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Prevention

Community organizing prevents sexual violence

August 24, 2010

posted in: Prevention

I am exciting about the workshops at the National Sexual Assault Conference next week in Los Angeles, especially the prevention sessions.  Van Lan Truong from Close to Home will lead a workshop titled on “Introducing Vietnamese Community Organizing Work to Prevent Domestic and Sexual Violence Using Community Asset-Based and Close to Home’s model.” (She is

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Under control: countering power and control through norms change

August 17, 2010

posted in: Prevention

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PreventConnect.org Registration has opened for the next PreventConnect web conference titled Under Control: Countering the Value Placed on Power and Control Through Norms Change. Countering norms that reinforce power and control over others is an opportunity to prevent violence in a lasting, comprehensive way. This web conference highlights specific strategies and efforts that seek to

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Linking local providers with federal funding

August 16, 2010

The Family Violence Prevention Fund, Peace Over Violence and Rainbow Services hosted a briefing late week titled “Linking Local Providers with Federal Funding.” The room was packed at Peace Over Violence’s offices as representatives of local service providers learned about opportunities for funding. I was there to share about statewide and national efforts to address

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How do men get involved in ending violence against women work?

August 13, 2010

posted in: Prevention

As a man working in sexual violence and domestic violence movement, frequently I am asked “why do you do this work?” Why do people ask this question?  Is it because they ask everyone (female and male) why do this work? Or are they surprised that a man is engaged in this work? Another reason is

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Start Strong brings youth voices to prevent teen dating violence

August 2, 2010

posted in: Prevention

At the Start Strong Annual Meeting in July 2010, the 11 sites funded by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation and Blue Shield of California met to learn from each other. Each site brought teen leaders who spent the meeting sharing with each other and developing a PSA, learning to tweet and writing OpEd pieces. This

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Youth share why they are involved in teen dating violence prevention

July 29, 2010

posted in: Prevention

Youth Radio, a fabulous program based in Oakland, California (also Los Angeles, Washington DC and Atlanta), created this video from the youth who attended the July Violence Against Women and Teen Dating Violence Prevention Forum held in Sacramento. Youth Radio’s BOM teen dating violence prevention program uses media to engage youth in a discussion about

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