PreventConnect

VALOR Media

PreventConnect podcasts highlight prevention themes, new research, and the voices of practitioners who have been successful in implementation and thoughtful in the development of effective sexual assault and domestic violence prevention strategies. PreventConnect is a national project of ValorUS® with funding from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), National Center for Injury Prevention and Control, and RALIANCE. You can read more about PreventConnect and check out our other resources at https://www.preventconnect.org/

  1. Prevention Then and Now: Conversations with Community Leaders with Rebeca Melendez, Part 2

    JAN 30

    Prevention Then and Now: Conversations with Community Leaders with Rebeca Melendez, Part 2

    Part 2 of our conversation with Community Leader Rebeca Melendez closes out our 20th Anniversary Season!  If you haven’t listened to Part 1, we highly recommend that you listen to the episode first to hear an excerpt from Rebeca’s plenary speech at the 2025 National Sexual Assault Conference®.  In Part 2, Rebeca sits down with Ashleigh Klein-Jimenez to talk about navigating belonging, finding community, and the impact of building programs with the community, not for the community, at the East Los Angeles Women’s Center (ELAWC). Listen in as they explore the possibilities of prevention when we listen to what communities have and what they may need.

    32 min
  2. Prevention Then and Now: Conversations with Community Leaders with Rebeca Melendez, Part 1

    JAN 30

    Prevention Then and Now: Conversations with Community Leaders with Rebeca Melendez, Part 1

    In our second excerpt episode for our 20th Anniversary Season, Rebeca Melendez, Associate Director of the East Los Angeles Women’s Center (ELAWC), shares her plenary speech from the 2025 National Sexual Assault Conference® (NSAC)! Join the 1,600+ participants who attended NSAC 2025 and listen to Rebeca’s plenary on the importance of culture and working with and for your community to prevent violence.

    8 min
  3. Prevention Then and Now: Reflections from Long-Time Practitioners with David S. Lee on Billie Weiss

    12/15/2025

    Prevention Then and Now: Reflections from Long-Time Practitioners with David S. Lee on Billie Weiss

    Welcome back to PreventConnect's 20th anniversary year and our ongoing reflection on Billie Weiss’s influence on public health and prevention. If you haven’t listened to Billie’s excerpts from a not-yet-released conversation with VALOR’s Leah Aldridge and David S. Lee, check out “Prevention Then and Now: Reflections from Long-Time Practitioners with Billie Weiss.” In this follow-up episode, Ashleigh Kleigh-Jimenez sits down with David S. Lee to discuss Billie’s influence on preventing violence, working with communities, and a public health approach to prevention. David and Ashleigh also imagine the future of prevention, and its connection to both science and art.

    17 min
  4. Prevention Then and Now: Reflections from Long-Time Practitioners with Billie Weiss

    12/15/2025

    Prevention Then and Now: Reflections from Long-Time Practitioners with Billie Weiss

    Welcome to the 20th Anniversary of PreventConnect! Today’s episode is an excerpt from a not-yet-released conversation between VALOR’s Leah Aldridge and David S. Lee, and one of their mentors, Billie Weiss. Billie’s research, inclusion of community, and connecting violence prevention to public health are foundational parts of modern prevention practices. In these excerpts, Billie, Leah, and David discuss the emergence of epidemiology and Billie’s start in public health and prevention.

    13 min
  5. Prevention Then and Now: Conversations with Community Leaders with Josef Canaria, Part 1

    11/26/2025

    Prevention Then and Now: Conversations with Community Leaders with Josef Canaria, Part 1

    Welcome to the 20th Anniversary of PreventConnect!  In this episode, Josef Canaria, Preventionist and Manager of Programs & Strategic Initiatives at Act To Change, shares his 2025 National Sexual Assault Conference® (NSAC) keynote speech. Join the 1,600+ participants who attended NSAC 2025 and listen to Josef’s plenary on the messiness of prevention and the importance of community to end gender-based violence!

    18 min
  6. Prevention Then and Now: Conversations with Community Leaders with Josef Canaria, Part 2

    11/26/2025

    Prevention Then and Now: Conversations with Community Leaders with Josef Canaria, Part 2

    Welcome back to PreventConnect and episode 2 of Ashleigh and Josef Canaria discussing the messy nature of preventing gender-based violence.  If you haven’t listened to Part 1, we highly recommend that you listen to the episode first to hear Josef’s keynote speech from the 2025 National Sexual Assault Conference®.  In Part 2, Josef and Ashleigh reflect on Josef’s plenary and the hopes that preventionists have for the future of prevention. The conversation uncovers a common experience that many preventionists experience, as well as the need for self-care, understanding, and community in the work to end gender-based violence.

    19 min
  7. Prevention Then and Now: A Fresh Voice with Alex Pecoraro, Part 1

    10/31/2025

    Prevention Then and Now: A Fresh Voice with Alex Pecoraro, Part 1

    Welcome to the 20th Anniversary of PreventConnect!  Today, Ashleigh Klein-Jimenez sits down with Alex Pecoraro, the Prevention Strategist at the Nebraska Coalition to End Sexual and Domestic Violence. Although Alex proclaims she is still “new,” she started her journey in prevention work as a peer educator in college, taking the skills and topics she learned into her local direct service advocacy and, now, coalition-level work.  Alex and Ashleigh discuss trauma-informed prevention, tailoring strategies to community realities, and how coalitions can support local communities and leadership. Listen in to the first half of Alex’s two-part episode!

    24 min
  8. Prevention Then and Now: A Fresh Voice with Alex Pecoraro, Part 2

    10/31/2025

    Prevention Then and Now: A Fresh Voice with Alex Pecoraro, Part 2

    Welcome back to PreventConnect and Part 2 of Alex Pecoraro and Ashleigh sitting down to talk about prevention with a fresh perspective. If you haven’t listened to Part 1, we highly recommend that you listen to the episode first. Alex shares how she started learning prevention skills as a peer educator, and key differences between direct service and coalition-level prevention work.  In Part 2, Alex shares how she approaches big ideas and turns them into practice, including the importance of reaching out when work feels heavy. Alex and Ashleigh’s conversation highlights the importance of community and long-term thinking in primary prevention.

    20 min
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PreventConnect podcasts highlight prevention themes, new research, and the voices of practitioners who have been successful in implementation and thoughtful in the development of effective sexual assault and domestic violence prevention strategies. PreventConnect is a national project of ValorUS® with funding from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), National Center for Injury Prevention and Control, and RALIANCE. You can read more about PreventConnect and check out our other resources at https://www.preventconnect.org/

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  • Creator
    VALOR Media
  • Years Active
    2021 - 2026
  • Episodes
    14
  • Rating
    Clean
  • Copyright
    © Copyright VALOR Media
  • Show Website
    PreventConnect