This web conference will explore the findings from the recent article “Coaching Boys into Men:” A Cluster-Randomized Controlled Trial of a Dating Violence Prevention Program, which was featured in the Journal of Adolescent Health. Speakers will share insights about implementation of this evidence-based prevention program with coaches serving as messengers for prevention. Coaching Boys into Men equips coaches with the tools to help young athletes build respectful, nonviolent relationships.

Host/Presenter: David Lee, CALCASA, PreventConnect

Elizabeth Miller

Brian O'Connor

Guest Speakers: Brian O’Connor, Director of Public Education Campaigns & Programs, Futures Without Violence; Elizabeth Miller, Chief, Division of Adolescent Medicine, Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center

Cost: Free

Learning Objectives:

1. Describe the findings of the article “Coaching Boys into Men:” A Cluster-Randomized Controlled Trial of a Dating Violence Prevention Program.
2. Describe the value of utilizing coaches as messengers for violence prevention.
3. Identify opportunities to apply lessons learned from Coaching Boys into Men for participants’ communities.

What is a Web Conference?
A web conference is an opportunity to attend an online workshop by watching a presentation on your computer screen (using your internet connection) and hearing presenters through your telephone. Prevent Connect web conferences feature an opportunity to participate in online question & answer sessions and live text chat between participants. If for some reason you are unable to join on your computer, you can download the presentation slides from our website and listen on your phone.

Real-Time Captioning Available: Instructions for accessing captioning during this web conference will be provided with your registration confirmation.

Compatibility: The iLinc web conference software used by Prevent Connect is compatible with both Microsoft® Windows® and Apple® Macintosh® computers. Click here for detailed system requirements.

Alexis Marbach

Jessica Renee Napier

On Feb. 28, 2012, more than 40 people attended the CALCASA web conference “SAAM 2012 Media Campaign.”  In this web conference, CALCASA prepared members to talk to media about: how your center has been affected by budgetary cuts/constraints; legislation supported by rape crisis centers; and new data about sexual assault.

As momentum starts to build around Sexual Assault Awareness Month, CALCASA would like to use media opportunities to not only highlight the events and work at California Rape Crisis Centers, but also to make sexual assault a priority issue for the media and those who are watching — funders, policymakers and general public. CALCASA’s focus for SAAM 2012 is to capitalize on the coverage of SAAM by raising issues that rape crisis centers are currently facing.

Host/Presenter: Jessica Renee Napier & Alexis Marbach

Resources from this web conference:

• Web Conference Audio Recording
• Web Conference PowerPoint
• Handout: How to foster a relationship with your local media
• Handout: Have media cover your SAAM event
• Handout: Press Release Template
• Handout: Tips for talking to the media
• Handout: Developing talking points
• Video: CALCASA Interview Tips

For media support, email Jessica. For policy support, email Alexis.

Dr. Dorothy Espelage

Join Dr. Dorothy Espelage and Dr. Kathleen Basile as they discuss their recent Journal of Adolescent Health article, “Bullying Perpetration and Subsequent Sexual Violence Perpetration Among Middle School Students.” Heather Carter of the Youth Suicide Prevention Program in Seattle, Wash., will join the conversation as she will describe efforts to prevent LGBT-based bullying and harassment. In this interactive web conference, we will explore the potential implications for sexual violence and other prevention efforts.

Monday, February 27, and repeated on Friday, March 2, 2012

This ninety-minute (90 min) session will start at 11 AM Pacific Standard Time (2 PM Eastern, 1 PM Central, Noon Mountain, 10 AM Alaska, 8 AM Hawai’i).

Click here to register and get materials on the PreventConnect web site for this web conference.

Host/Presenter: David Lee, CALCASA, PreventConnect

Guest Speakers:

• Dorothy Espelage, Ph.D., University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign;
• Kathleen Basile, Ph.D., Division of Violence Prevention, CDC
• Heather Carter, MA, OUTLoud Project Manager, Youth Suicide Prevention Program

Cost: Free

Learning Objectives:

1. Participants will describe the findings of a the study “Bullying Perpetration and Subsequent Sexual Violence Perpetration Among Middle School Students.”
2. Participants will explore a potential bullying sexual violence pathway.
3. Participants will identify potential implications for prevention efforts.

What is a Web Conference?
A web conference is an opportunity to attend an online workshop by watching a presentation on your computer screen (using your internet connection) and hearing presenters through your telephone. Prevent Connect web conferences feature an opportunity to participate in online question & answer sessions and live text chat between participants. If for some reason you are unable to join on your computer, you can download the presentation slides from our website and listen on your phone.

Real-Time Captioning Available
Instructions for accessing captioning during this web conference will be provided with your registration confirmation.

Compatibility
The iLinc web conference software used by Prevent Connect is compatible with both Microsoft® Windows® and Apple® Macintosh® computers. Click here for detailed system requirements.

The Invisible War recently premiered at the Sundance Film Festival, drawing new attention to sexual assault in the military. The Invisible War “Focus[es] on the powerfully emotional stories of several young women, the film reveals the systemic cover up of the crimes against them and follows their struggles to rebuild their lives and fight for justice”.

