PreventConnect

When we experience collective hard times, where do we turn for hope and healing? 

In this episode of PreventConnect, Janaé sits down with Brooklyn Arizmendi, a Program Services Coordinator at Indiana Coalition Against Domestic Violence, to explore the resilience and strength of marginalized communities, particularly queer individuals, in the face of adversity. Brooklyn, a queer, indigenous Chicana woman, shares about her journey into violence prevention and the intersections of queerness and community resilience. Brooklyn and Janae discuss the importance of authenticity, the need for systemic change, and the role of queer people in leading a more inclusive and connected support environment for all people.

While this conversation doesn't shy away from the adversity queer people face, the focus is on the connection, joy, and strength that comes from being queer and embodying the bravery to be different - in whatever shape that may take. 

Resources mentioned in this podcast: Indiana Coalition Against Domestic Violence Institutionalizing LGBTQIA+ Justice in Sexual and Intimate Partner Violence Prevention: Centering Trans Inclusion as a value and practice Institutionalizing LGBTQ+ Justice in Sexual and Intimate Partner Violence Prevention: Culturally specific approaches in rural queer communities Institutionalizing LGBTQIA+ Justice in Sexual and Intimate Partner Violence Prevention: Creating Opportunities through a Statewide Action Plan Queer History from the Trevor Project

Today sexual and intimate partner violence prevention programs are so distinguished from advocacy and intervention, prevention is its own field and movement.

As prevention continues to grow and occupy its own space, a growing number of preventionists and advocates have started to ask at what point does our separation go from helping us, to potentially holding us back?" 

Different as we may be. we often have more in common than we realize. And it is in those commonalities that we find our through lines and our strength

For this episode of PreventConnect, we hear from two long-time friends in the anti-violence movement. Ashleigh Klein Jimenez. who you know as the other face of PreventConnect and Giovanna Martinez, Associate Director of Domestic Violence Programs at the YWCA San Gabriel Valley. Ashleigh and Gio could not be doing more different work, but their decades-long friendship and camaraderie goes back to their first jobs in the movement,  doing local community engagement and advocacy work in southern California.

We're exploring the role healing plays in primary prevention and the connections that often get lost in our movement, all through the lens of a long-lasting friendship. 

Resources mentioned in this episode:
Domestic Violence Awareness Month 2024: Heal, Hold and Center
DVAM 2024 Instagram Live: Honoring Advocates in our Lives
DVAM 2024 Linkedin Live: Creating Safe Spaces for Older Adult Survivors
Healing: A Key Piece to Preventing Domestic Violence for Future Generations
YWCA San Gabriel Valley
Housing and Prevention Podcast

This is an episode from Both/And: A Sexual Violence Prevention Podcast, a project of the New Mexico Coalition of Sexual Assault Programs.

Have you ever felt like you didn't belong in the movement space because you didn't have all the "right" language? If so, you are very much not alone! In this episode, Janae Sargent and I moved through the idea that some of the language that can be so helpful in grant applications and public health spaces can also limit our ability to reach the communities we know should be centered, and become a barrier to talented and passionate people getting in and staying in prevention.  Listen to Both/And on Buzzsprout.

Resources mentioned in this episode:

• New Mexico Coalition of Sexual Assault Programs
• The Revolution Will Not Be Funded
• Measuring Love as Violence Prevention
• Valor.US

Episode Credits: Intro music: "Can't Get Enough Sunlight" written and recorded by Michelle Chamuel http://michellechamuel.com/
Logo: Alex Ross-Reed
Produced by: Jess Clark
Edited By: Dacia Clay at Pillow Fort Studios
https://www.pillowfortpodcasts.com

Welcome to DELTA Reflections: Shaping the Future of IPV Prevention, a PreventConnect mini-series podcast that delves into the transformative journey of the DELTA project, a groundbreaking initiative by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention aimed at preventing intimate partner violence (IPV). Over the course of the episodes, we will explore the rich history, innovative approaches, and profound impact of DELTA through the voices of those who have been instrumental in its success.

In our fourth and final episode, we are sitting down with Rebecca Cline, Former Prevention Director at Ohio Domestic Violence Network, to talk about the legacy the DELTA Program has had on Prevention in the Midwest. Rebecca founded ODVN's Prevention program and has been part of DELTA innovations from the start. Join us as she shares her journey of learning as a preventonist, and a person. 

Resources mentioned in this episode:
Ohio Domestic Violence Network
Engaging Men and Boys Program

Listen to Previous DELTA Reflections Installments:
Part 1: An Interview with Casey Keene from the National Domestic Violence Resource Center
Part 2: An Interview with Arlene Vassell about anti-racism in the DELTA Project
Part 3: An Interview with the Rhode Island Coalition Against Domestic Violence about DELTA values

Welcome to “DELTA Reflections: Shaping the Future of IPV Prevention,” a PreventConnect mini-series podcast that delves into the transformative journey of the DELTA project, a groundbreaking initiative by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention aimed at preventing intimate partner violence (IPV). Over the course of the episodes, we will explore the rich history, innovative approaches, and profound impact of DELTA through the voices of those who have been instrumental in its success.  

In this episode, we are sitting down with two DELTA recipients from the Rhode Island Coalition Against Domestic Violence (RICADV) - Lucy Rios, the Executive Director, and Cynthia Roberts, the Evaluator for RICADV.  As longtime recipients, Lucy and Cynthia have played pivotal roles in implementing and evaluating primary prevention strategies. This conversation explores how their personal and professional lives have grown along with DELTA, and how they infuse values learned from the DELTA project into their organization. 

