February 2016 Community Education E-bulletin

2/3/2016

Welcome to the February 2016 edition of Hope House's Community Education E-bulletin!

TABLE OF CONTENTS:
1. Teen Dating Violence Awareness and Prevention Month
2. Registration Open for Summit on Healthy Teen Relationships
3. Get Involved this Super Bowl Sunday
4. Hope House Donations Needs
5. Sexual Assault
6. Campus Sexual Assault
7. Domestic Violence

8. Children and Youth
9. Sexual Harassment
10. Miscellaneous
11. Local News
12. Parents' and Youth Service Providers' Section
13. Faith Communities' Section
14. Training Opportunities
15. Resources

February is Teen Dating Violence Awareness and Prevention Month (TDVAPM)
February is a great time to engage teens in promoting healthy relationships and preventing dating violence. Hope House has compiled a list of resources for teens, educators, parents, and youth service providers that you can access here. One of the campaigns listed is Respect Week from February 8-12, which includes Wear Orange Day on February 9 and the National Respect Announcement on February 12. Please join Baraboo High School and River Valley Middle School in promoting these and other activities for TDVAPM. Is your school also participating? Let us know by calling 608-356-9123. In the Baraboo area? Stop in the West Square Building to check out our interactive display, Love Is.

Please join Hope House at the 2016 Summit on Healthy Teen Relationships:
Together We Will – Lift Our Voices, Unite for Change, Live Without Fear

On April 4-6, the 2016 Summit on Healthy Teen Relationships will be held at the Kalahari Resort and Waterpark in Wisconsin Dells! The days will be packed with action and fun, bringing together a diverse group of teens and adults to talk and learn about creating healthy teen relationships and preventing teen dating abuse and sexual assault. Scholarships for teens are available – applications for which are due February 19! To learn more, click here. Plan on attending? Please let us know by calling 608-356-9123 or email us so we can try to connect with you at the summit!

This Super Bowl Sunday:
Tell Super Bowl Advertisers You’re Watching
“Starting in 2011, you made your voice heard with the #NotBuyingIt and #MediaWeLike hashtags to encourage major corporations including GoDaddy, Chevrolet, and Teleflora to change sexist representations of women and men. This year, we’re thrilled to partner with 3 Percent Conference and Instant Census for a Super Bowl Tweetup to tell advertisers, the media, and the entire world what people of conscience think of ads…in real-time. Here’s how it works: sign up to be surveyed during the Super Bowl via text messages by texting “SB50” to (217) 731-4368. Game day, you’ll get a handful of questions and we’ll report your feedback to media and advertisers – telling them in a few quick seconds which ads resonate with us, which are alienating, and what we plan to do about it”…Read more

#BeAModelMan

"This Super Bowl, our organizations — the Representation Project and Futures Without Violence — have teamed up to spark conversations through an unconventional campaign called #BeAModelMan. Keep an eye out for us (we’ll be hard to miss). While millions of people around the world will be witnessing American masculinity at its height, we’re inviting men to model healthy behavior and respect toward women and children. Using public art installations, we’re asking men to step up, speak out and model the man you’d like your sons to become, the man who would make your daughters safe in this world, the man who uplifts us all, instead of a few"...Read more

Hope House Donation Needs
Monetary donations are most needed. Individuals have the option of donating online. Please note that a portion of your online donation will go towards PayPal fees. Donations can be mailed to Hope House, P.O. Box 557, Baraboo, WI 53913. We also appreciate gas cards, gift cards (Walmart, Kwik Trip, Walgreens, Kohl’s), taxi vouchers from Baraboo Taxi, and used cell phones, iPods and iPads. Please note that we are not accepting stuffed animals/plush toys, used toys, clothes (except for new sweatshirts and sweatpants), shoes, used books, furniture, TVs, bar soap, hats, scarves or travel-size bottles of shampoo, conditioner, or body wash. Current needs include