Did you know:

• Military women are more likely to be raped by a fellow soldier then killed by enemy fire?
• Only 8% if sexual assault cases are prosecuted in the military and only 2% of those result in convictions?

The California Coalition Against Sexual Assault Rape Crisis Capacity Building (RCCB) Series will be holding a webinar on survivors of military sexual trauma on Thursday, February 9, 2012 from 11 am – 1 pm PST. Participants will learn to develop and/or increase their skills related to advocacy, service-provision and organizational readiness for these underserved, high-risk populations.

Rape Crisis Capacity Building Series: “Understanding Military Sexual Trauma”

Date: Thursday, February 9th, 2012

Time: 11:00 AM-1:00 PM (PST)

Registration Link: https://calcasa.ilinc.com/register/krhhjsc

Presenter:

Lori Katz, PHD

Psychologist

Military Sexual Trauma Coordinator

VA Long Beach Health Care System

Working with Veteran Survivors requires advocates to understand the experiences of sexual violence many veterans encounter while enlisted.  Dr. Lori Katz, PhD is an expert in the area of Military Sexual Trauma and working with survivors.  In this web conference she will provide important information about how to work with survivors who have experienced sexual violence in the military and will discuss resources available for advocates whose agency may be serving veterans with MST.

***RCCB webinars are open to CalEMA funded CALCASA member programs only.  We do not have the capacity to accommodate non-member programs or individuals at this time.*

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National Intimate Partner & Sexual Violence Survey

In December 2010, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention released the initial findings from the National Intimate Partner and Sexual Violence Survey (NISVS). This survey became the subject of hundreds of news stories about the prevalence of sexual violence, intimate partner violence and stalking. In this web conference, we will share results of the survey and explore the implications for prevention efforts.

Wednesday, Feb. 1, 2012 and repeated on Thursday, Feb. 2, 2012
This ninety-minute (90 min) session begins at 11 a.m. Pacific Time (2 PM Eastern, 1 PM Central, Noon Mountain, 10 AM Alaska, 8 AM Hawai’i). Click here to sign the wait list if the sessions are full.)

Host/Presenter: David Lee, CALCASA, PreventConnect

Guest Speakers: Michele Lynberg Black, Ph.D., Division of Violence Prevention, CDC; Matt Breiding, Ph.D., Division of Violence Prevention, CDC; Kathleen Basile, Ph.D., Division of Violence Prevention, CDC

Cost: Free

Materials and Recordings: Click here to get this materials at PreventConnect.

What is a Web Conference?
A web conference is an opportunity to attend an online workshop by watching a presentation on your computer screen (using your internet connection) and hearing presenters through your telephone. Prevent Connect web conferences feature an opportunity to participate in online question & answer sessions and live text chat between participants. If for some reason you are unable to join on your computer, you can download the presentation slides from our website and listen on your phone.

Real-Time Captioning Available: Instructions for accessing captioning during this web conference will be provided with your registration confirmation.

Compatibility: The iLinc web conference software used by Prevent Connect is compatible with both Microsoft® Windows® and Apple® Macintosh® computers. Click here for detailed system requirements.

Lindy Aldrich, Deputy Director of the Victim Rights Law Center, led today’s web conference on working to improve survivor-centered institutional response to sexual violence.  She addressed common challenges that arise when enforcing policy as well as the intersection of our work with the Office on Civil Rights Dear Colleague Letter issued in April 2011.  Campuses dialogued on how overall implementation and enforcement requires strategy and multidisciplinary collaboration.

Materials from today’s web conference (the audio recording will be made available later):

Once the policy is written (pdf)

Audio recording of Once the Policy is Written (mp3)

Text chat transcript (pdf)

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Kasia Reterska from Fenton will share how to frame data to make the case for prevention.

Join Fenton, a social justice communications firm, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and others from the PreventConnect national community of prevention practitioners for a conversation about framing data to make the case for primary prevention. On September 20, 2011, PreventConnect will hold a web conference titled Framing Data to Demonstrate the Need for Primary Prevention. (the session will be repeated on September 21, 2011.

This fall, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention will release initial results of the National Intimate Partner and Sexual Violence Survey (NISVS). The new data about intimate partner violence, sexual violence and a stalking will create opportunities to raise awareness about the prevalence of these public health problems and to make the case for prevention. In this web conference, we will discuss NISVS and its messaging implications for the field, explore tools for creating a strong message framework around IPV/SV/stalking data, and workshop questions solicited from the field in advance of the web conference. This information will provide practitioners with the knowledge necessary to develop strong messages about the data and the need for primary prevention in order to reach a variety of constituents.

This web conference is part of a series of PreventConnect web conferences that prepare prevention practitioners to use data to make the case for prevention.

Click here to join this web conference.

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Emily May of Hollaback

Join PreventConnect for our next web conference Diversifying Leadership: Building the Voice and Vision to Prevent Sexual and Domestic Violence on August 30, 2011 (repeated on August 31, 2011.) Emily May of Hollaback and  Idaho Coalition Against Sexual & Domestic Violence‘s Jeff Matsushita will join Annie Lyles of Prevention Institute to explore strategies to find new voices to take the lead in preventing sexual and domestic violence.

