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PreventConnect
By VALOR MediaEducation
PreventConnect episodes
- Prevention Then and Now: Conversations with Community Leaders with Rebeca Melendez, Part 1In our second excerpt episode for our 20th Anniversary Season, Rebeca Melendez, Associate Director of the East Los Angeles Women’s Center (ELAWC), shares her plenary speech from the 2025 National Sexual Assault Conference® (NSAC)!
Join the 1,600+ participants who attended NSAC 2025 and listen to Rebeca’s plenary on the importance of culture and working with and for your community to prevent violence.8 min - Prevention Then and Now: Reflections from Long-Time Practitioners with David S. Lee on Billie WeissWelcome back to PreventConnect's 20th anniversary year and our ongoing reflection on Billie Weiss’s influence on public health and prevention. If you haven’t listened to Billie’s excerpts from a not-yet-released conversation with VALOR’s Leah Aldridge and David S. Lee, check out “Prevention Then and Now: Reflections from Long-Time Practitioners with Billie Weiss.”
In this follow-up episode, Ashleigh Kleigh-Jimenez sits down with David S. Lee to discuss Billie’s influence on preventing violence, working with communities, and a public health approach to prevention. David and Ashleigh also imagine the future of prevention, and its connection to both science and art.18 min - Prevention Then and Now: Reflections from Long-Time Practitioners with Billie WeissWelcome to the 20th Anniversary of PreventConnect!
Today’s episode is an excerpt from a not-yet-released conversation between VALOR’s Leah Aldridge and David S. Lee, and one of their mentors, Billie Weiss. Billie’s research, inclusion of community, and connecting violence prevention to public health are foundational parts of modern prevention practices.
In these excerpts, Billie, Leah, and David discuss the emergence of epidemiology and Billie’s start in public health and prevention.13 min - Prevention Then and Now: Conversations with Community Leaders with Josef Canaria, Part 1Welcome to the 20th Anniversary of PreventConnect!
In this episode, Josef Canaria, Preventionist and Manager of Programs & Strategic Initiatives at Act To Change, shares his 2025 National Sexual Assault Conference® (NSAC) keynote speech.
Join the 1,600+ participants who attended NSAC 2025 and listen to Josef’s plenary on the messiness of prevention and the importance of community to end gender-based violence!18 min - Prevention Then and Now: Conversations with Community Leaders with Josef Canaria, Part 2Welcome back to PreventConnect and episode 2 of Ashleigh and Josef Canaria discussing the messy nature of preventing gender-based violence.
If you haven’t listened to Part 1, we highly recommend that you listen to the episode first to hear Josef’s keynote speech from the 2025 National Sexual Assault Conference®.
In Part 2, Josef and Ashleigh reflect on Josef’s plenary and the hopes that preventionists have for the future of prevention. The conversation uncovers a common experience that many preventionists experience, as well as the need for self-care, understanding, and community in the work to end gender-based violence.19 min - Prevention Then and Now: A Fresh Voice with Alex Pecoraro, Part 1Welcome to the 20th Anniversary of PreventConnect!
Today, Ashleigh Klein-Jimenez sits down with Alex Pecoraro, the Prevention Strategist at the Nebraska Coalition to End Sexual and Domestic Violence. Although Alex proclaims she is still “new,” she started her journey in prevention work as a peer educator in college, taking the skills and topics she learned into her local direct service advocacy and, now, coalition-level work.
Alex and Ashleigh discuss trauma-informed prevention, tailoring strategies to community realities, and how coalitions can support local communities and leadership. Listen in to the first half of Alex’s two-part episode!24 min - Prevention Then and Now: A Fresh Voice with Alex Pecoraro, Part 2Welcome back to PreventConnect and Part 2 of Alex Pecoraro and Ashleigh sitting down to talk about prevention with a fresh perspective.
If you haven’t listened to Part 1, we highly recommend that you listen to the episode first. Alex shares how she started learning prevention skills as a peer educator, and key differences between direct service and coalition-level prevention work.
In Part 2, Alex shares how she approaches big ideas and turns them into practice, including the importance of reaching out when work feels heavy. Alex and Ashleigh’s conversation highlights the importance of community and long-term thinking in primary prevention.21 min - Prevention Then and Now: Reflections from Long-Time Practitioners with Tonjie Reese, Part 2Welcome to Part 2 of Tonjie Reese sitting down with Ashleigh Klein-Jimenez for PreventConnect!
If you haven’t listened to Part 1, we highly recommend that you listen to the episode first. Tonjie shared how she came to prevention as a high school student and the importance of meeting youth where they are to increase connections.
Their conversation picks up with Tonjie sharing how their understanding of prevention has shifted over time due to her ability to consider the nuances and needs of young people she connects with. Tonjie and Ashleigh talk about the importance of language and family when it comes to prevention, centering care and humanity, and uplifting younger people as they start their journey in prevention work.
You can find Tonjie at:
Eleven24.org
Instagram: @_eleven24
Facebook: Eleven24 Inc.
[email protected] [email protected]25 min - Prevention Then and Now: Reflections from Long-Time Practitioners with Tonjie Reese, Part 1Welcome to the 20th Anniversary of PreventConnect!
Today, Tonjie Reese sits down with PreventConnect’s Ashleigh Klein-Jimenez. Tonjie was drawn to harm prevention serendipitously through a theater class she enrolled in during high school and is now the founder of Eleven24, a program that provides training and education to decrease violence.
Listen in as Tonjie and Ashleigh talk about how she came into prevention work through theater, meeting youth where they are, and the power of storytelling to increase violence prevention in the first half of a two-part episode!
You can find Tonjie at:
Eleven24.org
Instagram: @_eleven24
Facebook: Eleven24 Inc.
[email protected] [email protected]27 min - Prevention Then and Now: Reflections from Long-Time Practitioners with Jody Sanborn, Part 2Welcome to part two of Ashleigh Klein-Jimenez’s conversation with Jody Sanborn!
If you haven’t listened to part one, we highly suggest listening to the episode first. Jody shared how she first stepped into prevention work, what keeps her committed, and what it takes to do prevention well in rural communities.
This episode picks up the conversation with a focus on the Rape Prevention and Education (RPE) program, which has shaped and supported prevention efforts across the country for decades. We also talk about how Jody’s own understanding of prevention has changed—how she’s moved from thinking of prevention as education to seeing it as cultural transformation.23 min
About PreventConnect
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PreventConnect podcasts highlight prevention themes, new research, and the voices of practitioners who have been successful in implementation and thoughtful in the development of effective sexual…
assault and domestic violence prevention strategies.
PreventConnect is a national project of ValorUS® with funding from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), National Center for Injury Prevention and Control, and RALIANCE. You can read more about PreventConnect and check out our other resources at https://www.preventconnect.org/
PreventConnect is a national project of ValorUS® with funding from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), National Center for Injury Prevention and Control, and RALIANCE. You can read more about PreventConnect and check out our other resources at https://www.preventconnect.org/
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