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IV. Cultural Responsiveness

IV. Cultural Responsiveness:

A. Documents:

  • It’s in Their Culture: Fairness and Cultural Considerations in Domestic Violence - 6 pages - “This essay attempts to critique the prevailing thinking on culture and cultural competency within the context of domestic violence. Current thinking and presentations of culture usually consists of providing court personnel with essentialist pictures of various groups of people with suggestions on how to work with them. These pictures obscure the reality that cultures are often unstable and generalizations that lead to providing more misinformation. The essay develops a critical framework on the issue and provides specific ways in which a more nuanced understanding of culture is helpful for court personnel as they grapple with how to work with a diverse population.”

 B. Video:

  • Cultural Responsiveness – Understanding Culture [9:55]

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  • Cultural Responsiveness – Court Culture [11:06]

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C. Webinar:

  • Webinar 4, October 11, 2017: “What Has Culture Got To Do With Anything?” Engaging Cultural Differences in Domestic Violence Cases - This webinar focuses on a critical redefinition of culture using more current understandings of the term.  It then explores the role of a critical redefinition of culture in the provision of the court and court related services in domestic violence cases, and provides suggestions for the courts to be engaged with immigrant litigants and their communities so that systems players are responsive to the cultural needs of the families and communities they serve while also focusing on safety.  This webinar explores opportunities, challenges, and strategies for creating a culturally inclusive court system.


DV-Immigration Resources Sections/Pages:

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II. New Mexico Specific Resources - This section/page provides New Mexico specific Guides and a video clip from the in-person conference discussing New Mexico Diversity.

III. Access to Justice/Procedural Fairness - This section/page provides resources pertaining to access to justice and procedural fairness.

IV. Cultural responsiveness - This section/page provides resources pertaining to Cultural responsiveness.

V. Language Access - This section/page provides resources pertaining to language access.

VI. DV-Immigration Dynamics: Abuse, Power & Control - This section/page provides resources pertaining to the dynamic intersection of DV-Immigration cases including information regarding abuse, power & control.

VII. Immigration Status & Myths - This section/page provides resources pertaining to Immigration status & myths regarding jurisdiction and custody.

VIII. Overview of Immigrant Protections & Relief -  This section/page provides resources pertaining to immigration protections, relief, and remedies

IX. Public Benefits - This section/page provides resources pertaining to public benefits available to immigrant DV victims.

X. State Court Actions: U-Visas & T-Visas - This section/page focuses on two types of immigrant protection and relief: U-Visa & T-Visas certification.

XI. State Court Actions: Special Immigrant Juvenile Status - This section/page focuses on Special Immigrant Juvenile Status (SIJS).

XII.  Civil Protection Orders - This section/page provides information on drafting jurisdictionally sound Protection orders.

XIII. Additional Information: Websites & Documents - This section/page provides links to DV-Immigration websites and additional documents.

This project was supported by Justice for Families Grant No. 2015-FJ-AX-0013 awarded by the Office on Violence Against Women, US Department of Justice. The opinions, findings, conclusions, and recommendations expressed in this program are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the views of the Department of Justice, Office on Violence Against Women.

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