We will discuss how to incorporate the voice and vision of the diverse communities we serve. Participants will learn new strategies to diversify leadership and how these strategies strengthen efforts to prevent sexual and domestic violence. Be ready to join the discussion by sharing ideas or posing questions to our guests via live phone and text chat.

Click here to register and get more information.

Emily May

Are you seeing the same faces at every meeting? Could your collaborative use an influx of inspiration? Does your leadership team really reflect your community? Join an insightful discussion with Hollaback‘s Emily May and Jeff Matsushita from the Idaho Coalition Against Sexual & Domestic Violence as we discuss how to incorporate the voice and vision of the diverse communities we serve. Participants will learn new strategies to diversify leadership and how these strategies strengthen efforts to prevent sexual and domestic violence. Be ready to join the discussion by sharing ideas or posing questions to our guests via live phone and text chat.

Tuesday, Aug. 30, 2011 and repeated on Wednesday, Aug. 31, 2011 

This ninety-minute (90 min) session will start at 11 AM Pacific Standard Time (2 PM Eastern). The Aug. 31 session is a repeat of the Aug. 30 session.

To register, visit the PreventConnect.org website.

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Manuel Colorado-Reyes will present on working with men and boys to prevent intimate partner violence.

Working with men and boys is a growing strategy for primary prevention of intimate partner violence. In this upcoming PreventConnect web conference, Working with Men and Boys to Prevent Intimate Partner Violence: Lessons Learned from DELTA Programs, several prevention practitioners will share experiences in developing, implementing and evaluating local prevention programs. Join this session to learn from practitioners in the field about the challenges, opportunities and resources to create change in communities.

DELTA is a national program of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention that funds 14 state domestic violence coalitions to deelop, implement and evalaute primary prevention of intimate partner violence efforts.

Click here to register for this free web conference on August 19, 2011 – 2:00-3:30pm Eastern Time (11:00 am – 12:30 Pacific Time, noon-1:30 Mountain Time; 1:00 – 2:30 Central Time.)

PreventConnect’s David Lee, who is the CALCASA’s Director of Prevention Services, will be joined by Jeanne Noordsy, Domestic Violence Project of Catholic Charities of Saratoga, Warren and Washington Counties, New York; Scott Michels, Jewish Family Services of Delaware; and Manuel Colorado-Reyes, Family Violence & Rape Crisis Services, Pittsboro, N.C.

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Lori Dorfman of the Berkeley Media Studies Group

The next PreventConnect web conference From Data to Prevention II: Using Data to Make the Case for Prevention will explore how to “create news to prevent violence.”  The web conference will be held on Monday, July 25, 2011, 11am Pacific Time (2pm Eastern Time, 1pm Central Time, noon Mountain Time) and repeated on Tuesday, July 26, 2011. Click here to register for this free web conference.

Larry Cohen of the Prevention Institute

ln this web conference, participants will learn how to use the media effectively to move our work forward, and go from a downstream, reactive approach to an upfront, proactive approach. Join an insightful discussion with Berkeley Media Studies Group‘s Lori Dorfman and Prevention Institute‘s Larry Cohen as they discuss how to make the case for prevention in media using data and other forms of media messaging. We will discuss the broader media context as well as the most current opportunities and discussion focusing on media messaging and data analysis. Sexual and domestic violence advocates cannot change norms and environments without acknowledging and leveraging the critical role that media coverage has in shaping the understanding of, and conversations about, violence.

This web conference is the next in a series to prepare for Fall 2011  release of data from the new sexual violence, intimate partner violence and stalking survey conducted by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Previous web conferences on related topics included From Data to Prevention: Framing Sexual and Domestic Violence Prevention Impact From a Cost-Effectiveness Perspective, Understanding the Differences Between National Sexual Violence and Intimate Partner Violence Surveys, and Changing the public perception about violence against women.

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Lisa Hoffman

Join PreventConnect for the next in our series of web conferences by build the case for prevention using data.  On June 8, we will hold the web conference From Data to Prevention: Framing Sexual and Domestic Violence Prevention Impact From a Cost-Effectiveness Perspective. Listen to Lisa Hoffman of Transforming Communities: Technical Assistance, Training and Resource Center and prevention practitioners discuss how to make the case for prevention using data. Click here to register today.

In these tough economic times, have you ever wondered how to make the case that your sexual assault and domestic violence prevention program is cost-effective? Would you like to learn how to better state your program’s impact to funders and other decision-makers? In this web conference, we will share a simple, 6-step process for framing how to evaluate prevention work and how invested resources are producing meaningful outcomes for ending violence against women. Participants will increase their understanding of why cost-effectiveness thinking is relevant to their organizations and receive concrete tools to apply these concepts in practical ways (e.g. program planning, evaluation and fundraising efforts). Through this web conference, we will also work toward building a unified analysis and talking points that can help all our prevention programs become more sustainable.

When: Wednesday, June 8, 2011

This ninety-minute (90 min) session will start at 11 AM Pacific Standard Time (2 PM Eastern) on June 8.

