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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.

In recognition of the increasing role that social media plays in the lives of survivors as well as programs and staff, this tool addresses the benefits and risks of social media use by people who have experienced sexual and domestic violence.

This toolkit provides ideas for youth activists across the state to educate others about teen dating violence and to take action in their communities and schools.

David Lee interviews various men who chose to sign a statement calling for an end to sexist coverage of rape.  The recording discusses media coverage and the impact that messaging can have in the movement to end violence against women.

This guide describes “Where Do You Stand?,” a comprehensive bystander intervention campaign for college men. The guide teaches how to use the campaign to positively change the cultural dynamics of a campus.

This guide for media professionals includes suggestions such as avoiding stereotypes, placing sexual assault in a social context, and becoming educated about violence against women and sexual violence in general when reporting on a sexual assault case.

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 toolkit focuses on survivors of multi-abuse trauma - those who are affected by multiple issues that negatively affect safety, health, or well-being. It offers practical tools for advocates and community partners, such as health and mental heath care providers, to address the complex needs of survivors of multi-abuse trauma, no matter where survivors enter the social service system.

In this podcast, Alex Leslie discusses the goals and components of Youth 360, a program developed by Cleveland Rape Crisis Center that builds competence in speaking up, speaking out, and preventing dating and sexual violence.

This toolkit includes information and resources related to understanding primary prevention, developing prevention programming in individual communities, and implementing a statewide primary prevention plan.

This resource offers guidance on how 501(c)(3) organizations can elect to “take advantage of the clear definitions and generous limits on lobbying” as permitted in the IRS Tax Code.

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.