer, Maryland Health Care Coalition Against Domestic Violence Steering Committee

S. Michelle Ogunwole, MD, PhD, General Internal Medicine Physician, Health Disparities Researcher, Social Epidemiologist, Johns Hopkins Hospital

Shayna Banfield MS, CHES, Vice President of Programs, National Council of Negro Women, Inc.

Join as the Maryland Health Care Coalition Against Domestic Violence, a project of the Center for a Healthy Maryland, presents “Abuse During Pregnancy: A Seminar Built for Charles County Obstetricians and Gynecologists.” Participants will learn about an effective and proactive health care response to intimate partner violence during the perinatal period, including indicators of abuse, strategies for screening and best practices for connecting with local domestic violence services.

Join as the Maryland Health Care Coalition Against Domestic Violence, a project of the Center for a Healthy Maryland, presents “Abuse During Pregnancy,” a seminar open to Charles County Health Care Providers. Participants will learn about an effective and proactive health care response to intimate partner violence during the perinatal period.

Research shows that victims of intimate partner violence are more likely to present in the health care setting than they may be to reach out to a traditional domestic violence service provider on their own: and pregnant individuals have regular contact with health care providers. However, many health care providers’ scope of practice may be very focused on narrowly defined medical care management and those professionals may feel challenged when faced with the complicated safety and confidentiality issues that IPV victims who are patients bring. Join the seminar to learn about enhancing your practice and making a difference in the lives of Charles County victims of abuse!

The seminar will be offered two different dates and times:

• May 30th, 2024, 10:00am – 12:00pm (Register here)
• June 5th, 2024, 1:00pm – 3:00pm (Register here)