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.
Children, youth, and families are experiencing intensified stresses and new traumas as our country and the entire world works to contain the novel coronavirus and save lives. This first blog of the series from PreventConnect unpacks the increased risks for violence in the home during this time of crisis and spotlights efforts by Center at McKinleyville in Humboldt County, CA and the National Compadres Network to support connection and care.
Engaging youth in violence prevention efforts is essential to creating change in our communities and culture. Many organizations are exploring creative approaches to engage youth outside of and beyond classroom settings. Join PreventConnect and the National Resource Center on Domestic Violence to learn how state coalitions and their community partners move power, not information, to youth and provide leadership opportunities to prevent sexual and intimate partner violence.
During this webinar, presenters will explore how economic justice initiatives are an integral part of our work to prevent sexual and intimate partner violence (SV/IPV).
As advocates for prevention, engaging in critical media literacy will allow us to change narratives and to be more conscious of the messages young people of color are receiving. During the webinar, participants will be given an overview of critical media literacy, including deeper knowledge of how to access, evaluate, and analyze media.
The National Resource Center on Domestic Violence has gathered resources capturing diverse perspectives on this work as it relates to the COVID-19 crisis, in addition to resources that can be utilized by preventionists, educators and caregivers alike to help foster family resilience, justice, and hope.
Join PreventConnect and state-level DELTA Impact and RPE technical assistance providers to be in community and converse about how we can continue our work to prevent violence during challenging times.
Despite the fear, despair, and uncertainty our communities are experiencing, there is an abundance of connectedness, support, and hope. At its core, prevention work is about fostering thriving individuals, families, and communities, which makes addressing the impact of COVID-19 and working to promote health equity, racial justice, and community care as sustainable remedies to foster healthy and thriving communities imperative at this challenging and uncertain time.
Join PreventConnect on this web conference to learn from two RPE-funded local programs and a state coalition and their local program about the challenges, opportunities, and successes in preventing sexual and intimate partner violence in rural communities.
February 2020 marks 10 years of working to prevent teen dating violence for Teen Dating Violence Awareness & Prevention Month. This issue of the PreventIPV newsletter highlights resources for promoting community connectedness and mobilization for social change, with a particular focus on youth-centered initiatives.
This interactive training will discuss the latest research on healthy teen relationships, existing resources, case studies, and the components of the Dating Matters model. Speakers will share practical approaches to promote healthy relationships among youth in local communities
How is community being built to transform the world to one without violence? Join Resonance Network and PreventConnect on this web conference to learn how organizers in the Resonance Network plant the seeds to create the world we want.
Join PreventConnect and the National Sexual Violence Resource Center on this web conference to explore resources, concepts, tools, and other necessary prevention components that all preventionists–new and seasoned–should know to succeed in preventing sexual and domestic violence.
Join PreventConnect, the National Sexual Violence Resource Center, and CDC on this web conference to discuss the key findings from National Prevalence of Sexual Violence by a Workplace-Related Perpetrator and its implications for preventing workplace sexual harassment and assault.
In this web conference, presenters will share the methodology developed that can be used across a range of college and university settings to enhance campus sexual assault prevention.
This web conference will define social norms and social marketing campaigns, describe appropriate evaluation measures and indicators (including their pros and cons) to measure the efficacy of these campaigns, and provide examples of how several social norms and social marketing campaigns have been evaluated.
