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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.

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2:00-3:30pm Eastern / 1:00-2:30pm Central / 12:00-1:30pm Mountain / 11:00am-12:30pm Pacific

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.

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2:00-3:30pm Eastern / 1:00-2:30pm Central / 12:00-1:30pm Mountain / 11:00am-12:30pm Pacific

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.

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10:00am Eastern / 9:00am Central / 8:00am Mountain / 7:00am Pacific

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.

"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.

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1:00-2:30pm Eastern / 12:00-1:30pm Central / 11:00am-12:30pm Mountain / 10:00-11:30am Pacific

In Part 2 of this 3-part series from Jane Doe, Inc., participants will go in-depth into media literacy analysis and social media activities.

This second blog post of the series from PreventConnect is about informing and advocating with funders and policymakers during this time of crisis. It spotlights Ujima’s policy efforts to support Black women and the Hogg Foundation for Mental Health’s guidance on strategic partnerships between philanthropy and grantees to best support families and communities.