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This year’s conference honors the people who built this movement, and the people continuing to carry it forward. For generations, survivors, advocates, organizers, and community members have created safety, support, and change together. Their lived experience, knowledge, and care have shaped this work from the very beginning. Join us for two days of connection, learning, and envisioning what’s possible when we build safety, healing, and belonging together.

Speaker and workshop announcements coming soon! For more information, please see our FAQ page or contact us at [email protected].

For more information about the Washington State Coalition Against Domestic Violence and Sexual Assault, visit our website.
Monday September 28, 2026 1:30pm - 3:00pm PDT

This workshop will be presented in Spanish with limited English interpretation available.

Arte, Sanación y Esperanza: Construyendo una Comunidad Más Allá de la Violencia 
Grupo de Apoyo para Mujeres Rurales de YWCA WW
Este taller explora cómo la creatividad y el arte pueden apoyar a las sobrevivientes de violencia doméstica y agresión sexual en su camino hacia la sanación, la conexión y el fortalecimiento personal.

Guiadas por el personal y Promotoras de YWCA, los participantes tendrán la oportunidad de crear arte en un espacio de apoyo, utilizando la expresión artística como una forma de:
  • Fomentar la conexión, el sentido de pertenencia y la expresión personal
  • Crear un espacio seguro y confidencial para la sanación
  • Honrar las experiencias, fortalezas y resiliencia de cada sobreviviente
  • Apoyar a las sobrevivientes mientras imaginan y construyen una nueva vida libre de violencia
Juntas, crearemos obras de arte que reflejen el espíritu de pertenencia y que recuerden a quienes con demasiada frecuencia no son vistas o escuchadas que importan, que sus voces importan y que pertenecen a nuestra comunidad. Este es un camino hacia la construcción de una vida libre de violencia, basada en la esperanza, la conexión y la comunidad. La esperanza es comunidad. Juntas somos más fuertes.


Art, Healing & Hope: Building Community Beyond Violence
YWCA WW Rural Women’s Support Group
This workshop explores how creativity and art can support survivors of domestic violence and sexual assault on their journey toward healing, connection, and empowerment.

Guided by YWCA staff and Promotoras, participants engage in a supportive group experience where creating art becomes a pathway to:
  • Foster connection, belonging, and self-expression
  • Create a safe and confidential space for healing
  • Honor each survivor’s experiences, strengths, and resilience
  • Support survivors as they envision and build a new life beyond violence
Together, we will create artwork that reflects the spirit of belonging and reminds those who are too often unseen or unheard that they matter, their voices matter, and they belong. This is a journey toward building a life without violence—one grounded in hope, connection, and community. Hope is community. Together, we are stronger.
Speakers
avatar for Celia Guardado

Celia Guardado

Community Outreach and Relationships Coordinator, Crossing Borders Survivors Advocate, YWCA Walla Walla
I have a great passion for working alongside domestic violence and sexual assault immigrant survivors and have done so for several years starting out working with a grassroots nonprofit, Amigas Unidas, out of Yakima, Washington under the umbrella of YWCA.  Upon ending the contract... Read More →
avatar for Maria Enriquez

Maria Enriquez

Promotora, YWCA Walla Walla
My name is Maria Enriquez. I am an immigrant from Jalisco, Mexico. I was a victim of domestic violence.

Three years ago, I was in a great depression suffering from domestic violence and did not know what to do. Someone told me to call the YWCA. I spoke to an advocate on the phone... Read More →
avatar for Maria Venturi

Maria Venturi

Promotora, YWCA Walla Walla
My name is Maria Venturini and I am from Lima, Peru, South America. I immigrated to the United States when I was 12 yrs old. I lived in Miami Florida all my life where I was fortunate to go to college and earn my degrees.

I later married a North American man where my life with him was one of extreme verbal, emotional and economic abuse. He was living a double life when we divorced. I mourned my separation and my relationship but left with our two daughters and went back to school for my 5th degree... Read More →
avatar for Carmen Garza Ceron

Carmen Garza Ceron

Promotora, YWCA Walla Walla
Monday September 28, 2026 1:30pm - 3:00pm PDT
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