Building a Safer Future

Empowering individuals and communities to end intimate partner violence and sexual assault through education and awareness.

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Community Education and Prevention

Trained educators are available to train and educate health-care professionals, law enforcement officials, members of the clergy and other faith-based leaders, community organizations, corporations, and professional association.

Education topics range to covering concepts such as healthy relationships, consent, bystander intervention and the dynamics of intimate partner violence and sexual assault.
Our team provides training sessions, presentations and tabling event for your oranization, workplace or community
Interested in scheduling a training seminar for your group or workplace? Please complete HAVEN’s inquiry form.

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School Programs

A large part of the prevention strategy at HAVEN is focused on our partnerships with area schools. Pre-kindergarten through higher education programs are presented in the classroom in an age-appropriate manner.

Programs are designed to raise awareness and provide information on how gender roles and expectations, as well as our culture, influence dating violence and sexual assault.
Students also learn about resources, risk reduction strategies and bystander intervention.
Staff in-services and parent information sessions are also available.

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Prevention Education Programs

To request a presentation please fill out our inquiry form or Contact HAVEN's Prevention Education Department at prevention@haven-oakland.org

A large part of the prevention strategy at HAVEN is focused on our partnerships with area schools. Prevention Education staff facilitate evidence-based, age-appropriate, and trauma-informed programs to youth of all ages.

Helping Kids Help Themselves teaches children to:

Child sexual abuse remains alarmingly prevalent in the United States, with 1 in 9 girls and 1 in 20 boys experiencing sexual abuse or assault before age 18 (RAINN, 2024).
Disturbingly, many children never disclose the abuse and carry the secret well into adulthood – the mean age of adults disclosing child sexual abuse is between 40 and 50 years old (Alaggia et al., 2019).
Sexual abuse in childhood is linked to higher risks of PTSD, depression, and substance abuse (RAINN, 2024), highlighting the urgent need to stop abuse before it starts and to interrupt ongoing abuse by encouraging children to disclose.
Evidence indicates that child sexual abuse prevention programs result in increased awareness and use of self-protective skills in children, earlier disclosures of abuse, and increased positive views of self (“Child Sexual Abuse Prevention: Programs for Children,” 2011).

Why is it important to teach young children about "unsafe touches?"

Child sexual abuse remains alarmingly prevalent in the United States, with 1 in 9 girls and 1 in 20 boys experiencing sexual abuse or assault before age 18 (RAINN, 2024).
Disturbingly, many children never disclose the abuse and carry the secret well into adulthood – the mean age of adults disclosing child sexual abuse is between 40 and 50 years old (Alaggia et al., 2019).
Sexual abuse in childhood is linked to higher risks of PTSD, depression, and substance abuse (RAINN, 2024), highlighting the urgent need to stop abuse before it starts and to interrupt ongoing abuse by encouraging children to disclose.
Evidence indicates that child sexual abuse prevention programs result in increased awareness and use of self-protective skills in children, earlier disclosures of abuse, and increased positive views of self (“Child Sexual Abuse Prevention: Programs for Children,” 2011).

HAVEN offers a range of education topics uniquely designed for college and university students, including but not limited to sexual assault prevention, healthy dating and abuse in relationships, bystander intervention training, and skill building to support survivors. Each presentation provides its audience with a heightened understanding of intimate partner violence and/or sexual assault, hands-on skill practice through discussion and role plays, and clear action steps for each participant to interrupt and prevent violence at their institution and beyond.

Building and maintaining relationships and education in the community is crucial to the work HAVEN does. HAVEN offers tailored, customizable trainings to a variety of professional audiences: social service organizations, governmental agencies, law enforcement, nonprofits, private sector businesses, and more. Please also consider inviting HAVEN to speak or host a table at your next resource fair or community event!

HAVEN's Survivor Speakers Bureau is made up of individuals who have experienced intimate partner violence, sexual violence, and/or trafficking. Speakers engage the community by courageously sharing their story of healing and the challenges they have overcome, either in conjunction with, or independently from, other HAVEN Prevention Education programs.

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Core Skills & Values is HAVEN's proprietary 24-hour training required of all new staff, volunteers, and interns. Split across three days, Core Skills & Values provides in-depth education on intimate partner violence and sexual assault dynamics, and their respective prevalence and impact on survivors. Participants explore cultural narratives and norms that perpetuate gender-based violence, and skill-build around working with survivors through dynamic and interactive discussions, activities, and role plays.

SURVIVOR SPEAKERS BUREAU

The purpose of the Survivor Speakers Bureau is to increase awareness about sexual assault and intimate partner violence through public speaking and education while creating social change.

Speakers Bureau members will speak to various groups and organizations.
Speakers help to counter myths and misperceptions about intimate partner violence and sexual assault that are prevalent within the community.

SHARE A STORY

Are you a survivor of sexual assault or domestic violence who wants to use public speaking as a tool for social change?
Explore how to use your story to help change perceptions about sexual assault and intimate partner violence.
Learn how to counter myths and misconceptions, create dialogue and field questions.
Most important, learn whether you’re ready and in a secure enough position for a speaking engagement. For more information, complete the interest form.

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Want to learn more?

Contact HAVEN's Prevention Education Department at prevention@haven-oakland.org

References:

Alaggia, R., Collin-Vézina, D., & Lateef, R. (2019). Facilitators and Barriers to Child Sexual Abuse (CSA) Disclosures: A Research Update (2000–2016). Trauma, Violence, & Abuse, 20(2), 260–283. https://doi.org/10.1177/1524838017697312

Child Sexual Abuse Prevention: Programs for Children. (2011). In National Sexual Violence Resource Center. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. https://www.nsvrc.org/sites/default/files/2012-03/Publications_NSVRC_Guide_Child-Sexual-Abuse-Prevention-programs-for-children.pdf

RAINN. (2024). Children and Teens: Statistics | RAINN. Rainn.org. https://rainn.org/statistics/children-and-teens