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Recognizing that adolescence is a critical time period where behaviors are formed that frequently carry over to adulthood, these initiatives meet young men where they are, with the goal of instilling...
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Founded in 1997 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Promundo is an international leader in promoting gender justice and anti-violence through research, programs, and advocacy. The organization engages men and...
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Founded in 2008, Black Women’s Blueprint is a national black feminist organization that works at the grassroots and institutional levels to address gender violence against women and girls in Black,...
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The Rhode Island Coalition Against Domestic Violence (RICADV) is moving from theory to action as a leader in preventing domestic violence through a health equity lens. The coalition has created and...
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Throughout her journey, Beckie Masaki has centered her efforts on sharing power and elevating opportunities for groups who have been historically and continue to be marginalized. She believes that to...
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Project Dream, Own, Tell (Project DOT) is a youth leadership program that engages young people from marginalized communities in shifting norms for healthy relationships. Social norms function as...
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With a growing evidence-base for interventions like Shifting Boundaries that focus on improving school environments to prevent teen dating violence and sexual violence, practitioners are increasingly...
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The Alaska Network on Domestic Violence and Sexual Assault (ANDVSA) is a statewide dual domestic violence and sexual assault coalition with 19-member organizations. Their vision is to promote and...
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The Ohio Domestic Violence Network (ODVN) believes that ending gender-based violence requires a collective voice for social and systemic change. Interested in improving economic supports for women...
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Founded in 2008, Multicultural Efforts to End Sexual Assault (MESA) is a statewide program focused on preventing sexual violence in traditionally marginalized communities in Indiana, including, Asian...
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In this profile, Dr. Theresa Armstead behavioral scientist in the Division of Violence Prevention at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)and Wendi L. Siebold, President and Senior...
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The Oregon Coalition Against Sexual and Domestic Violence has spent time identifying how oppression against and within communities of color and other marginalized communities contributes to sexual...
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The 2014-2015 school year marked the beginning of a partnership between Victoria Dickman-Burnett, a PhD candidate at the University of Cincinnati and Maribeth Geaman, an Advanced Placement and...
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The Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment has adopted hotspot mapping as part of its strategic plan to prevent sexual violence and related safety and health issues. The process brings...
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Elise Lopez, Assistant Director of the Relationship Violence Program at the Mel & Enid Zuckerman College of Public Health at the University of Arizona, focuses her research on environmentaland...
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Dr. David von Schlichten is the coordinator of the Gender and Women’s Studies Program at Seton Hill University, the faculty advisor of the Feminist Collective on campus, and serves on the Board of...
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Founded in 1987, Alcohol Justice is an advocacy agency that organizes with community groups to pass laws that regulate the production, distribution, and sales of alcohol in order to keep communities...
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With deliberate attention to prevention, MOCSA has gone from a focus on counselling, its crisis line, advocacy and education, to also including activities related to community-level prevention.
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With a commitment to social change, preventing sexual and domestic violence has been a decade-long priority for the Missouri Coalition Against Domestic and Sexual Violence (MCADSV). To support...
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Men as Peacemakers (MAP) is an organization in Duluth, Minnesota that engages individuals and communities in innovative strategies that promote gender equity and prevent sexual violence. Men As...
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The Sexual Violence Prevention Program (SVPP) at the Minnesota Department of Health has spent many years engaging partners to make prevention a priority with a focus on broad impact strategies and...
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Cathy Costa presented Baltimore’s Maternal and Child Health (MCH) and violence prevention efforts at the 2016 City MatCH Leadership and MCH Epidemiology Conference. Baltimore has been a long-time...
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Understanding that there are underlying conditions that contribute to violence, poverty, and negative early childhood outcomes, First 5 Alameda County is using a strengths-based approach and a...
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The Tacoma-Pierce County Health Department embraced the ACE|R Framework in its community-driven planning process to improve mental wellbeing for boys and men of color and LGBTQ youth, particularly in...
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Bridge Housing has advanced the notion of Trauma Informed Community Building and improved outcomes for people living in public housing through implementing strategies to address and prevent community...
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As one of eight communities in the California Accountable Communities for Health Initiative, the East San Jose Peace Partnership has used ACE|R as its overarching framework. This emphasis has helped...
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In City Heights in San Diego, CA, United Women of East Africa Support Team is addressing community trauma and building resilience in East African men and boys, using ACE|R as the organizing framework...
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Ohio’s Department of Mental Health and Addiction Services is utilizing the Framework to drive its statewide opioid prevention efforts and strategy in partnership with 12 communities. They are...
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In November 2017, Milwaukee released its Blueprint for Peace. Grounded in the Framework, the Blueprint identifies forms of violence and structural violence and draws on community assets and best...
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The Boston Public Health Commission's Violence Intervention and Prevention Initiative (VIP) is grounded in community engagement, an essential element of preventing violence. This publication...