Hope House is in need of donations of jeans, denim, and solid-color quilt squares for an upcoming project. Any you have that could be dropped off would be most appreciated!
Bathrooms: Toilet bowl cleaner, Toilet paper, Deodorant, Disposable razors, Small garbage cans with bags, Nail clippers, Cleaning supplies such as Lysol disinfecting spray and floor cleaner, Clorox wipes, Hairspray, Bleach, Bathroom rugs and bath mats
Kitchen: Paper towels, Ziploc bags, Silverware, Tupperware, Small mason jars, Dishwasher soap, 13-Gallon garbage bags, Brush for cleaning bottles, Sip cups, Saran wrap, Aluminum foil
Food and Beverages: Meat, Fresh fruit and vegetables, Yogurt, Cheese, Canned soup, Snack items (crackers, granola bars, etc.), Fruit juice, Milk
Laundry: Powder laundry detergent, Dryer sheets, Fabric softener sheets
Clothing for Women and Kids: Winter boots, Socks, Women’s underwear, Medium-Large size pajamas, New sweatshirts and sweatpants
Misc: Vacuum, New white full/twin bed sheets, Double stroller, Baby wipes, Band-Aids, Diapers and pull-ups, Pocket-sized calendars, Baby bottles, Umbrellas, Hangers, Weather radio, Journals, Exercise balls, Yoga/exercise DVDs, Relaxation CDs, Baby thermometer, CD players, Regular light bulbs

Special Note about Travel-Size Items: We encourage those looking to donate travel-size items to donate them to the Backpack Project. The Backpack Project strives to provide Baraboo School District students who are financially challenged to enter the school doors on the first day ‘just like everyone else’ and to show these children the community supports and encourages them to learn and do their best. If interested in donating towards this project, please contact Becky Hovde at 608-963-8230 or hivebiz@centurytel.net.

News and Research
Sexual Assault

Watch This Politician Beautifully Shut Down a Victim-Blaming Host on CNN: “As New York City Councilwoman Laurie Cumbo sees it, all of these questions are code for 'How can we blame this woman for the act of violence committed against her?' So in a recent appearance on CNN, Cumbo didn't just call out the victim-blaming language people are using to describe the case — she completely shut it down”…Read more
Reporting a School Sexual Assault Can Increase a Victim’s Risk of Punishment: “The Education Department has seen a spike during the past year in the number of civil rights complaints filed against K-12 schools for allegedly mishandling reports of sexual violence…A report of sexual assault necessarily means that the person going to authorities must admit that sexual contact happened, and if school officials don’t believe that the sex was non-consensual, then the reporting victim can get in trouble for engaging in sexual activity while at school”…Read more
"Comfort Women": Japan's 70-year Sex Slavery Controversy, Explained: “On Monday, Japan and South Korea have reached an official agreement that they say will close their years-long dispute over Japan's guilt and responsibility for enslaving Koreans as 'comfort women.' The terms of the agreement are still forthcoming, but it appears that Japan will officially admit wrongdoing and offer an $8 million compensation fund for victims…And the story of why this is happening at all — and why only now, nearly a century later — goes back to some grave and long-lasting American mistakes in its wartime occupation of Japan”…Read more
On Perilous Migrant Trail, Women Often Become Prey to Sexual Abuse: “Interviews with dozens of migrants, social workers and psychologists caring for traumatized new arrivals across Germany suggest that the current mass migration has been accompanied by a surge of violence against women. From forced marriages and sex trafficking to domestic abuse, women report violence from fellow refugees, smugglers, male family members and even European police officers”…Read more
L.A. County Prosecutors Won't Charge Bill Cosby in Two Sexual Assault Cases: “Los Angeles prosecutors on Wednesday declined to bring criminal charges against Bill Cosby in the only two open cases locally in which he is accused of sexually assaulting women. The move comes less than a week after prosecutors in Pennsylvania filed the first charges against Cosby, accusing him of drugging and sexually assaulting a 31-year-old woman”…Read more