Host: David Lee, PreventConnect, California Coalition Against Sexual Assault

Guests: Chevon Kothari, Executive Director, Mountain Crisis Services; Liz Richards, Director of Programming, Minnesota Battered Women’s Coalition

Cost: Free

Click here to register now.

Learning Objectives:

1. Discussed how cost framing can be used to describe the impact of our prevention work.
2. Acquired a new vocabulary for articulating the benefits and cost-savings of our prevention work.
3. Explored the tool: 6 Steps for Making the Case for Your Prevention Program Through the Lens of Cost-Effectiveness.

What is a Web Conference

A web conference is an opportunity to attend an online workshop by watching a presentation on your computer screen (using your internet connection) and hearing presenters through your telephone. Prevent Connect web conferences feature an opportunity to participate in online question & answer sessions and live text chat between participants. If for some reason you are unable to join on your computer, you can download the presentation slides from our website and listen on your phone.

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Michele Lynberg Black, CDC's Lead Epidemiologist for NISVS

In the next PreventConnect web conference, Understanding the differences between Nationals Sexual Violence and Intimate Partner Violence Surveys, we will explore the differences between public health and criminal justice surveys when looking at sexual violence and intimate partner violence. Join Michele Lynberg Black and David Lee in a conversation about different types of data and its usefulness to prevention practitioners.

In October 2011, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) will release results of National Intimate Partner Sexual Violence Survey (NISVS). The new information about intimate partner violence, sexual violence and a stalking will draw additional attention to these issues and create new opportunities to advance prevention activities.

The information discussed in the web conference will provide practitioners with the knowledge necessary to be able to speak about the differences in SV/IPV national surveys and which are best for your data needs. Future PreventConnect web conferences will provide additional information about framing messages based on data, how to interpret data and review the results of NISVS (after the release in October 2011).

The web conference will take place on

• Wednesday, May 25, 2011
• Thursday, May 26, 2011 Repeated
  

This sixty-minute (60 min) session will start at 11 AM Pacific Standard Time (2 PM Eastern). The May 26 session is a repeat of the session from the previous day,

Click here to register.

Host: David Lee, PreventConnect, California Coalition Against Sexual Assault

Presenter: Michele Lynberg Black, Ph.D., M.P.H., Lead Epidemiologist responsible for NISVS, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

Cost: Free

Learning Objectives:

1. Participants will be able to identify at least three sources of SV/IPV surveillance.
2. Participants will be able to describe the advantages and limitations of difference sources.
3. Participants will be able to describe the methodology of NISVS to collect information about SV/IPV.
4. Participants will be able to identify resources to get additional information about SV/IPV surveillance.

What is a Web Conference?
A web conference is an opportunity to attend an online workshop by watching a presentation on your computer screen (using your internet connection) and hearing presenters through your telephone. Prevent Connect web conferences feature an opportunity to participate in online question & answer sessions and live text chat between participants. If for some reason you are unable to join on your computer, you can download the presentation slides from our website and listen on your phone.

Real-Time Captioning Available:
Instructions for accessing captioning during this web conference will be provided with your registration confirmation.

Aimee Thompson

Lydia Guy Ortiz

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Who defines community? What are promising strategies to incorporate community voice in existing efforts? How do we justify investment in community engagement?

The next PreventConnect web conference, Cultivating Community Driven Social Change: Integrating the community voice in sexual and domestic violence prevention efforts, will be held on May 10 (repeated on May 11) and will feature Lydia Guy Ortiz and Close to Home’s Aimee Thompson joined by Prevention Institute for this web conference, the third in our series on Building Prevention Leadership.

Click here register to explore the who, what and how of community driven sexual and domestic violence prevention. This web conference will focus on translating best practices around community engagement into practical applications for the field. Learn how to ensure community voices are a valuable addition to your planning, coalition, and program and policy change efforts. Participants will be able to join the discussion by sharing ideas or posing questions to our guests via live phone and text chat.

Tuesday, May 10, 2011

This ninety-minute (90 min) session will start at 11 AM Pacific Standard Time (2 PM Eastern) on May 10, and will be repeated at 11 AM Pacific Standard Time (2 PM Eastern) on the following day, May 11.

Host: David Lee, PreventConnect, California Coalition Against Sexual Assault

Presenter: Annie Lyles and Christine Chang, Prevention Institute

Guest Speakers: Aimee Thompson, Executive Director, Close to Home; Lydia Guy Ortiz, LGO Consulting

Cost: Free

Register today .

Learning Objectives:

1. Engage in a candid discussion of the challenges and opportunities in a community driven approach.
2. Provide examples of lessons learned from people and organizations practicing community driven approaches.
3. Identify opportunities to incorporate population-based efforts, such as organizational practice and policy change within this approach.
4. Identify potential indicators for measuring the impact and outcomes of efforts.

What is a Web Conference?
A web conference is an opportunity to attend an online workshop by watching a presentation on your computer screen (using your internet connection) and hearing presenters through your telephone. Prevent Connect web conferences feature an opportunity to participate in online question & answer sessions and live text chat between participants. If for some reason you are unable to join on your computer, you can download the presentation slides from our website and listen on your phone.

