Prevent IPV News

Check here for regular updates about happenings in the prevention field including emerging programs and campaigns, upcoming events and funding announcements, and the release of publications and reports relevant to the primary prevention of intimate partner violence.

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Voices From Our Movement: Anti-Racism as Violence Prevention Video Series

Date: 
Tuesday, 15 October 2019

Across the country, domestic and sexual violence advocates are working to address the ways that racism and oppression impact survivors’ health and self-determination. Futures Without Violence's new video series explores how the anti-violence movement can resist racism and oppression as one of the most important ways to prevent violence. These videos can be watched on your own, or used to spark discussion in a group!

Prevention Town Hall: Advancing, expanding, and sustaining primary prevention of sexual and intimate partner violence in the era of #MeToo and #TimesUp

Date: 
Tuesday, 29 October 2019

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 a web conference to explore how practitioners are pivoting conversations around sexual violence to prevention, how the national dialogue has impacted prevention work, the new voices and sectors practitioners are partnering with, and what visions exist for seizing the moment and moving people towards action.

Youth Leadership as Violence Prevention Work

Date: 
Tuesday, 19 November 2019

Webinar Announcement

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

This webinar 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.

Shared Vision, Shared Work: Engaging Multisector Partners for Sexual and Intimate Partner Violence Prevention

Date: 
Thursday, 17 October 2019

Webinar Announcement

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

This web conference will explore the Collaboration Multiplier tool from Prevention Institute and will feature guests from a state public health department, state sexual and domestic violence coalition, and a rape crisis center all engaged in multisector partnerships.

Reimagining Gender for a World Without Violence: Art and Storytelling Led by Black Organizers

Date: 
Thursday, 3 October 2019

Webinar Announcement

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

Presenters on this web conference will share highlights from the upcoming anthology “Black Freedom Beyond Borders: Re-imagining Gender in Wakanda.” The anthology is inspired by and honors the lives of Black, brown, and indigenous queer and trans women who have died and experienced violence.

Cheers to Creating Protective Environments: Sexual and Intimate Partner Violence Prevention in Bars and Alcohol-Serving Establishments

Date: 
Monday, 30 September 2019

Webinar Announcement

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 for a discussion with prevention practitioners who are partnering with bars and alcohol-serving establishments to advance prevention and create protective environments.

Webinar: Introducing the New VetoViolence Tool

Date: 
Wednesday, 28 August 2019

Using Essential Elements to Select, Adapt, and Evaluate Violence Prevention Approaches

Join PreventConnect on Wednesday, September 18th for an overview and demo of the new VetoViolence tool as well as a discussion about how the tool can be used by practitioners.

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NEW PUBLICATION: Continuing the Dialogue

Date: 
Monday, 19 August 2019

CDC's newly released publication, Continuing the Dialogue: Learning from the Past and Looking to the Future of Intimate Partner Violence and Sexual Violence Prevention, serves as a follow-up piece to Sexual Violence Prevention: Beginning the Dialogue (2004), exploring lessons learned over the past 15 years and highlighting paths forward for the prevention field.

DELTA FOCUS Stories: Lessons learned from 3 community-based initiatives

Date: 
Thursday, 12 September 2019

Webinar Announcement

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

Join us for this 90-minute webinar on September 12th at 2pm Eastern, as preventionists in Alaska, Rhode Island, and North Carolina share their successes, surprises, and lessons learned along their journeys, offering strategies and tools for those who wish to engage in this work or adapt similar projects for their own communities.

Summer 2019 Newsletter: Moving Our Work Forward

Date: 
Thursday, 22 August 2019

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