Joint Statement on Daniel Holtzclaw's Sentencing- AAPF, OKC Artists for Justice, NOW, & Transformative Justice Coalition: “Today, a historic precedent was set when Daniel Holtzclaw was sentenced to 263 consecutive years for the rape and sexual assault of 8 Black women in Oklahoma City. Although 18 of the 36 counts were not guilty verdicts, leaving 8 women without justice, this day effectively puts law enforcement on notice that Black women will report, testify and seek justice even in the presence of an all-white jury”…Read more…Read related article: What does #Holtzclaw mean for White Anti-Violence Activists?
Sexual Violence Isn’t Just a College Problem. It Happens in K-12 Schools, Too: "Besides promptly investigating reports of sexual misconduct, schools also must take steps to prevent sexual violence and to remedy the damage done when sexual violence occurs. The law is based on the idea that children should be protected from hostile environments that make it impossible for them to fully participate in school”…Read more
It's OK to Freeze: Healing From Sexual Assault: “I was sexually abused. It was not my fault. In a traumatizing situation, I froze, while others might have fled or fought back. But with time and with confiding in those I trust, I have unthawed and faced what I've tried to forget. And with nothing to hide, nothing to regret or redo, and everything to look forward to in the future, I've allowed myself to move on, claiming my voice, speaking my truth”…Read more

Campus Sexual Assault

10% of Female US College Students Experienced Sexual Assault in 2015: “The Bureau of Justice Statistics interviewed students from nine colleges across the country, asking for the details of specific sexual assaults that had occurred during the 2014-2015 school year. The agency found that 4% of students had been raped during that academic year, and more than 5% had encountered sexual battery, including unwanted kissing or forced touching. The numbers of reported assaults varied widely depending on the schools, which were unnamed in the survey, but were chosen specifically to represent a mix of small and large, public and private colleges across the country”…Read more…Read related article: Lesbian Students Report Higher Rates of Sexual Assault than Straight Females, New Federal Data Show
How A Stanford Student Accused Of Assaulting Multiple Women Graduated: “‘Regardless of whether an assailant is a serial attacker, each report of an assault is 'an opportunity to remove the alleged perpetrator from campus and remedy future hostile environments,’ said Tara Richards, who researches intimate partner violence”…Read more...Read related article: Stanford Has A Trust Problem When It Comes To Sexual Assault
“Our Hands Are Tied Because Of This Damn Brother-Sisterhood Thing”: “For decades, students at Spelman — the elite historically black women’s college — have spoken out about instances of sexual assault committed by students from Morehouse College, their unofficial brother school. Now, in the wake of a petition, protests, and a federal investigation, their messages are ringing louder than ever. Why haven’t we heard them?”…Read more

Proposed Bill Would Give Sexual Assault Victims Amnesty from Drinking Citations throughout Wisconsin: “Kari Sasso, University of Wisconsin Police Department assistant chief, said the bill is essentially a statewide implementation of UW’s sexual assault policy and must become a reality for every survivor in Wisconsin”…Read more...Watch news interview about the bill
Being A Sexual Assault Survivor In College Often Comes With Huge Bills: “The costs come as no surprise to other survivors, who say they often fall behind academically, miss work and have medical bills pile up for them; these have been the foundation of civil lawsuits against colleges and universities that seek financial penalties. Yet experts are noticing the U.S. Department of Education's Office for Civil Rights has started to incorporate remedies to address expenses incurred by victims”…Read more
FSU Pays $950,000 To Woman Who Accused Jameis Winston Of Sexual Assault: “Florida State University has settled with Erica Kinsman for $950,000, after she accused former FSU quarterback Jameis Winston of raping her in late 2012 when they were both students. He now plays for the Tampa Bay Buccaneers. The settlement, which also commits the university to five years of sexual assault awareness programs and greater transparency, means that Kinsman will drop her Title IX lawsuit against the school”…Read more

