Introducing PreventConnect’s 2013 Web Conference Series: Practice to Action

PreventConnect is pleased to announce its 2013 series of web conferences. As PreventConnect’s David Lee explains in the introductory video below, this year’s web conferences will focus on the theme, Preventing Sexual and Domestic Violence: Learning from the evidence of practice to create community action. Web conferences in this series look at lessons learned from local prevention initiatives, how to [...]

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“All Americans can play a role in changing the culture that enables sexual violence.”

President Obama has proclaimed April 2013 as Sexual Assault Awareness and Prevention Month.   As was done last year, Obama has added the term “prevention” into this month-long opportunity to highlight efforts to address and prevent sexual violence. Together, our Nation is moving forward in the fight against sexual assault. This month, let us keep working to prevent violence in every [...]

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Findings on Victimization by Sexual Orientation: Implications for Preventing Sexual Violence and IPV in LBGT Communities

Tuesday, March 5, 2013 11 AM to 12:30 PM Pacific Time (2 PM to 3:30 PM Eastern) In January 2013, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention released a new report, The National Intimate Partner and Sexual Violence Survey: 2010 Findings on Victimization by Sexual Orientation, that shows that lesbian, gay and bisexual (LGB) people experience sexual violence and intimate [...]

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PrevCon App for Android phones released

  Today we are pleased to announce the release of our PrevCon App for mobile phones using the Google Android operating system. The Android version of PreventConnect’s App was developed for CALCASA’s by Amadeus Consulting. An experienced software development firm, Amadeus Consulting has provided clients with a broad depth of technical expertise and an organizational focus on delivering positive business results through [...]

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Responding to the gang rape in India: 5 Lessons about preventing sexual violence

In the aftermath of the horrible gang rape on a bus in India, we are seeing a remarkable public outrage about rape. This event has catalyzed a movement of women and men committed to addressing this often unnamed pervasive problem.  In the opinion piece by Sohaila Abdulali in the New York Times she stated …when I was 17 I could [...]

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April 22, 2013

“Ask the expert” about sexual violence prevention on Facebook

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For the week of April 22-26, 2013 in observation of Sexual Assault Awareness Month, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s VetoViolence will host an “Ask the Expert” Facebook Forum on Sexual Violence. CDC is committed to stopping sexual violence before it begins with prevention strategies based on the best available evidence. In observance of Sexual Assault Awareness Month, CDC’s [...]

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April 20, 2013

Peer Learning Forum: Building support for community prevention: Going beyond curriculum

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Peer Learning Forum:  Building support for community prevention: Going beyond curriculum Tuesday, May 28 Thursday, June 13 Thursday, June 27 11AM to 12:30PM Pacific Time (2 PM to 3:30 PM Eastern Time) You will be registered for all three sessions (see below). Participants in the Peer Learning Forum are asked to commit to attend all three sessions. Participation in the [...]

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April 19, 2013

Healthy Masculinity After Steubenville

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On Thurs, April 25 from 3 – 4 pm ET, during Sexual Assault Awareness Month, the second Healthy Masculinity Action Project Twitter Town Hall will focus on “Healthy Masculinity after Steubenville”. Both of the facilitators  are from Ohio: Katie Hanna is the Executive Director for the Ohio Alliance to End Sexual Violence and attended the trial (listen to this PreventConnect [...]

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April 17, 2013

April 17, 2013: SPARK Movement, OAESV, Collective Action DC, Hollaback! Philly

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Read the latest newsletter from PreventConnect here, featuring podcasts about lessons learned from Steubenville from the Ohio Alliance to End Sexual Violence and SPARK Movement, as well as lessons learned fromt the 57th Commission on the Status of Women from Hollaback! Philly and Collective Action for Safe Spaces DC. Full link address: http://www.preventconnect.org/mail/newsletter/2013-04-17.html 

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April 17, 2013

Lessons from Steubenville: Preventing sexual violence

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In this interview, Katie Hanna, the Executive Director of the Ohio Alliance to End Sexual Violence, describes her experiences attending the Steubenville Rape trail last March and how she engaged the media to advance messages about preventing sexual violence. Everyday of the trial OAESV and the National Sexual Violence Resource Center released blogs that highlighted key messages, including that sexual violence can [...]

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April 17, 2013

Lessons Learned from the Commission on the Status of Women: Hollaback! Philly

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Hollaback! Philly‘s Rochelle Keyhan, attended the United Nation’s 57th Commission on the Status of Women at the beginning of March. This year, the commission focused on the elimination of violence against women and girls.  In this podcast, she shares her experience during the commission and lessons learned.

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April 17, 2013

SPARK Movement Responds to Steubenville: the #EducateCoaches campaign

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Anya Josephs and Alice Wilder, Activists from SPARK Movement, a girl-fueled activist movement to demand an end to the sexualization of women and girls in media, describe a current campaign that promotes policy to prevent sexual violence. As the rape case in Steubenville unfolded, activists from SPARK Movement initiated the #EducateCoaches campaign with a petition demanding that the “National Federation of High School Associations, which offers [...]

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April 17, 2013

Lessons from the Commission on the Status of Women: Collective Action for Safe Spaces (DC)

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Zosia Sztykowski, Director of Community Outreach for Collective Action for Safe Spaces in D.C. attended the United Nation’s 57th Commission on the Status of Women at the beginning of March. This year, the commission focused on the elimination of violence against women and girls.  In this podcast, she shares her experience during the commission and lessons learned.

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April 15, 2013

Infographic: We need a powerful movement to end violence against women & girls

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Thanks to Move to End Violence for this infographic.

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April 12, 2013

High school students challenge rape culture

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The April 9, 2013 issue of the Palo Alto High School paper Verde focused on rape culture. Articles included titles such as You can’t tell me I wasn’t raped, Breaking the silence: We need to change the way we think about rape and  Taking it Seriously: Ever made a rape joke? This column is for you. Mary Elizabeth Williams in [...]

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