(14:41 minutes) Preventing violence against women requires comprehensive approaches. Often, the best way to ensure a comprehensive strategy is to build a diverse coalition. This presentation highlights the Eight Steps to Coalition Building and explores in-depth the process of deciding whether or not a coalition is appropriate to selecting the best membership and conducting ongoing evaluation.

These materials were created by Prevention Institute, a national non-profit organization working to put prevention at the center of community well-being.

This presentation was adapted from the Prevention Connection Web Conference "Eight Steps to Coalition Building: Fostering Strategic Partnerships to Prevent Violence Against Women" held on January 23, 2008.

Other related materials include:

• Eight Steps Learning Activity [PDF] [DOC]