Domestic Violence

No Visible Bruises: Domestic Violence and Traumatic Brain Injury: "Fifty per cent of domestic-violence victims are strangled at some point in the course of their relationship—often repeatedly, over years—and the overwhelming majority of strangulation perpetrators are men. Those strangled to the point of losing consciousness are at the highest risk of dying in the first twenty-four to forty-eight hours after the incident, from strokes, blood clots, or aspiration (choking on their own vomit). Such incidents can cause brain injury—mild or traumatic—not only by cutting off oxygen to the brain but because they are often accompanied by blunt-force trauma to the head. Still, victims of domestic violence are not routinely screened for strangulation or brain injury in emergency rooms, and the victims themselves, who tend to have poor recollections of the incidents, are often not even aware that they’ve lost consciousness. This means that diagnoses are rarely formalized, the assaults and injuries are downplayed, and abusers are prosecuted under lesser charges”…Read more

What Obama's New Move On Guns Does For Domestic Violence Survivors: “Ron LeGrand, vice president of public policy at the National Network to End Domestic Violence, said another key proposal involves incentivizing states to provide complete records about domestic violence crimes to the National Instant Criminal Background Check System, so that abusers who aren’t allowed to buy guns are flagged”…Read more
New Bill Would Help Domestic Violence Survivors Find Shelter for Their Pets Too: “HR 1258, known as the Pet and Women Safety (PAWS) Act, would create a grant program to help agencies working with survivors of domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, or stalking to develop housing programs that accommodate survivors and their pets”…Read more
How One Change In Policy Could Help Victims Of Domestic Violence: “And while 71 percent of EMS personnel involved in the study reported having previously interacted with patients who disclosed DV, ‘roughly one in three (31 percent) of respondents reported having two hours or less of training in the past five years; 19 percent did not receive any training in the last five years’”…Read more

Children and Youth

Girls Fight Back Against Gender Bias in School Dress Codes: “‘I think dress codes should exist, as a way to note that school is a professional learning space and deserves respect.…As long as the language of the policies focuses on professionalism and high expectations for learning, and stays away from asking for modesty, all is good. When kids are told to be ‘modest,’ we are sexualizing their wardrobes, and why are we doing that children?’ Sending the right message to students is important. Otherwise, says one of the Kentucky students in ‘Shame,’ ‘It sends the message to boys that it’s all girls’ fault.…It wasn’t their fault that they were staring—it’s the girls’ fault,’”…Read more
[WI] Dating Violence Education Bill Gets Support At Hearing: “The bill would require schools to teach teens what is and what isn't a healthy dating relationship and to establish policies that address dating violence. At a hearing on the bill this week, Tony Gibart of End Domestic Abuse Wisconsin said such policies have proven effective in schools where they've been adopted”…Read more
Saratoga: Audrie Pott's Tragic Story in Sundance Documentary: “By interweaving these two scenarios, ‘Audrie & Daisy’ demonstrates how cyberbullying compounds the already traumatic experience of sexual assault, as well as how prevalent it is throughout the country. By including the voices of the young men involved it also shows how complex the issues can be. In the end, the film demonstrates the power of young women working through their public shaming and speaking out to spread awareness”…Read more
Childhood Trauma Leads to Brains Wired for Fear: “A recent report by the University of San Diego School of Law found that about 686,000 children were victims of abuse and neglect in 2013. Traumatic childhood events can lead to mental health and behavioral problems later in life, explains psychiatrist Bessel van der Kolk, author of the recently published book, The Body Keeps the Score: Brain, Mind, and Body in the Healing of Trauma. Children’s brains are literally shaped by traumatic experiences, which can lead to problems with anger, addiction, and even criminal activity in adulthood”…Read more

