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March 2020
Preventing and Addressing Intimate Violence when Engaging Dads (PAIVED): Challenges, Successes, and Promising Practices from Responsible Fatherhood Programs
Publisher(s): This report summarizes findings from the Preventing and Addressing Intimate Violence when Engaging Dads (PAIVED) research study, which examined how federal Responsible Fatherhood programs aim to prevent and address intimate partner violence through their fatherhood programming.
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February 2020
Transformative Approaches to Sexual Violence
Publisher(s):This webinar explores transformative justice as a survivor-centered framework for preventing and responding to sexual violence by prioritizing healing, accountability, and community-led solutions over punitive systems.
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February 2020
Safety Plan for Stalking Victims
Publisher(s):A practical safety planning guide that helps survivors of stalking reduce risk, document abuse, and navigate legal and community resources.
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- NRCDV Publications
February 2020
How can advocates raise awareness about emotional abuse for Teen Dating Violence Awareness and Prevention Month (TDVAM)?
Publisher(s): While these abuse tactics are certainly not exclusive to teens and can show up in relationships between people of any age, young people experience emotional abuse at alarming rates. NRCDV's February 2020 TA Question of the Month explores how advocates can take action to prevent emotional abuse and to promote safe and healthy relationship norms for teens.
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- NRCDV Publications
February 2020
Trauma Informed Community Building: Lessons Learned from DELTA FOCUS
Publisher(s):This story features coalitions in Delaware, North Carolina, and Indiana that implemented approaches in communities experiencing disproportionate trauma as a result of exposure to stressors such as chronic poverty, high rates of violence, and substandard housing.
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- Training Tools
February 2020
Personal Plan of Action Worksheet
Publisher(s): The Personal Plan of Action Worksheet from the Ohio Men's Action Network (OHMAN) offers key questions to challenge men to find ways to engage in courageous conversations and take action to prevent violence.
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- NRCDV Publications
- Training Tools
January 2020
WEBINAR: Beyond Domestic Violence Awareness Month: Easy Ways to Actively Engage your Communities in DV Awareness after October
Publisher(s): Each October, Domestic Violence Awareness Month is recognized as a time to bring attention to the issue of domestic violence in communities across the country, share stories of survivors of violence, remember and honor individuals who lost their lives due to senseless acts of violence, raise awareness of trauma-informed approaches, and promote the resources organizations have to offer. In this webinar, presenters discuss ways in which organizations can use the energy and inspiration from DVAM to drive year-round awareness and prevention efforts.
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January 2020
One-Page Handouts: Sexual Assault and the Brain
These one-page handouts provide concise, practical guidance on common brain-based responses to sexual assault, including reflexive survival behaviors, habit behaviors, and dissociation. They are designed to help investigators, attorneys, judges, advocates, and other professionals quickly apply trauma-informed knowledge in their work with survivors.
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- NRCDV Publications
November 2019
How can allies support trans and genderqueer communities for Transgender Day of Remembrance (TDOR) and beyond?
Publisher(s): Holding a Transgender Day of Remembrance (TDOR) event is a strong show of support for the trans and genderqueer communities. If you are thinking about organizing one in your area, there are a number of important considerations before finalizing your plans. In NRCDV's November 2019 TA Question of the Month, guest author Miller Hoffman offers key considerations for allies.
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- NRCDV Publications
October 2019
How can movement building support our efforts for social change and collective thriving?
Publisher(s): In 2014, the Idaho Coalition Against Sexual & Domestic Violence began to lay a foundation for movement building. In NRCDV's October 2019 TA Question of the Month, writers from the Idaho Coalition discuss their efforts to end patriarchy, sexism, racism, nationalism, classism, homophobia, transphobia, able-ism, audism, anti-semitism, religious discrimination, and xenophobia/anti-immigrant sentiment through movement building.
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September 2019
Serving Male Survivors
Publisher(s):This training focuses on the unique experiences of male sexual assault survivors, particularly the barriers created by the invisibility of male survivors, masculinity stereotypes, and anti-gay prejudice. It emphasizes the importance of inclusive, trauma-informed services that recognize and address these barriers.
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- NRCDV Publications
- Training Tools
September 2019
WEBINAR: DELTA FOCUS Stories: Lessons Learned from 3 Community-Based Initiatives
Publisher(s): On this 90-minute webinar, preventionists and change-makers in Alaska, Rhode Island, and North Carolina share their successes, surprises, pivots, and points of learning along their journeys, offering strategies and tools for those who wish to engage in this work or adapt similar projects for their own communities.









