Prevent IPV News

Check here for regular updates about happenings in the prevention field including emerging programs and campaigns, upcoming events and funding announcements, and the release of publications and reports relevant to the primary prevention of intimate partner violence.

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Creating Protective Environments for LGBTQ+ Youth Within Schools and Communities to Prevent Sexual and Intimate Partner Violence

Date: 
Tuesday, 30 March 2021

Webinar Announcement

2:00-3:30pm Eastern / 1:00-2:30pm Central / 12:00-1:30pm Mountain / 11:00am-12:30pm Pacific

Join PreventConnect on this web conference with guests from the Colorado Department of Public Health & Environment, Inside Out Youth Services, and SMYAL to explore how prevention practitioners are going beyond the binary when engaging men and boys and creating protective environments to prevent sexual and intimate partner violence for LGBTQ+ youth.

PI partners on the Stronger Scholarship, which will award three $7,000 scholarships to young health equity changemakers

Date: 
Thursday, 4 March 2021

In recognition of the important role young changemakers play in creating healthy, safe, vibrant, and equitable communities, Prevention Institute has partnered with Healthline to offer this year’s Stronger Scholarship. The scholarship will award three $7,000 scholarships to students working to improve community conditions and reduce health inequities in their communities.

Prevention Town Hall: Preventing Sexual and Intimate Partner Violence After One Year of the Coronavirus Pandemic

Date: 
Thursday, 18 March 2021

Webinar Announcement

2:00-3:30pm Eastern / 1:00-2:30pm Central / 12:00-1:30pm Mountain / 11:00am-12:30pm Pacific

As our collective context shifts in response to the coronavirus pandemic, so too has the work to prevent sexual and intimate partner violence.  Join PreventConnect to learn how people working to prevent sexual and intimate partner violence have adapted to the challenges of the past year and met the moment to forge new possibilities and a new normal.

Winter 2021 PreventIPV Newsletter: Teen Dating Violence Awareness & Prevention Month

Date: 
Wednesday, 24 February 2021

“Here’s to the light that we deserve and to the love that we most definitely deserve.” – Carmen Dixon, Youth Activist

This issue of the PreventIPV newsletter features tools that center and celebrate the leadership of youth, especially Black girls. It includes resources to promote youth activism and young people's well-being by building connected communities that foster resilience, joy, and transformative action.

PreventConnect Podcast: TDVAM 2021

Date: 
Wednesday, 27 January 2021

Youth, teens, and young adults have shown, time and time again, their powerful and passionate leadership across social issues. Arlene Vassell and Angela Lee join this PreventConnect podcast to discuss ways mainstream agencies and organizations can support youth leadership year round to prevent teen dating violence and other forms of violence and oppression.

Adapting Sexual Violence Prevention Curriculum During COVID-19

Date: 
Tuesday, 23 February 2021

Webinar Announcement

2:00-3:30pm Eastern / 1:00-2:30pm Central / 12:00-1:30pm Mountain / 11:00am-12:30pm Pacific

Prior to the COVID-19 pandemic, sexual violence prevention practitioners adapted and implemented various in-person programs and curricula in their communities. Join this webinar for a discussion on how and why programs can adapt during COVID-19.

In a Worldwide Health Crisis, Lessons From Resilient Communities

Date: 
Friday, 22 January 2021

"No community has had it easy during COVID-19. Those with a consistent health equity focus before the pandemic have found advantages in dealing with the crisis."

WEBINAR: New Toolkit for Discussing Sexual Violence With Student Athletes

Date: 
Wednesday, 17 February 2021

Webinar Announcement

2:00-3:30pm Eastern / 1:00-2:30pm Central / 12:00-1:30pm Mountain / 11:00am-12:30pm Pacific

RALIANCE in partnership with the Roll Red Roll social impact team, Open Door Abuse Awareness Prevention, and MenChallenging has created two toolkits to help coaches, athletic administrators, guidance counselors, and sexual violence prevention advocates discuss the film with their student athletes and spark social change. Join PreventConnect for a web conference to learn more about using these toolkits from the authors.

How Black barbers have become mental health advocates for African American men

Date: 
Saturday, 23 January 2021

The Confess Project's mission is to bridge the gaps in mental health care by providing a safe space for people to talk openly about the struggles they face. 

The pandemic is not the problem; we have an identity problem in domestic violence prevention

Date: 
Friday, 24 July 2020

"I would like to suggest that asking how to continue a prevention program in the midst of a worldwide pandemic actually is a red flag that your prevention programming may not be as inclusive or community-centered as it needs to be. Put more bluntly, the question about implementing 'prevention programs' implies that prevention is separate from upholding the health and wellness of our communities, which is tied to the 'either/or thinking' characteristic of white supremacy culture."

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