11-Year-Old 'Sick of Reading About White Boys and Dogs' Launches #1000BlackGirlBooks: “Marley is looking to collect 1000 books featuring black female protagonists by February 1. She is nearly halfway to her goal. ‘I’m hoping to show that other girls can do this as well,’ Marley says. ‘I used the resources I was given, and I want people to pass that down and use the things they’re given to create more social action projects—and do it just for fun, and not make it feel like a chore’”…Read more
Cool Kids Can Curb Bullying, Study Finds: “Over the course of the 2012-2013 school year, 56 New Jersey middle schools that armed their most influential students with social media training and various bullying awareness gear, like bright-colored wrist bands, saw a 30 percent reduction in student conflict reports”…Read more
Pentagon: Hundreds of Military Kids Sexually Abused Annually: “In total, incidents involving sexual assault in which the children of service members are victims occur hundreds of times each year…An AP investigation published in November found more inmates are in military prisons for child sex crimes than for any other offense. But the military's opaque justice system keeps the public from knowing the full extent of their crimes or how much time they spend behind bars”…Read more
Kik, The Messaging App Beloved By Teens, Has A Child Porn Problem: “But, often enough, as in Walker’s case, adults obtain child porn on Kik, as on any messaging app, by taking advantage of this impulse for exploration…Kik is by no means the only app being used by those seeking child pornography. Experts also mentioned Snapchat, Instagram and Dropbox as major venues for child porn. The most popular apps for child porn transmission are likely to change just as fast as technology and teenage trends”…Read more
U.S. Placed Immigrant Children With Traffickers, Report Says: “The Department of Health and Human Services placed more than a dozen immigrant children in the custody of human traffickers after it failed to conduct background checks of caregivers…The report also said that it was unclear how many of the approximately 90,000 children the agency had placed in the past two years fell prey to traffickers, including sex traffickers, because it does not keep track of such cases”…Read more

Sexual Harassment

If You Don't Take Women's Harassment Seriously, You Don't Want to Understand The Problem: “According to a national Stop Street Harassment survey, forty-one percent of American women have experienced physically aggressive street interactions, including touching, flashing, and being forced to do something sexual against their wills. Seventy-two percent of women have changed their commutes to avoid feeling unsafe…How many women have to die because they try to [say no] before this is taken seriously as a matter of public health and women's rights? 'Just tell him to you aren't interested?' is a sorry and entitled display of a profound lack of caring about what happens to the person you are talking to. I'm saddened by Janese Talton-Jackson's brutal killing. But I am enraged that attacks like this happen all the time and we continue to ignore the connective tissue and ask women to take a back seat to more pressing issues”…Read more
Nobody Catcalls The Woman In The Wheelchair: “Harassment, after all, isn’t actually about sex, but about power—and my harassers hurt me through the power of desexualization. They use the same voice with me that they’d use with a 3-year-old. They pat my head like they would a dog. They stare at my chair while shushing their childrens’ innocent questions. It’s ableist rather than sexist street harassment (from all genders) that I experience. This desexualization makes me vulnerable to abuse as well. While disabled women aren’t often seen as sexual objects, we’re more likely to be raped and sexually abused than our abled counterparts”…Read more

Yet Another Woman Has Been Killed For Turning Down A Man Who Asked Her Out: “Were Talton-Jackson the only woman to be killed for daring to rebuff a stranger's advances, her death might be considered a one-off act of violence committed by a lone maniac with a gun. But she's far from the only woman who has lost her life for turning down a man who asked her out. In the past two years, at least four other women have been brutally murdered for turning men away, while many more have survived other violent attacks”…Read more
Now We Have Data on the Ridiculous, Sometimes Dangerous Sexism in Tech: “Then you read that 60 percent of women in Silicon Valley tech say they've been the subject of unwanted sexual advances, and that half of those advances came from their boss…From the stories of these women, it's clear that, really, we're not talking about unconscious bias or even innocent misunderstandings. These women tell about being excluded from networking events, being groped by the boss, being asked to put up with sexist and demeaning behavior”…Read more
Not in Our Theatre: The Fight Against Sexual Harassment: “By mid-February, she had created an advocacy organization for victims of sexual harassment in the theatre industry, Not in Our House (NIOH). The first meeting, a panel discussion on sexual harassment, was packed and lively. A support group for survivors was established, and by the next meeting, NIOH launched a pilot initiative to write a Code of Conduct for the theatre community”…Read more...Read related article: Women in Improv Comedy Detail a Culture of Sexual Harassment, Silence

