NEWSLETTER   /   July 2, 2010

In this issue of the PreventConnect Newsletter, we are pleased to share the following stories:

• Engaging bystanders in sexual violence prevention.
• Date rape anthems in the blogosphere.
• "Sin by Silence" - a documentary on domestic violence.
• The work of Western Men Against Violence.
• The use and misuse of data on rape.

Engaging Bystanders in Sexual Violence Prevention

(13 min) In this interview, Joan Tabachnick talks about Engaging Bystanders in Sexual Violence Prevention, a booklet she wrote for the National Sexual Violence Resource Center (NSVRC). She also talks about the practice of teaching bystanders to intervene, and about her new role as Editor of the NSVRC's new Bystander Intervention Blog.

Joan Tabachnick is an independant consultant. She can be contact at [email protected].

Date Rape Anthems

(14 min) An interview with Amanda Hess who writes The Sexist – a blog for the Washington City Paper about sex and gender. In this interview, Amanda Hess talks about how her blog deconstructs sexism and rape culture. Her blogs and reporting recently includes stories on groping, rape myths and an ongoing feature on songs that glorify sexual violence that she calls ”Date Rape Anthems.”

http://www.washingtoncitypaper.com/blogs/sexist

Olivia Klaus and
Brenda Clubine

Sin by Silence

(13 min) From behind prison walls, SIN BY SILENCE reveals the lives of extraordinary women who advocate for a future free from domestic violence. Over the past two decades, the women of Convicted Women Against Abuse (CWAA) have changed laws for battered women and raised awareness for those on the outside. SIN BY SILENCE is an emotionally packed documentary that tells the personal and shocking stories of these courageous women who have learned from their past, are changing their future and, most importantly, teach how domestic violence affects each and every person.

In this interview, Director/Producer Olivia Klaus, Co-Producer/Editor Ann-Caryn Cleveland, and CWAA founder Brenda Clubine talk about the making of the documentary, the achievements of Convicted Women Against Abuse, and the uses of documentary film and survivors voices for awareness-raising and prevention work.

Western Men Against Violence

(18 min) In this interview with Joshua O'Donnell, Men’s Violence Prevention Project Coordinator at Western Washington University, the essential elements of establishing men's anti-violence groups on college campuses are discussed. O'Donnell shares a deep range of experiences from the Prevention Project's ten years of organizing men on the Western Washington campus, and grapples with complex issues in working on masculinity and violence.

Jody Raphael

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