Taking a stand for wellbeing

FFI’s Katya Smyth and Anna Melbin participated in the Washington State Coalition Against Domestic Violence (WSCADV) 23rd annual conference this week and spoke about FFI’s work looking at survivor success in the context of wellbeing. Katya delivered a plenary address on redefining success, entitled “From safety to wellbeing: Seeing survivors in the full frame of their lives,” and she and Anna led a related workshop, “Beyond Safety: Survivors and Well-being.” Anna also presented “Embracing Victory and Success!” about FFI’s California Domestic Violence Project. FFI thanks WSCADV for the warm welcome, and willingness to discuss new ways of framing survivor success and related opportunities for strengthening the domestic violence field. The conference drew over 400 attendees, from Washington, the northwest and beyond.

FFI believes equity and social justice are necessary for wellbeing—the needs and experiences that are essential to health and hope. Significant barriers to wellbeing deepen inequities based on race, ethnicity, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, socioeconomic class, and other marginalized and disenfranchised identities. Because of the central role race plays in contributing to persistent inequities in the United States, FFI believes that increasing access to wellbeing is essential for ending racism and advancing racial equity. FFI is working internally and with our partners to ensure our commitment to accelerating progress on issues of racial and social equity and inclusion are reflected in all of our work.

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