Miscellaneous

The Most Important Writing From People Of Color In 2015: “While all end-of-year lists aspire to be definitive and comprehensive, there's obviously no way to include all of the stellar and thought-provoking writing by people of color that came out in 2015. See something missing? Share your picks in the comments. In the meantime, check out some of the brilliant, enlightening, and stimulating conversations we had this year”…Read more
Legislators Organize Blitz of Equal-Pay Legislation in Nearly Half the States: “That’s what a coalition of progressive and women’s empowerment groups are trying this week around the issue of equal pay, advancing bills in nearly half the states at once — from Alaska to Kansas — in a bid to elevate solutions to America’s nagging gender pay disparity at a time when little seems likely to happen in Congress…They also offer a range of tools, ranging from conservative — simply boosting protections for people who discuss salaries at the workplace — to more aggressive. A bill in Massachusetts, for example, would prohibit recruiters from asking prospective hires their salary histories, so that being underpaid early in one’s career doesn’t permanently impair one’s earnings potential”…Read more

Local News

Hope for the homeless: Advocates offer people without shelter help to help themselves
Maurice Withers, 26, of Lodi, indicted for sex trafficking charges involving two girls and two women…Read more
Thomas Gruber, 51, of Portage, charged with attempted second-degree sexual assault and false imprisonment…Read more
Harley Tarkenton, 28, of Portage, charged in connection with a sexual assault has been sentenced to 90 days in jail and three years of probation…Read more
Gregory Nimmo, 52, of Wisconsin Dells, accused of assaulting and raping a woman at gunpoint will serve four years in state prison after taking a plea deal…Read more
Gordon Fitzpatrick, 53, of Reedsburg, arrested for exposing himself, this marks the sixth time…Read more
Gregory Behling, 19, Poynette, plead no contest to a felony charge of second-degree sexual assault of a child and will be sentenced on April 1…Read more

Parents' and Youth Service Providers' Section

NCTSN’s The Road to Recovery: Supporting Children with Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities Who Have Experienced Trauma: “This Toolkit consists of a Facilitator Guide and a Participant Manual. Together, they are designed to teach basic knowledge, skills, and values about working with children with IDD who have had traumatic experiences, and how to use this knowledge to support children’s safety, well-being, happiness, and recovery through trauma-informed practice.”

How to Talk to Your Kids About Suicide: Experts Share Tips for Parents: “There are many conversations that parents are uncomfortable having with their kids, but talking about suicide is particularly challenging. The topic is an important one, though, given that suicide is the second leading cause of death among those ages 15-24, and the third leading cause of death among children ages 10-14 year old, according to Centers for Disease Control. It is also often preventable. We asked experts for their answers to some common questions parents have about whether to even broach the subject and, if they do decide to, what is the best way to do so”…Read more
Body Smart, Body Safe: Talking with Young Children about their Bodies: Check out this guide from A Mighty Girl on books about answering where babies come from, understanding touch and body privacy as well as tips for parents and additional recommended resources.
Report Looks At Best Practices for Addressing Trauma in Diversion: “When officials in four states were asked several years ago what tools they would need to divert youth from the juvenile justice system, a better understanding of trauma was at the top of all their lists. They wanted to help youth with behavioral conditions when they are evaluated for probation but said they couldn’t do so most effectively without understanding how traumatic experiences had affected the adolescents. A new report sets out a framework for trauma-informed diversion that grew from those states’ experiences and additional research into best practices. It’s intended as guidance for other juvenile justice officials considering reforms to address trauma”…Read more
National No One Eats Alone Day on February 12: “We are excited to share with you No One Eats Alone, our student-led lunchtime initiative. No One Eats Alone, Beyond Differences' most popular program, is a stand-alone event that takes place during lunch at school. During your event, students make a difference on their own middle school campus by making sure that everyone is included at lunch and students sit with new friends and classmates”…Learn more