Real-Time Captioning Available:
Instructions for accessing captioning during this web conference will be provided with your registration confirmation.

During the recent PreventConnect web conferences Changing the Public Perceptions about Violence Against Women, National Sexual Violence Resource Center’s Director Karen Baker reviewed the new report American Perceptions of Sexual Violence: A FrameWorks Research Report.

After reading the report, preparing for these web conferences and discussing the findings with hundreds of sexual and domestic violence prevention advocates, I have several observations. First, the work conducted over that last 30 years of people in the sexual and domestric violence movements have made a difference.  The general public knows that rape takes place, that  it is usually not a stranger who rapes, and know not to say that it is the victim’s fault for being abused.

However, my second observation is our messages which may seem completely clear to those of us in the field, often do not have the desired effect.  People know not to say it is the victim’s fault, but then they still think just if she did not _______ (fill in the blank with “wear those clothes, be with those people, etc.). As Jenny Dills tweeted, “Okay, but if we’re saying these msgs for 30 years & public still victim blames, is it time to change message?”

Finally, the recommendations from this study reinforce my commitment to finding community based solutions.  We have to frame the issues of sexual and domestic violence as community issues and not get too sidetracked with individual stories.

I look forward to the next parts of this work that the NSVRC and Frameworks will take to develop messages that can advance our efforts to prevent sexual violence.

Check out the full report here and listen to a recording of the web conference.

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For its sixth year of web conferences to advance the prevention of sexual and domestic violence, PreventConnect is announcing its 2011 schedule of interactive, candid conversations where participants learn and share with peers and national experts committed to innovation in prevention strategy.

The theme for this year is “Building Prevention Leadership: Taking a Stand to Prevent Sexual and Domestic Violence.” The web conference series will emphasize building prevention capacity of prevention practitioners. Many of these web conferences will be lead by Prevention Institute, the national organization dedicated to bringing prevention to the center of community well-being. Below is a short video from Prevention Institute’s Annie Lyle and Christine Chang describing this year’s series.

This will include a series of lessons, “From Data to Prevention,” that show different approaches for using data to build the case for prevention. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention will release the results of the National Intimate Partner Sexual Violence Survey in October 2011. PreventConnect’s web conferences will prepare prevention practitioners to use this and other surveillance, evaluation and experiential evidence in their work.

Along with the PreventConnect blog, Twitter feed, wiki and podcasts, these web conferences will bring together the PreventConnect community of prevention practitioners, trainers, researchers and funders, as everyone continues to strengthen the online discussion about prevention.

2011 PreventConnect Web Conference Schedule
All web conferences will start at 2 p.m. Eastern; 1 p.m. Central; noon Mountain; 11 a.m. Pacific.
Additional guests will be announced when registrations open approximately three weeks before the web conference.

February 15 & 16: New Frames for Public Perceptions of Violence Against Women
Presenters: Karen Baker, National Sexual Violence Resource Center; Maya Christopher, Association for the Treatment of Sexual Abusers
RECORDING AVAILABLE

March 8 & 9: Advancing a Critical Analysis: Incorporating consciousness in prevention efforts
Presenter: Prevention Institute
Guests: Maeven McGovern, Youth Radio; Pheng Thao, Asian Women United of Minnesota
CLICK TO REGISTER

May 10 & 11: Cultivating Community Driven Social Change
Presenter: Prevention Institute
Guests: TBA

May 25 & 26: Understanding the Differences between National Sexual Violence and Intimate Partner Violence Surveys.
Presenter: Michele Lynberg Black, Ph.D., M.P.H., Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

June 8: From Data to Prevention I: Framing Sexual and Domestic Violence Prevention Impact From a Cost-Effectiveness Perspective
Presenter: Transforming Communities

July 25 & 26: From Data to Prevention II: Using Data to Make the Case for Prevention
Presenter: Prevention Institute with Berkeley Media Studies Group

August 30 & 31: Promoting a Diverse Leadership
Presenter: Prevention Institute
Guests: TBA

September 20 & 21: From Data to Prevention III: Framing Primary Prevention Messages Using Data
Presenters: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and Fenton

September 27 & 28: Measuring and Communicating Effectiveness
Presenter: Prevention Institute
Guests: TBA

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Web Conference Announcement

Raising consciousness about oppression and gender issues is an increasingly important aspect of preventing sexual and domestic violence. But how does critically re-evaluating the social world fit in sexual and domestic violence prevention? Many efforts struggle to incorporate root causes of violence, and this webinar presents ways these challenges have been embraced in local efforts. Guest speakers will share their strategies to raise critical consciousness and dialog with participants about ways to help others develop an understanding of sexual and domestic violence linked to a broader social context of oppression and privilege.

Tuesday, March 08, 2011, and repeated on Wednesday, March 09, 2011

This ninety-minute (90 min) session will start at 11 AM Pacific Standard Time (2 PM Eastern) on March 08, and will be repeated at 11 AM Pacific Standard Time (2 PM Eastern) on the following day, March 09.

