Collaboration / Bridge Building Content Topic Results

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 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 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 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.

This resource is designed to address diverse learning needs by providing the following components that will help faith leaders and DV advocates begin or strengthen their collaborative efforts: community-based experiences, exercises and activities, list of contacts who have expertise, training materials, and methods of measuring and sharing the impact of your efforts.

This report is designed to identify the progress that has been achieved in California over the past decade and make policy recommendations for the state that will not only improve responses to the families affected by domestic violence but begin to put in place strategies for prevention.

This article offers an overview of the consequenses of trauma to the eye that may be suffered by victims of abuse, highlighting the connection between domestic violence and glaucoma. It urges appropriate screening and intervention for eye care providers.

This film provides interviews with 16 organizations doing reproductive justice work in New York City.

This charter represents the collaborative agreement among partners of the Domestic Violence and Mental Health Collaboration Project. The charter includes agreements on mission and values, roles and responsibilities, decision-making, conflict resolution, communications, and confidentiality.

This journal article discusses how to design successful interventions to prevent HIV using socio-cultural factors which address institutional and social barriers impacting risk reduction in African American communities.

What will it take to end the pervasive problem of domesticviolence in California? How can communities addressthe conditions that lead to abuse of power and control,and ensure that intimate partnerships in all families andcommunities are respectful, equitable and free from thetrauma of violence?