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This issue of "Partners in Social Change" examines what it looks like to engage men in sexual violence prevention. Much of the work we do focuses on how communities can prevent sexual violence; therefore this issue seeks to examine men as a community that has the potential to help create social change.

Communities of faith play a unique and vital role in the response to and elimination of domestic violence as they carry the responsibility to protect and nurture the spiritual well being of the community as a whole and its individual members. NRCDV's May 2011 TA Question of the Month offers suggestions for working with faith communities.

This presentation suggests an approach to analyzing acts of violence committed by service members to determine the most appropriate intervention while also ensuring the safety and well being of family members.

Vera Institute of Justice’s Center on Victimization and Safety has created a roadmap for bringing together agencies at the intersection of violence and disability so that they can create a new and effective approach to safety, healing, and accessibility to services for their clients.

This document contains facts about how elder abuse impacts Latin@ communities and the importance of addressing these complex issues in a comprehensive way in order to reduce barriers and build upon community strengths.

The White House Office of Faith-based and Neighborhood Partnerships coordinates 12 Federal Centers for Faith-based and Community Initiatives. The contact information and website addresses of each of the Federal Centers are provided on this page.

This toolkit focuses on survivors of multi-abuse trauma - those who are affected by multiple issues that negatively affect safety, health, or well-being. It offers practical tools for advocates and community partners, such as health and mental heath care providers, to address the complex needs of survivors of multi-abuse trauma, no matter where survivors enter the social service system.

This page presents the core values for the organization Men Can Stop Rape and may serve as a sample set of values for consideration. Included is a commitment to gender equity and a positive approach to building men’s capacity for social change.

This manual addresses the dynamics of domestic violence in immigrant families; ways to create agency-wide cultural competency training programs; multicultural approaches to shelter protocol development; recruiting and hiring multicultural staff; foreign language needs and helpful interviewing techniques for client intake sessions and meetings; ways to do outreach and collaboration with immigrant communities; and, descriptions of model programs.

This report outlines goals for men’s action, identifies how speaking up and activism make a difference, explores what men can do, notes the strategies with which to nourish personal strength, support and inspiration, and acknowledges the mistakes that are easy to make.

This guide provides information on how to schedule a meeting with elected officials, tips on what to say during a meeting, advice for inviting elected officials to an event or visit at your organization, and strategies for ongoing engagement with elected officials.

The authors discuss moving beyond risk reduction in rape prevention efforts to address ways that men can address rape culture on college campuses. Working from the perspective that both men and women are harmed by rape culture, men can be major allies in prevention work.