Resources mentioned in this episode: 

Rhode Island Coalition Against Domestic Violence
RICADV Data Dashboard
Voices of Change Program 
10 Men Program
Listen to DELTA Reflections Part 1
Listen to DELTA Reflections Part 2

Welcome to “DELTA Reflections: Shaping the Future of IPV Prevention,” a PreventConnect mini-series podcast that delves into the transformative journey of the DELTA project, a groundbreaking initiative by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention aimed at preventing intimate partner violence (IPV). Over the course of the episodes, we will explore the rich history, innovative approaches, and profound impact of DELTA through the voices of those who have been instrumental in its success.

For this episode we are exploring the perspectives of national experts who have supported DELTA grantees, focusing on capacity building and innovative prevention strategies. We are honored to have Arlene Vassell with us, the Founding Director of TooREL Institute for Social Change. Arlene was previously the Vice President of Programs, Prevention & Social Change at the National Resource Center on Domestic Violence, where she served as a national technical assistance provider for the DELTA project.

Resources mentioned in this episode:
DELTA Reflections: Shaping the Future of IPV Prevention Part 1
TooRel Institute for Social Change
Virginia Sexual and Domestic Action Alliance License Plate Project
Domestic Violence Prevention Enhancement and Leadership Through Alliances (DELTA) DO YOU Campaign
DELTA FOCUS Stories

Welcome to "DELTA Reflections: Shaping the Future of IPV Prevention," a PreventConnect mini-series podcast that delves into the transformative journey of the DELTA project, a pioneering initiative by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention aimed at preventing intimate partner violence (IPV). Over the course of the episodes, we will explore the rich history, innovative approaches, and profound impact of DELTA through the voices of those who have been instrumental in its success.

In this episode, we are delving into the experiences of those who have provided technical assistance to DELTA recipients over the years. We're honored to have Casey Keene with us, the Director of Programs and Prevention at the National Resource Center on Domestic Violence. Casey has been with the DELTA project since its inception. Click here to download transcript. Resources mentioned in this episode:

• National Resource Center on Domestic Violence
• VAWnet
• IPV Prevention Council
• Pay Equity and a Thriving Wage: All individuals deserve to be valued for their labor

At the core of it all, under all of our evidence, terminology and funding structures: love is the key to ending sexual and intimate partner violence.  In a movement made almost entirely of survivors, we know healthy love will heal our communities and create a world free of violence. The question that remains is "How do we bring love into our-day-to-day, when so much about how our culture and work structures operate challenge the idea of radical love in and of itself?"

Audrey Jordan and Shiree Teng recently came together to speak to our movement about radical love, love of self, of others and of community in a recent PreventConnect Web Conference: Measuring Love. The conversation revealed just how challenging it can be for preventionists to see love in their program structures and outcomes.

For this episode of PreventConnect, I got to chat with two people I really admire in this field: Rosá Beltre, who leads the Ohio Alliance to End Sexual Violence and Ashleigh-Klein-Jimenez, Director of Prevention at VALOR in California.  Rosá and Ashleigh are both women who cultivate love, while remaining fierce leaders in their work to end violence.  We’re talking about where love comes into our work, why it’s challenging for us to talk about, and what it looks like in prevention work.

Resources mentioned in this Podcast:
Measuring Love in the Journey to End Sexual and Intimate Partner Violence Part 1
Measuring Love in the Journey to End Sexual and Intimate Partner Violence Part 2
Measuring Love in the Journey to End Sexual and Intimate Partner Violence Part 3 (Publishes Thursday, May 30.) 
Ohio Alliance to End Sexual Violence Valor.Us Homeboy Industries
Health Equity in Practice Part 2: Why anti-racism is an integral part of sexual violence prevention

https://youtu.be/HdSpJ0PCcRk People with Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities experience sexual and domestic violence at drastically higher rates , but despite how many survivors in our movement are in the disability community, they are rarely involved in our work to end violence… or compensated for their contributions when they are. 

Despite immense barriers, self-advocates in the disability community are making huge steps to advocate for disability justice in prevention and advocacy spaces. 

You’re listening to a special 2-part episode of PreventConnect, where we are pulling together some of the most impactful keynotes and interviews to come out of PreventConnect and VALOR around disability justice and inclusion, along with some new interviews about how staff are putting what we’ve learned into practice.

For this installment, I interviewed my colleague and friend, Priscilla Klassen, who leads VALOR's Disability Rights and Inclusion Project, C.A. Leads. Priscilla was also at the forefront of accessibility efforts at the 2024 National Sexual Assault Conference.  Our conversation delves into systemic barriers to integrating Disability Justice into organizational frameworks, learning through practice and how she approaches Disability Rights and Justice work.

To download a transcript of this episode, click here.. Resources mentioned in this podcast:

• Disability Justice Highlight Reel Part 1
• Sins Invalid

Believing in a world free of sexual and intimate partner violence means daring to imagine what communities would look like of everyone had equal access to health, safety and livelihood.  When we allow ourselves to imagine “what if,” we create the stepping stones to get us there. 

For Sexual Assault Awareness Month, the National Sexual Violence Resource Center is calling on people to think about what their communities could be, and take steps to get there. 

In a special bonus podcast episode, taken from our Instagram live event earlier this month, we spoke with NSVRC staff Jayla Murdock and Mo Lewis to talk about their national campaign: Building Connected Communities, which leverages Health Equity Frameworks to impact whole communities in the work to end sexual violence.

Because this is a recording from an Instagram LiveStream, there may be moments where audio cuts out or gets spotty. You can find the video stream with captions at our Instagram, and follow-along with the transcript to this episode.