Intertwined and Aligned: Supporting Health Equity and Justice in Sexual and Domestic Violence Prevention

Momentum is building within and outside the PreventConnect community for health equity and community justice. But what do these terms mean and how can we support them in our prevention work? This web conference engages participants in a conversation about similarities and differences between health equity and intersectionality, as well as the larger structural drivers that influence community determinants of sexual and domestic violence. We will discuss how to consider the needs of those most impacted by multiple forms of oppression and learn from practitioners already engaged in this work. Bring your ideas as we explore opportunities to tie public health and sexual and domestic violence prevention to today’s social justice movements.

HOST: Ashleigh Klein and Meghna Bhat, PreventConnect and CALCASA

FACILITATOR: Lisa Fujie Parks and Alisha Somji, Prevention Institute

OBJECTIVES:

• Engage in a discussion about the similarities and differences between health equity and community justice, and what these mean for sexual and domestic violence prevention.
• Share examples of work that aligns sexual and domestic violence prevention with current social justice movements and address multiple forms of oppression.
• Identify tools and resources to support better linkages between sexual and domestic violence prevention, health equity and social justice movements.

GUESTS: 

• Cristy Chung, Private Consultant and Movement Maker Cohort II, Move to End Violence
• Lynn Bilal, Prevention Coordinator, Ohio Alliance to End Sexual Violence, and
• Beth E. Malchus-Stafa, Public Health Consultant, Ohio Department of Health

MATERIALS:

• PowerPoint Slides [PDF]
• Text Chat [PDF]
• Resource List [PDF]