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How Schools Can Reduce Sexual Violence

Date: 
Thursday, 15 November 2018

"One of the most effective and powerful ways of encouraging young people to make healthy decisions is to know the truth about their friends," psychologist Alan Berkowitz explains. "Because in fact most of their friends are healthy."

Getting Started on Supporting Economic Opportunity for Sexual and Domestic Violence Prevention

Date: 
Wednesday, 28 November 2018

Webinar Announcement

1:30 - 3pm Eastern / 12:30 - 2pm Central / 11:30am - 1pm Mountain / 10:30am - 12pm Pacific

Join PreventConnect for this web conference where presenters will share emerging work in Ohio and Alaska focused on increasing economic opportunities for prevention as part of their DELTA Impact work and partnerships.

What else can men do to prevent domestic and sexual violence?

Date: 
Monday, 5 November 2018

Because we believe that preventing gender-based violence is everyone’s responsibility, and because men are particularly well positioned to influence masculine norms and men’s behavior, we’ve asked, “What else can men do to prevent domestic and sexual violence?"

Fall 2018 Newsletter: #1Thing for DVAM

Date: 
Tuesday, 16 October 2018

This year's message for Domestic Violence Awareness Month expands on the Awareness + Action = Social Change campaign, which emphasizes the importance of “being part of the equation” to end domestic violence by engaging in proactive efforts to interrupt the cultural rules, norms, and constructs that support it. By encouraging people to do #1Thing, we acknowledge that everyone has a role to play, no matter how small, in our collective effort to transform our communities.

Interventions that Work: Preventing Intimate Partner and Sexual Violence Among Youth

Date: 
Wednesday, 24 October 2018

Webinar Announcement

1:30 - 3pm Eastern / 12:30 - 2pm Central / 11:30am - 1pm Mountain / 10:30am - 12pm Pacific

Join this webinar to learn about the Community Preventive Services Task Force (CPSTF) recommendation for interventions to prevent intimate partner violence and sexual violence among youth.

Fostering School Environments that Prevent Teen Dating Violence and Sexual Harassment

Date: 
Wednesday, 31 October 2018

Webinar Announcement

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

Join PreventConnect for this web conference where presenters will dive deeper into what infrastructure is needed to implement comprehensive school-based violence prevention and how practitioners are going about this.

Coming To The Right Answer By Themselves: Talking With Boys About Sexual Assault

Date: 
Wednesday, 10 October 2018

Moving Traditions founder and CEO Deborah Meyer says the goal is not to tell teens how they should behave, but to give them the space and guidance to arrive at the right answer with their peers. "We help guys uncover the tenderness and the connection and the joy in themselves, as a human being, and develop for themselves a sense of ethics and values and responsibility," Meyer says.

#1Thing Action Guide: Action Through a Unified Message

Date: 
Wednesday, 12 September 2018

Domestic violence impacts millions of people each year, but it can be prevented. It requires the collective voice and power of individuals, families, institutions, and systems – each whose “one thing” adds a valuable and powerful component to transforming our communities.

Reimagining Institutional Approaches to Ending Sexual Violence: Advancing organizational change with the Culture of Respect Collective

Date: 
Friday, 28 September 2018

Webinar Announcement

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

Join PreventConnect along with Culture of Respect staff and current Culture of Respect Collective participants, to learn about the Collective and its benefits, and how this comprehensive and targeted approach to institutional change has strengthened campus communities together as they work to end sexual violence.

Centering the Margins: Advancing health equity for sexual and domestic violence prevention

Date: 
Friday, 31 August 2018

Webinar Announcement

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

How do we take theory and values about health equity and put them into action? This web conference from PreventConnect will focus on how practitioners and advocates are centering the margins in their prevention work – meaning sharing power with and elevating opportunities for groups who have been historically and continue to be marginalized.

Back to School: Youth Leadership as Violence Prevention Work

Date: 
Tuesday, 18 September 2018

Webinar Announcement

3:00-4:30pm Eastern / 2:00-3:30pm Central / 1:00-2:30pm Mountain / 12:00pm-1:30pm Pacific

This webinar from the NW Network will 1) unpack the impacts of adultism on youth and how it affects experiences of violence and 2) walk through organizational tools for supporting youth self-determination and organizational input.

Addressing Sexual Assault on Campus: From Implementation to Evaluation

Date: 
Wednesday, 12 September 2018

Webinar Announcement

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

Representatives from multidisciplinary state-level teams from Florida, Hawai’i, Kansas and Montana will highlight lessons learned from their participation and provide an overview of their bystander intervention efforts.

The Economic Cost of Intimate Partner Violence: Implications for Prevention

Date: 
Thursday, 13 September 2018

Webinar Announcement

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

Join PreventConnect, the National Resource Center on Domestic Violence (NRCDV), and CDC researchers to learn more about the long-term economic cost of intimate partner violence and implications for prevention policy and practice.

It’s My Prerogative: Consent and Healthy Sexuality for People with Disabilities

Date: 
Tuesday, 21 August 2018

Webinar Announcement

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

This webinar will review the need for sexuality education for people with disabilities, issues around consent to sex for people with disabilities, how to talk to people with disabilities about consent, and resources for discussing sexuality with people with disabilities with the ultimate goal of promoting safe and autonomous sexual relationships. 

Culturally-Informed Prevention: Preventing sexual and domestic violence in communities of color

Date: 
Wednesday, 15 August 2018

Webinar Announcement

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

Prevention work in all communities should be culturally informed – not only drawing from research, but also addressing community context. Join PreventConnect to learn from advocates and practitioners who are embracing culture as an asset across racial and ethnic lines and working in and with communities of color to create inclusive, safe environments.

Call For Stories: My #1Thing

Date: 
Tuesday, 17 July 2018

Accomplishing the social transformation necessary to achieve a world that is peaceful, equitable, and just requires the collective power of individuals, families, institutions, and systems – each whose “one thing” adds value to creating and sustaining healthy communities. This is an invitation for activists, advocates, survivors, community leaders, parents, teachers, day care providers, health care professionals, faith leaders, social workers, attorneys, judges, law enforcement, government workers, and others with an interest in adding their story to our collective effort to end domestic violence!

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