Faith Communities' Section

Please Join Us for the Responding to Abuse Later in Life Luncheon: The Faith Leaders for Healthy Relationships Committee, in partnership with Hope House, invite you to a luncheon on February 23 at Trappers Turn Clubhouse in Wisconsin Dells on responding to abuse later in life. This presentation will discuss the warning signs and possible responses of Abuse in Later Life. Our aging population is predicted to blossom in the near future and so will their need for services. By garnering shared understanding of common signs and responses of elder abuse, we can help assure the at-risk senior citizen’s in our community will benefit and thrive. To learn more and to register, please click here.
Free Webinars from Faith Trust Institute: From March to May, Faith Trust Institute has several free webinars, including How Teens Are Creating Healthy Relationships, Intimate Partner Violence and Women's Health, A Conversation about Spotlight, and more. To view the full listing, click here.
[Faith Trust Institute Blog Post] What Would Jeremiah Say?: “They are suggesting following the model of the Royal Commission on Institutional Responses to Child Abuse in Australia. The Royal Commission’s work is focused on any child-serving institution in Australia whether schools, churches, orphanages, etc. where children have been vulnerable to abuse. If you study their website, you will see that this multiyear project is a genuine effort by the government to assess where and when abuse occurred, to reach out to survivors, and when possible to hold perpetrators accountable. This is no white wash. They actually want to hear from survivors and have met with over 4,000 directly to hear their experiences and concerns. They continue to have open hearings around the country”…Read more

Training Opportunities

Please see the top of this e-bulletin for information on the 2016 Summit on Healthy Teen Relationships.
Please see the Faith Communities' Section for information on Responding to Abuse Later in Life luncheon.
PreventConnect's Free Webinar on Feb 3 from 1-2:30pm: From Foundations to the Future: A prevention approach to sexual and domestic violence: "Interested in preventing sexual and domestic violence in your community? Want to engage in a discussion about the underlying causes of sexual and domestic violence and understand how to address these root causes? Join Prevention Institute along with special guests for this introductory web conference reviewing the fundamentals of a public health approach to preventing violence. Highlighting promising, innovative practices, they will discuss how to use the Spectrum of Prevention to create comprehensive strategies. This web conference will also focus on five norms that make sexual and domestic violence more likely to occur and share strategies to effectively shift norms and prevent violence." Click here to register.
QPR Suicide Prevention: Prevent Suicide Columbia County invites you to get trained in QPR, 3 simple steps anyone can take to save a life from suicide: Question, Persuade, and Refer to resources. Learn how to ask a question and save a life in this free 90 minute training. All are welcome. Feb 18 at 6-7:30pm at the Portage Library. For more information, click here.
Free Youth Mental Health First Aid Training: The Adams-Friendship School District is providing two free trainings in February and March on Youth Mental Health First Aid. Dinner and snacks will be provided. For more information, please see the flyer.
Save the date: The Prevent Suicide Wisconsin Conference will be held on April 27th at the Holiday Inn in Stevens Point. More information coming soon here.
Together for Children Conference: “Join us for the 29th Together for Children conference in Lake Geneva, WI, April 5-7, 2016. Each year, participants attend workshops to gain knowledge in prevention strategies, innovative intervention and treatment strategies, best practice and research initiatives, as well as other current topics in the areas of child abuse and neglect”…Learn more

Resources
Toolkit for Community Conversations About Mental Health: “The Toolkit for Community Conversations About Mental Health is designed to help individuals and organizations who want to organize community conversations achieve three potential objectives: Get others talking about mental health to break down misperceptions and promote recovery and healthy communities; Find innovative community-based solutions to mental health needs, with a focus on helping young people; Develop clear steps for communities to address their mental health needs in a way that complements existing local activities. The Toolkit includes: Information Brief, Discussion Guide, and Planning Guide.”

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