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NNEDV and NAESV Advocacy Days 2025

Be Heard, Take Action, End Violence

The National Network to End Domestic Violence (NNEDV) was pleased to co-host Advocacy Days again this year with the National Alliance to End Sexual Violence (NAESV) in Washington, DC, June 24 and 25.*

Advocacy Days on June 24-25 were open to domestic violence coalitions, sexual assault coalitions, dual coalitions, and invited guests.

*Single-issue sexual assault and dual coalitions were invited to a June 23 event hosted by NAESV.

Registration

We welcomed the participation of as many state and territory coalition members as possible. We encouraged coalitions to invite survivors who wanted to speak from their lived experience, and first-time participants, as well as those of you who join us each year in DC.

Registration is now closed. Please contact us with any questions.

Agenda

Pre-Advocacy Days Trainings over Zoom:
  • Thursday, May 29: The Advocacy Days pre-training session was conducted via Zoom. This session was closed captioned in English. ASL and Spanish interpretation were available upon request.
NAESV Dual and Single-Issue SA Coalition Event:
  • Monday, June 23: NAESV meeting for sexual assault and dual coalitions
Advocacy Days in Washington, DC at the Washington Plaza Hotel:
  • Tuesday, June 24: Policy forum (more details to come on additional events for the day)
  • Wednesday, June 25: Congressional meetings (more details to come on additional events for the day)

Scheduling Meetings with Your Members of Congress

NNEDV and NAESV sent a template scheduling letter for Congressional meetings and explained how to set up these meetings at our pre-Advocacy Days trainings.

Travel and Hotel

Events on June 23-24 took place at the Washington Plaza Hotel, which had a room block for coalitions to book directly with the hotel. Hotel and travel costs were not included in registration rates, and details on booking your hotel rooms within the block were provided upon completion of registration. Hotel reservations within our block must have been booked no later than May 23!

Wednesday Congressional meetings were in the U.S. House and Senate buildings on Capitol Hill. We provided maps to help you navigate. Coalitions were responsible for transportation to and from these events, and staff were available to help you navigate if needed.

*** We had a room block reserved with 100 rooms available on the night of Sunday, June 22, and 150 rooms for the remainder of the block. To ensure you secured your space, we recommended booking your room as soon as possible. While we did not have official overflow hotels, if our room block filled up, we provided a list of alternative options for you to book independently. Please note that we could not guarantee the same rate as the Washington Plaza.

Accessibility

Language interpretation (including, but not limited to, ASL and spoken languages) was provided upon request and could be requested in the registration form. Requests after May 23 could not be guaranteed.

Other mobility and learning accessibility needs could be indicated in registration as well. (For example: materials in Braille, wheelchair access, materials in large print, etc.)

Every effort was made to accommodate advance requests; on-site requests could not be guaranteed. Reasonable accommodations were provided during meeting sessions. Please contact us at Advocacy@NNEDV.org with any questions or for more assistance.

Health and Safety

We wanted to acknowledge the impact that the COVID-19 pandemic has had on our nation and survivors, and we understand it is still very much an ongoing crisis. The best way to protect oneself from COVID-19 is to wear a proper mask, complete a full vaccine schedule, and test when appropriate. This was a multi-day, in-person event where social distancing was not guaranteed and masking was not required.

Questions

If you have any questions about Advocacy Days, please don’t hesitate to email NNEDV at Advocacy@NNEDV.org or Maureen Gallagher, NAESV Policy and Programs Manager, at Maureen@EndSexualViolence.org.

Advocacy Days was brought to you by:

Amazon (Platinum Sponsor)

Match Group and ReloShare (Bronze Sponsors)