Click here to Register

Host: David Lee, PreventConnect, California Coalition Against Sexual Assault

Presenters: Annie Lyles and Christine Chang, Prevention Institute

Tentative Guest Speakers: Maeven McGovern, Youth Radio; Pheng Thao, Asian Women United of Minnesota

Cost: Free

Learning Objectives:

1. Engage in a candid discussion of the challenges and opportunities in incorporating the strategy.
2. Provide examples of lessons learned from people and organizations working on this strategy.
3. Identify opportunities to incorporate population-based efforts, such as organizational practice and policy change within the strategy.
4. Identify potential indicators for measuring the impact and outcomes of efforts.

What is a Web Conference?
A web conference is an opportunity to attend an online workshop by watching a presentation on your computer screen (using your internet connection) and hearing presenters through your telephone. Prevent Connect web conferences feature an opportunity to participate in online question & answer sessions and live text chat between participants. If for some reason you are unable to join on your computer, you can download the presentation slides from our website and listen on your phone.

Real-Time Captioning Available:
Instructions for accessing captioning during this web conference will be provided with your registration confirmation.

Compatibility:
The iLinc web conference software used by Prevent Connect is compatible with both Microsoft® Windows® and Apple® Macintosh® computers. Click here for detailed system requirements.

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Registration is open so sign up now for the next PreventConnect web conference Changing the public perception about violence against women. This web conference is free.

The web conference will be held

• Tuesday, February 15, 2011; 11 AM Pacific Standard Time (2 PM Eastern)
• repeated Wednesday, February 16, 2011 11 AM Pacific Standard Time(2 PM Eastern) 

Click here to register.

Host: David Lee, PreventConnect, California Coalition Against Sexual Assault
Presenter: Karen Baker, Executive Director, National Sexual Violence Resource Center (NSVRC)
Guest Speaker: Maia Christopher, Executive Director, Association for the Treatment of Sexual Abusers (ATSA)

The public understanding of sexual violence, domestic violence and teen dating violence has shifted over time. For effective prevention messages, we need to understand the current views about these issues. This web conference will highlight the National Sexual Violence Resource Center‘s (NSVRC) work with the FrameWorks Institute to research how the general public in the United States thinks about sexual violence and its prevention. The first phase of this recently-released study is already providing some fascinating insights that have implications for our communication strategies. This web conference will explore highlights from the research that compares experts’ knowledge of sexual violence with the general public’s understanding.

Some specific areas covered include: What is sexual violence? What is the cause? Who perpetrates sexual violence and why? Who are the victims? Is sexual violence preventable? Participants will discuss implications for prevention, policy, and communications and will learn what additional information will be coming in future phases of this ground-breaking research.

Learning Objectives:

1. Participants will be able to name at least two important ways that the public understanding of sexual violence differs with experts’ knowledge.
2. Participants will be able to describe how the common public picture of perpetrators of sexual violence is problematic for victims and for prevention efforts.
3. Participants will be able to identify at least one recommended strategy for improving communication about sexual violence prevention.

What is a Web Conference?
A web conference is an opportunity to attend an online workshop by watching a presentation on your computer screen (using your internet connection) and hearing presenters through your telephone. Prevent Connect web conferences feature an opportunity to participate in online question & answer sessions and live text chat between participants. If for some reason you are unable to join on your computer, you can download the presentation slides from our website and listen on your phone.

Real-Time Captioning Available:
Instructions for accessing captioning during this web conference will be provided with your registration confirmation.

For more information go to the PreventConnect web site.

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Please join PreventConnect for the next web conference on “Prepare for National Teen Dating Violence Awareness and Prevention Month with That’s Not Cool” to be held on November 16, 2010. The web conferences will be held at noon Eastern Time (9:00 am Pacific Time) and repeated at 2:00 pm Eastern Time (11:00 am Pacific Time). Register now as we expect these sessions to fill up quickly.

This web conference  will give an overview of different tactics communities can use to create awareness about teen dating abuse and how best to connect their teens with That’s Not Cool.  That’s Not Cool is a national public education initiative to prevent teen dating abuse.  Developed by the Family Violence Prevention Fund, in partnership with the Department of Justice’s Office on Violence Against Women and the Advertising Council, That’s Not Cool focuses on preventing controlling or abusive behavior occurring within the digital universe – online, via cellphone, etc. – and encourages teens to draw their own lines about what is, or is not, acceptable relationship behavior.

Speakers at the web conference include Anne Hamilton at the Office on Violence Against Women and Sara Fewer at the Family Violence Prevention Fund and will feature guest speakers from the Start Strong: Building Healthy Teen Relationships initiative who have localized That’s Not Cool in Idaho, Los Angeles, and Austin. Guest speakers will highlight That’s Not Cool activities and tactics that they’ve used successfully in their communities to engage teens in teen dating abuse prevention.

What makes an organization have the capacity to conduct effective prevention programs? So much of our training focuses on the “how” to do prevention. We teach about definitions of prevention; we share “best practices” and highlight what the “evidence” tells us.

