Fostering Strategic Partnerships to Prevent Violence Against Women

May 5, 2005

Presenters: Larry Cohen and Lisa Fujie-Parks, Prevention Institute

Host: David Lee, Prevention Connection

Learning Objectives

• Understand the role that coalitions can play in achieving desired outcomes to prevent violence against women
• Be familiar with the 8 Steps to Effective Coalition Building, a tool for fostering and maintaining strategic partnerships
• Understand the relationship between objectives, coalition member, and structure to achieve outcomes.

Materials and Additional Resources

1. Presentation Slides PDF
2. The Tension of Turf: Making it Work for the Coalition PDF
3. Eight Steps to Effective Coalition Building PDF
4. Spectrum of Prevention Overview PDF
5. Prevention Institute Capacity Statement PDF

Complete the post-conference learning activity

• Eight Steps to Building Learning Activity PDF

Also visit Prevention Institute’s website (www.preventioninstitute.org) to read more about their tools, including Tension of Turf and Eight Steps