Total Credits: 2 including 2 American Psychological Association, 2 Association of Social Worker Boards, 2 National Board of Certified Counselors
Tags: Domestic Violence Prevention
This session will provide an overview of the process of engaging with community to create and work towards implementation of a primary prevention strategy to address domestic and sexual violence. Through this session we will review the disconnection of knowledge, research, innovation and necessary behaviors and actions when achieving large scale social change between communities and researchers/experts. We will discuss our collective's equitable framework that promotes the voices of communities and community members as the primary data point all activities and initiatives start and end with while researchers support and contribute to communities' experiences and expertise. IMPACT Alberta has been working with over 350 stakeholders and members over the past two years to develop and create a primary prevention framework to addressing domestic and sexual violence. Through this presentation we will provide a case study of how we used a community led approach to this work, ensuring that communities across our diverse province are seen and heard in the creation and articulation process. The presenters will review the challenge of aligning community and research, the role that the backbone has in navigating the grey spaces between both groups and the overall impact this has on the successful creation and implementation of a large-scale systems change initiative.
This session was orginally recorded at IVAT's 29th Annual San Diego Summit.
Carrie McManus breaks down barriers and embraces change as the Director of Innovation and Programs at Sagesse. Her natural curiosity and passion for eradicating domestic violence allow her to ask “what if” when developing initiatives that change long-standing beliefs and empower individuals, organizations and communities to disrupt the structure of domestic violence. Through Carrie’s leadership, Sagesse has grown beyond its grassroots foundation. She has supported the development of new programs and initiatives that take a closer look at the unique needs of rural and remote survivors of domestic violence and build the capacity of friends and family to recognize and respond to individuals experiencing domestic violence in their communities. In addition to creating programs to meet diverse needs, Carrie has created a contemporary way of thinking about revolutionizing the way Sagesse and other organizations approach program design, which has helped secure Sagesse as a well-respected domestic violence agency across Alberta and around the world.