How we think about adversity experienced in childhood matters. On this episode, NSVRC’s Laura Palumbo and Sally J. Laskey talk with Dr. Julie Sweetland, Senior Advisor at the FrameWorks Institute, about her 2021 report, Reframing Childhood Adversity: Promoting Upstream Approaches, and how it connects with our research on messages about preventing sexual harassment, abuse, and assault....
This document was co-authored by staff of the National Sexual Violence Resource Center and National Resource Center on Domestic Violence, with significant input, guidance, and leadership from Black and women of color survivors and advocates. This resource makes connections between health equity and our work to prevent sexual and intimate partner violence. It centers the stories...
In September we hosted the three-part webinar series Nothing Without Us: Exploring Disability Justice, Access, and Art in Public Health, led by our colleagues at the Nothing Without Us Collective. We are sharing these recordings to increase access to this learning opportunity. This three-part webinar series invites preventionists, advocates, and public health professionals to reimagine violence...
Video Version: Audio Only Version: In this podcast episode, NSVRC’s Communications Director Laura Palumbo, Communications Specialist Halle Nelson, and Multimedia Specialist Courtland Murray reminisced about our most listened to podcasts over the last five years. Participants: Communications Director Laura Palumbo Communications Specialist Halle Nelson Multimedia Specialist Courtland Murray This episode makes mention of the following...
After having been immersed in public health prevention for almost three decades, I celebrated my one-year anniversary working in sexual violence prevention with the National Sexual Violence Resource Center (NSVRC) at the 2025 National Sexual Assault Conference (NSAC). What a wonderful opportunity NSAC was to learn, share and connect! NSVRC sponsored a Prevention track of...
NSVRC was honored to have Dr. Sarah DeGue speak at our RPE Evaluator Community of Practice about lessons learned in evaluating prevention programs. This blog post provides a recap of the highlights from that discussion and is reprinted with permission from the author. You can view the original blog here and learn more about the work of...
Each April, communities across the country come together to recognize Sexual Assault Awareness Month. It’s a time to raise our voices, support survivors, and take meaningful steps toward prevention. We are deeply grateful for every person who showed up this April. Survivors, advocates, educators, students, organizers, and community members all played a role in making...
In this episode, Mo talks with Anole Halper about this toolkit, why it is needed, the research that informed its creation, and how it can be used in prevention. Participants: Mo Lewis, NSVRC Prevention Coordinator Anole Halper, MSW, MPH, LCSWA Discussed in this episode: Meeting this Moment: Facilitating Suicide Prevention Workshops for Youth in...
This new tool offers strategies for engaging communities around health equity by aligning messages with the values of specific audiences. It includes clear examples of how to talk about health equity in plain, accessible language.
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