However, actually making change requires much more than that. Implementing effective prevention requires setting up systems within our organizations and shifting the culture of how we approach our work. For example, a prevention educator may fully understand a new innovative prevention practice. But in order to get the support to succeed, that person needs the organization to support the work.

In the last I have attended two web conferences on building capacity for prevention where Jeanne Bell, the CEO of Compass Point, looked at her experiences in leadership development and capacity building in other fields, and lead a discussion about strategies to increase the individual, organizational and institutional capacity of rape crisis centers to conduct effective prevention efforts.

Click here for slides from her presentation on September 27, 2010 conducted for California’s Rape Crisis Centers. This web conference was supported with funding from the California Department of Public Health, Safe and Active Communities Branch (formerly the EPIC Branch) and the Preventive Health and Health Services Block Grant.

Click here for a recording of this web conference.

Jeanne Bell, MNA is CEO of CompassPoint Nonprofit Services —one of the country’s leading providers of training and consulting services to community-based organizations. She is the co-author of Financial Leadership for Nonprofit Executives: Guiding Your Organization to Long Term Success (Wilder). In addition to frequent speaking and consulting on nonprofit strategy and finance, Jeanne has conducted a series of research projects on nonprofit executive leadership, including Daring to Lead 2006: A National Study of Nonprofit Executive Leadership and Securing the Safety Net: A Profile of Community Clinic and Health Center Leadership in California. Jeanne is Chair of the board of the Alliance for Nonprofit Management and a board member with the Nonprofits’ Insurance Alliance of California (NIAC) and with Intersection for the Arts. She serves on the advisory board of The Nonprofit Quarterly.

Registration is now open for the next PreventConnect web conference My Business: Countering Secrecy and Privacy Around Violence Through Norms Change. These sessions are the final topic of this year’s web conferences on changing norms to prevent sexual violence and domestic violence.

The web conference will take place on September 28, 2010 at 11:00am Pacific Time (2:00 Eastern Time) and will be repeated on September 29, 2010.

Invited guests include Dorothy Edwards, author of the well respected Green Dot Violence Prevention Strategy, and Vanessa Timmons, co-author of the August 2010 article in the American Journal of Public Health “You Don’t Go Tell White People Nothing”: African American Women’s Perspectives on the Influence of Violence ( IPV) and Race on Depression and Depression Care. The session will be led by Prevention Institute’s Annie Lyles and Christina Chang.

Click here to register and learn more about this web conference.  Sign up now before the session is full.

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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 change norms related to gendered violence. Different norms will be examined with regard to their historical context, distinct challenges, and opportunities for collaborative work.

The web conference will be hosted by PreventConnect’s David Lee and lead by Annie Lyles and Christine Chang of the Prevention Institute.  Invited guests include Anna Sharratt, Prevention, Education & Outreach Coordinator, Our VOICE, Inc. and Shannon Breitzman, M.A., Director, Injury, Suicide and Violence Prevention Unit, Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment.

This web conference is part of a series on countering norms that contribute to sexual violence and domestic violence.

This web conference will be held on Thursday, August 26, 2010 and repeated on Wednesday, September 8, 2010. This ninety-minute session will start at 11 AM Pacific DST on August 26, and will be repeated at 11 AM Pacific DST on September 8.

Click here to register for this web conference before it is full.

CALCASA is pleased to annonce the Spring-Summer 2010 Training Calendar for our Member Programs. This year’s training calendar includes web conferences and in-person trainings related to Prevention, Advocacy and Intervention and  Organizational Management.  Limited travel scholarships may be available for most in-person trainings, so please keep an eye out for more information on each training. 

If you have any questions about any of the events, please contact the appropriate person listed on the calendar.

WEB CONFERENCE

Growing Boys Into Men: Countering Traditional Masculinity Through Norms Change

Countering norms that reinforce traditional masculinity is an opportunity to prevent violence in a lasting, comprehensive way. This web conference will highlight specific strategies and efforts that seeks to change norms related to gendered violence. Different norms will be examined with regard to their historical context, distinct challenges, and opportunities for collaborative work.

Wednesday, May 26, 2010, repeated on Thursday, May 27, 2010

Presenter: Annie Lyles, Xavier Morales and Christine Chang, Prevention Institute

Guests:

• Jerry Tello, Therapist, Author, and Performer
• Craig Norberg-Bohm, Men’s Initiative Coordinator, Jane Doe Inc.

Objectives:

• Understand how norms create an environment in which violence is more likely to occur.
• Provide examples of successes from people and organizations working to counter norms of traditional masculinity.
• Identify strategies being used to effectively counter and change norms.
• Identify potential indicators for measuring progress in norms change.

To Learn More and Register, Visit Our Website: http://www.preventconnect.org

Real-Time Captioning Available: Instructions for accessing captioning during this web conference will be provided with your registration confirmation.

Web Conference

This web conference is intended for to CALCASA members, CPEDV members, and California RPE Program grantees.

In this conference, participants will be introduced to framing and develop strategies for honing their communication works in ways that raise awareness of sexual violence, promote prevention and create opportunities for unified messaging with allies.

