Prevention Programming Content Topic Results

The Day 2 opening panel of NRCDV's 2021 Prevention Town Hall features the voices and lived experiences of Black, Indigenous, and People of Color advocates who are leading prevention in their organizations and communities. Panelists reflect on what is needed to create real transformative change that centers racial justice.

This workshop from the 2021 Prevention Town Hall explores how to integrate intersectionality into our trauma-informed prevention practice. En este taller del Congreso de Prevención 2021 exploramos cómo integrar el fenómeno de la interseccionalidad en nuestra práctica de prevención sensible al trauma.

This session from NRCDV's 2021 Prevention Town Hall features the voices and lived experiences of Women of Color advocates/leaders who are leading prevention in their organizations and communities. Esta sesión del Congreso de Prevención 2021 del NRCDV presenta las voces y las experiencias vividas de mujeres de color que son defensoras/líderes y lideran esfuerzos de prevención en sus organizaciones y comunidades.

This strategy session from NRCDV's 2021 Prevention Town Hall discusses the systematic intersections of poverty, racism, and other forms of oppression, in regards to financial inequity. Esta sesión de estrategias del Congreso de Prevención 2021 del NRCDV se enfoca en las intersecciones sistemáticas de la pobreza, el racismo y otras formas de opresión, y su relación con la desigualdad económica.

Transformative justice is prevention! Victims of abuse are often times reluctant to report and/or share their experiences based on a myriad of reasons. However, the desire for justice and safety is still needed and necessary. This strategy session from NRCDV's 2021 Prevention Town Hall highlights alternative community-based solutions that center victim support and healing. ¡La justicia transformadora es prevención! Las víctimas de abuso son a menudo reacias a denunciar tal abuso o a contar su experiencias debido a una infinidad de razones. Sin embargo, el deseo por la justicia y la seguridad sigue siendo inevitable y necesario. Esta sesión de estrategias del Congreso de Prevención 2021 del NRCDV, destaca soluciones alternativas que provienen de la comunidad y que se enfocan en el apoyo y la sanación de las víctimas.  

This workshop from NRCDV's 2021 Prevention Town Hall critically examines current border policies and the impact that it’s having on asylum seekers fleeing gender-based violence and immigrant victims that reside in border communities. Este taller del Congreso de Prevención 2021 del NRCDV analiza de manera crítica las políticas fronterizas existentes y el impacto que éstas tienen en les solicitantes de asilo que buscan escapar de la violencia de género y en las víctimas inmigrantes que residen en las comunidades fronterizas.

This strategy session from NRCDV's 2021 Prevention Town Hall analyzes the technique of collaborative organizing and storytelling to impact public policy and advocacy. Esta sesión de estrategias del Congreso de Prevención 2021 del NRCDV analiza la técnica del trabajo organizativo colaborativo y la narración de historias para incidir en las políticas públicas y en nuestra labor de defensa.

The opening session of NRCDV's 2021 Prevention Town Hall introduced and explored the concept of survivor-centered prevention. It allowed space for survivors to share their vision for prevention based on their lived experiences. La sesión de apertura del Congreso de Prevención 2021 del Centro Nacional de Recursos sobre la Violencia Doméstica (NRCDV, por sus siglas en inglés) presentó y exploró el concepto de la prevención que centra la atención en les sobrevivientes. Se brindó un espacio para que las personas sobrevivientes compartieran su visión sobre la prevención de la violencia a partir de sus experiencias personales.

#1Thing you can do to center health equity and racial justice in your work is to learn from, partner with, and amplify the work of these Black-led organizations. This list (organized in alphabetical order) is not exhaustive, but it is a starting point.

Health is a basic human right and need. The September 2021 Technical Assistance Question of the Month (TAQ) shares select highlights from a newly released paper on health equity co-authored by staff at the National Resource Center on Domestic Violence and National Sexual Violence Resource Center.

This paper makes connections between health equity and our work to prevent sexual and intimate partner violence. It centers the stories of survivors at the intersections of systemic racism, violence, and oppression. It explores ways to build both individual and organizational capacity to address health inequity. And, it offers a call to action for those ready to commit to health equity in their gender-based violence prevention work.

Meeting the immediate needs of the community in the pandemic has a lot to do with preventing sexual violence. The July 2021 TA Question of the Month explores the ways in which sexual violence prevention work has shifted in response to lessons learned from COVID-19.