training

Coming soon! Fall, 2010 training! Watch this website for details!

If you are interested in participating, write us at info@texasafterviolence.org. If you know you want to join our project, please answer the questions on this application. You may send the application via e-mail or to Texas After Violence Project, P.O. Box 41476, Austin, Texas 78712.

You may find our study pages useful. They include general references, references on criminal justice law and policy, recommended reading, and death penalty timeline with a focus on Texas.

Thanks for your interest!

Our Summer, 2010 trainings in Austin have now concluded. Thank you to everyone who participated: YOU taught US so much!

June 11 - Introduction: violence, racism, region, religion, and the death penalty in Texas history
June 18 - Oral history I: Why and how
June 25 - Ethics in oral history, project code of conduct, expectations, procedures
No training on July 2 - Be safe and have a good holiday!
July 9 - Oral history II: Videography
July 16 - Self-care

SCHEDULES FOR RECENT TRAININGS

In Spring, 2010, trainings in Austin took place Friday afternoons from 1:30 - 4:30 p.m. on the following days
February 5 - Introduction to the project mission, history, and theoretical grounding
February 12 - Oral History I: Introduction & Ethics - Virginia Raymond
February 19 - Process of a death penalty case in Texas -- Walter Long
February 26 - Oral History II: Videography - Kim Bacon
March 5 - Systemic, pervasive, institutionalized violence: Violence against transgender people. Professor Matt Richardson will screen the documentary film Cruel and Unusual and facilitate our discussion.
(no trainings March 12 or March 19)
March 26 - Grief, selfcare (more information to follow)

In Spring, 2010, San Antonio trainings took place on Thursdays, from 10 am. - 4:00 p.m. The format of trainings in San Antonio were different from that in Austin. Because we do not yet have an office in San Antonio, TAVP staff will hold workshops one day a week, most Thursdays in the spring, from 10:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. We will use a classroom lent by the University of the Incarnate Word (thank you!) On Thursdays, from noon to 1 p.m., we had brief lectures & discussion; the rest of the day was spent working on projects under the supervision of TAVP staff.
January 21
January 28
February 4
February 11
February 18
February 25
March 4
(no workshops on March 11 or March 18)
March 25
April 1
April 8
(as needed after April 8, but not during Fiesta Week!)

Our Fall 2009 training series began on Friday, September 25, 2009.

Trainings took place Fridays from 1:30 - 4:30 p.m. on September 25, October 2, October 9, October 16, October 23, October 30, and November 6 at the Texas After Violence Project office, 611 South Congress Avenue, Suite 350, Austin 78704

and addressed the following topics:

Introduction to the Texas After Violence Project: mission, ethics, code of conduct
Oral history I: Why and how
Oral history II: Camera work & digital preservation & presentation
History and practice of the death penalty in Texas
Anatomy of a capital case
Grief and mourning
Trauma and self-care

If you already think you might like to work with us, that's wonderful. Call us at 512.916.1600, or write info@texasafterviolence.org , or begin by filling out our application.

Summer 2009 training

Our ongoing training for volunteers and interns began on Friday, June 12, from 1:30 - 4:30 p.m. at our office. To allow for holidays and vacations, our Summer 2009 training did not take place every single week. Here's our schedule:

Friday, June 12 - Introduction to oral history and to the Texas After Violence Project
1:30 - 4:30 p.m. - Core team members

Friday, June 19 - Juneteenth -- no training session

Friday, June 26 - Oral history in the digital age
1:30 - 4:30 p.m. - Lydia Crafts and Sabina Hinz-Foley

Friday, July 3 - Juvenile Justice
Forrest Novy, Director of the Inter-American Institute for Youth Justice
10:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.

Friday, July 10 - The death penalty in Texas: history & law
1:30 - 4:30 p.m. - Virginia Raymond

Friday, July 17 - no training session

Friday, July 24 - Self care for interviewers, videographers, & transcribers
1:30 - 4:30 p.m. - Carlos Loredo, Ph.D.

Friday, July 31 - Grief & mourning
1:30 - 4:30 p.m - Benita Rubinett, LCSW

PREVIOUS TRAININGS:
Spring 2009
Fall 2008
February 2008

We appreciate your interest and are looking forward to meeting you!