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November 2018
Community ownership and relationship building with multicultural communities: How Multicultural Efforts to End Sexual Assault (MESA) supports holistic prevention in Indiana
Founded in 2008, Multicultural Efforts to End Sexual Assault (MESA) is a statewide program focused on preventing sexual violence in traditionally marginalized communities in Indiana, including, Asian... -
November 2018
Community-Level Indicators: Advancements in Evaluating Sexual, Domestic and Other Forms of Violence Prevention
In this profile, Dr. Theresa Armstead behavioral scientist in the Division of Violence Prevention at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)and Wendi L. Siebold, President and Senior... -
November 2018
Prevention Through Liberation: Dismantling oppression and promoting sexual and relational health in Oregon
The Oregon Coalition Against Sexual and Domestic Violence has spent time identifying how oppression against and within communities of color and other marginalized communities contributes to sexual... -
November 2018
Participatory Action in Schools: Incorporating Sexual Violence Prevention into English Classes in Findlay, Ohio
The 2014-2015 school year marked the beginning of a partnership between Victoria Dickman-Burnett, a PhD candidate at the University of Cincinnati and Maribeth Geaman, an Advanced Placement and... -
November 2018
Hotspot Mapping: How Colorado is working to improve school climate to prevent violence
The Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment has adopted hotspot mapping as part of its strategic plan to prevent sexual violence and related safety and health issues. The process brings... -
September 2018
Changing alcohol environments to prevent sexual and domestic violence
Elise Lopez, Assistant Director of the Relationship Violence Program at the Mel & Enid Zuckerman College of Public Health at the University of Arizona, focuses her research on environmentaland... -
July 2018
Working towards gender equity by supporting healthy masculinities in campus and community settings
Dr. David von Schlichten is the coordinator of the Gender and Women’s Studies Program at Seton Hill University, the faculty advisor of the Feminist Collective on campus, and serves on the Board of... -
July 2018
Alcohol Justice as Violence Prevention
Founded in 1987, Alcohol Justice is an advocacy agency that organizes with community groups to pass laws that regulate the production, distribution, and sales of alcohol in order to keep communities... -
May 2018
Capacity building for community-level prevention: Metropolitan Organization to Counter Sexual Assault
With deliberate attention to prevention, MOCSA has gone from a focus on counselling, its crisis line, advocacy and education, to also including activities related to community-level prevention. -
May 2018
Toward social change: Building capacity for prevention into state coalition work in Missouri
With a commitment to social change, preventing sexual and domestic violence has been a decade-long priority for the Missouri Coalition Against Domestic and Sexual Violence (MCADSV). To support... -
May 2018
Changing Party Environments for Sexual Violence Prevention: Men as Peacemakers, Duluth, MN
Men as Peacemakers (MAP) is an organization in Duluth, Minnesota that engages individuals and communities in innovative strategies that promote gender equity and prevent sexual violence. Men As... -
May 2018
Creating a sexual violence prevention movement in Minnesota
The Sexual Violence Prevention Program (SVPP) at the Minnesota Department of Health has spent many years engaging partners to make prevention a priority with a focus on broad impact strategies and... -
January 2018
Bridging Maternal & Child Health and Violence Prevention Strategies: How Baltimore Promotes Safety Across the Life Course
Cathy Costa presented Baltimore’s Maternal and Child Health (MCH) and violence prevention efforts at the 2016 City MatCH Leadership and MCH Epidemiology Conference. Baltimore has been a long-time... -
January 2018
First 5 Alameda County: Place-based Community Safety Approaches for Early Childhood Development
Understanding that there are underlying conditions that contribute to violence, poverty, and negative early childhood outcomes, First 5 Alameda County is using a strengths-based approach and a... -
Tacoma ACE|R Profile
The Tacoma-Pierce County Health Department embraced the ACE|R Framework in its community-driven planning process to improve mental wellbeing for boys and men of color and LGBTQ youth, particularly in... -
SF BRIDGE Housing ACE|R profile
Bridge Housing has advanced the notion of Trauma Informed Community Building and improved outcomes for people living in public housing through implementing strategies to address and prevent community... -
San Jose ACE|R profile
As one of eight communities in the California Accountable Communities for Health Initiative, the East San Jose Peace Partnership has used ACE|R as its overarching framework. This emphasis has helped... -
San Diego ACE|R profile
In City Heights in San Diego, CA, United Women of East Africa Support Team is addressing community trauma and building resilience in East African men and boys, using ACE|R as the organizing framework... -
Ohio ACE|R Profile
Ohio’s Department of Mental Health and Addiction Services is utilizing the Framework to drive its statewide opioid prevention efforts and strategy in partnership with 12 communities. They are... -
Milwaukee ACE|R Profile
In November 2017, Milwaukee released its Blueprint for Peace. Grounded in the Framework, the Blueprint identifies forms of violence and structural violence and draws on community assets and best... -
Mobilizing Boston Residents to Prevent Violence
The Boston Public Health Commission's Violence Intervention and Prevention Initiative (VIP) is grounded in community engagement, an essential element of preventing violence. This publication...