In this web conference, participants will hear from speakers working to promote leadership and engagement for sexual and intimate partner violence prevention, and dialogue about unique challenges and opportunities to doing this work in the current climate.
As preventionists continue to adapt to the changing landscape and context presented by the COVID-19 pandemic, many are exploring ways to create engaging sexual and intimate partner violence education opportunities online. Join PreventConnect on this web conference for tips & practices for creating engaging online events.
This issue of the PreventIPV newsletter highlights resources for centering racial and economic justice in our efforts to prevent domestic and sexual violence. Featured resources offer strategies for promoting racial equity and dismantling anti-Blackness and white supremacy at every level of the social ecology as we work to build healthy and thriving communities for all.
Monday, September 14, 2020
1pm-6pm Eastern, 12pm-5pm Central, 10am-3pm Pacific
The National Resource Center on Domestic Violence and National IPV Prevention Council, in partnership with the Indiana Coalition Against Domestic Violence, the Michigan Coalition to End Domestic and Sexual Violence, and the Ohio Domestic Violence Network, are pleased to host the first National Prevention Town Hall, highlighting innovative social change efforts in the East North Central Region.
Join storytellers, advocates and activists in shared learning as we pivot our intimate partner violence prevention work in response to the inequities that COVID has laid bare, especially for Black individuals and communities. Explore meaningful relationship building with communities across states, sectors, and social justice movements.
Thursday, August 27, 7-8pm EST / 6-7pm CST, 4-5pm PST
Join us for a conversation about pivoting our work to meet this moment and co-creating the world we all deserve during Domestic Violence Awareness Month and beyond. At this time when advocates and preventionists are ready to embrace new approaches to healing, health, safety, and justice, the presenters will explore strategies for connecting the dots between our awareness and prevention work, and for building meaningful relationships that help us move to transformative action in our communities.
Strengthening economic supports and security for women and families is one strategy for preventing multiple forms of violence. Join PreventConnect and guests from Ujima, Inc. and Family Forward North Carolina for a discussion on how messaging these linkages is crucial to gain buy-in and engage partners.
Join PreventConnect and teams from California and Pennsylvania to learn how they leverage partnerships, keep partners engaged, and coordinate statewide prevention work across systems to prevent multiple forms of violence.
Join PreventConnect on this web conference with a bystander intervention researcher and practitioners to dissect recent research on bystander intervention and discuss opportunities and challenges for implementing bystander intervention programs that do more than change attitudes, but create behavior change to protect against violence and harm.
This webinar will focus on community-level primary prevention including a review of the risk factors, the difference between community-level and community-based prevention, and practical application examples for preventionists to consider in their practice.
"The National and NYC Father's Day Pledge Against Violence 2020 will look very different this year because the world is different. COVID-19 prohibits us from standing together physically in our towns and cities, but this year we’re joining Fathers and their loved ones all over the country to pledge against violence in our homes, communities, workplaces and now more than ever we must be clear about the pandemic that has consistently plagued Black and Brown people."
"A healing-centered approach to addressing trauma requires a different question that moves beyond 'what happened to you' to 'what’s right with you' and views those exposed to trauma as agents in the creation of their own well-being rather than victims of traumatic events." – Dr. Shawn Ginwright
The Spring 2020 Issue of the PreventIPV Newsletter features resources that center healing and nurturing relationships as critical prevention strategies.
Join PreventConnect for this web conference with the Center for Cultural Power and Story at Scale to discuss a new cultural strategy to advance gender justice using intersectional research and storytelling that centers marginalized voices.
In Part 3 of this 3-part series from Jane Doe, Inc., participants will observe media created by young people and strategize ways to empower young people to create liberating media.
