* PREVENTION CONNECTION WEB CONFERENCE
Building the Violence Against Women Primary Prevention Movement

To make our popular web conferences available to as many people as
possible, this year we will offer two sessions per web conference topic.
Each session will present the same content, though the presenters and
guests for each session may vary.

* DATES:
Session 1: Tuesday, March 10, 2009
Session 2: Thursday, March 12, 2009

* TIME:
Both ninety minute sessions will start at 2:00 PM to 3:30 PM Eastern
ST

* SUMMARY:
This web conference will present an overview of the elements of
successful social movements, discuss successes in the violence against
women movement (e.g., policies and legislation, the establishment of
rape crisis centers and battered women's shelters, funding for violence
against women prevention), and explore linking primary prevention
elements with movement building and violence against women prevention
efforts.

* HOST:
David Lee, Prevention Connection, California Coalition Against Sexual
Assault

* PRESENTERS:
Session 1: Rachel Davis & Elizabeth Waiters, Prevention Institute
Session 2: Larry Cohen & Elizabeth Waiters, Prevention Institute

* GUESTS:
Session 1: To Be Announced
Session 2: Esta Soler, Family Violence Prevention Fund

* OBJECTIVES:

Identify the elements of successful social movements.
Identify key elements of success in the violence against women
movement.
Identify opportunities to incorporate the principles of primary
prevention into the movement to end violence against women.

* REGISTRATION:
http://www.preventconnect.org

This session will be restricted to the first 250 people who register.

* COST:
Free

* WHAT IS A WEB CONFERENCE?
A web conference is an opportunity to attend an online workshop by
watching a presentation on your computer screen (using your internet
connection) and hearing presenters through your telephone. Prevention
Connection web conferences feature an opportunity to participate in
online question & answer sessions and live text chat between
participants. If for some reason you are unable to join on your
computer, you can download the presentation slides from our website and
listen on your phone.

* REAL-TIME CAPTIONING AVAILABLE
Instructions for accessing captioning during this web conference will
be provided with your registration confirmation.

* MAC COMPATIBLE
The iLinc web conference software used by Prevention Connection is now
compatible with Apple Macintosh computers running Mac OSX 10.3.9 or
10.4, and using Firefox or Safari browsers.

* This web conference will be recorded.