Thursday, March 25, 2010

This sixty-minute (60 min) session will start at 2:00 PM Pacific Daylight Savings Time

Host: David Lee, Director of Prevention Services, California Coalition Against Sexual Assault

Presenter: Robert Coombs, Director of Public Affairs, California Coalition Against Sexual Assault

To Register, Go To: http://calcasa.ilinc.com/public/calcasa

Cost: Free

What is a Web Conference? A web conference is an opportunity to attend an online workshop by watching a presentation on your computer screen (using your internet connection) and hearing presenters through your telephone. Our web conferences feature an opportunity to participate in online question & answer sessions and live text chat between participants. If for some reason you are unable to join on your computer, you can download the presentation slides from our website and listen on your phone.

Materials

• Slides [PDF]

Last week over 50 people attended CALCASA’s web conference for California Rape Prevention & Education grantees on Measuring Prevention: Examining Strategies to Measure Effectiveness of Sexual Violence Prevention Program. Paul Schewe presented on approaches to evaluating prevention programs.

Evaluating the outcomes of prevention efforts is complicated because there are so many social forces that contribute to sexual violence.  Participants in the web conference brainstormed many potential risk and protective factors, as seen in the world cloud below:

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When it is not possible to measure a shift on the actual incidence of sexual violence , Paul Schewe suggests looking at proxy measures that may include

• healthier relationships
• improved grades
• decreases in bullying
• increased school attendance
• reduced school behavior problems
• increased use of condoms
• increased activism
• increased number of students willing to volunteer their time to prevention efforts

California Rape Prevention & Education grantees can contact David Lee and Chad Sniffen from the California Coalition Against Sexual Assault for technical assistance. (If you are from other states please contact state sexual assault coalition or state health department)

Conference Materials:

• Handout of Slides
• text chat Sept 09 evaluation web conference-revised

Recording:

A recording of this web conference, along with recordings of other CALCASA web conferences, is available at:
http://calcasa.ilinc.com/public/calcasa

Recipients of Rape Prevention Education funds administered by the California Department of Public Health are required to develop an Action Plan or Logic Model as part of each grantee’s planning process for primary prevention programs.  On January 28, 2009, CALCASA provided a web conference on using logic models as a tool for program planning in order to provide support for this requirement.

Trainer:

Wendi L. Siebold, MA, MPH
Senior Research Associate
Evaluation, Management & Training Associates

Learning Objectives:

• Describe the role of logic models in program planning and evaluation
• Know how to use a logic model to streamline and improve prevention programming
• Identify basic tips for creating a logic model identify resources for further technical assistance in developing logic models

Recording:

A recording of this web conference, along with recordings of other CALCASA web conferences, is available at:

http://calcasa.ilinc.com/public/calcasa

Materials:

• Presentation Slides, 2 per page [PDF]
• Presentation Slides, 6 per page [PDF]
• Sample Logic Model [PDF]
• Tips for Writing Goals and Outcomes [PDF]

Registration is open for Prevention Connection’s next web conference on Sustaining a Violence Against Women Prevention Movement.

• September 22, 2009 11am Pacific Time (2pm Eastern Time)
• September 23, 2009, 11am Pacific Time (2pm Eastern Time) (Repeat of session to accommodate heavy demand)

This forum will present a discussion of the resources and tools needed to support and sustain a violence against women primary prevention movement (e.g., proper framing of issues, research and evaluation, tool development, training and technical assistance, resource development, etc.), and a discussion of strategies to create and/or obtain these resources (e.g., broad-based partnerships, legislation and advocacy, etc.).

The session will be co-presented by Rachel Davis and Annie Lyles of the Prevention Institute, and guests include Tonya Lovelace of the Women of Color Network and Patty Wetterling, Sexual Violence Prevention Program Director of the Minnesota Department of Health.

Visit the Prevention Connection website to register for this free web conference.

Prevention Connection is a national project of the California Coalition Against Sexual Assault (CALCASA) and is sponsored by the National Center for Injury Prevention and Control at the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). The views and information provided in our activities do not necessarily represent the official views of the U.S. Government, the CDC, or CALCASA.

Measuring Prevention:
A Web Conference Examining Strategies to Measure Effectiveness of Sexual Violence Prevention Program

Thursday, September 17, 2:00  - 3:30 pm Pacific Time

Host: David Lee, CALCASA

Presenter: Paul Schewe, Ph.D., Director, Interdisciplinary Center for Research on Violence, University of Illinois at Chicago

In this web conference for California’s Rape Prevention and Education grantees, Paul Schewe will review strategies to measure primary prevention programs.  Strategies will include post-only methods, pre-post methods, and the use of control groups. Techniques explored will include use of satisfaction surveys, student self-reports, teacher ratings of student behavior, and archival data.

Objectives:

By the end of the presentation, participants will be able to

• Identify how to use logic models to develop measurable objectives for prevention programs
• Describe three strategies to evaluate sexual violence prevention programs
• Describe three sources of data that can be used to evaluate prevention programs

Register: Click here to register.  This session is restricted to California Rape Prevention and Education grantees only.

There is no cost to attend this web conference.  Please contact David Lee with any questions (916.446-2520.)

Materials: A copy of the slides is available here.