This SAAM 2026 Preview Webinar offers a look at Sexual Assault Awareness Month (SAAM) 2026, marking the movement’s 25th anniversary. It introduces the SAAM 2026 theme, 25 Years Stronger: Looking Back, Moving Forward, and reflects on the achievements made possible through survivor, advocate, and community leadership, while also acknowledging the work that still lies ahead....
We talk to a lot of people who focus their prevention efforts within schools, and who want to maintain that audience while incorporating community-level prevention into their work. There are many long-standing prevention programs and curricula that are evidence-based, yet only reach young people at the individual and relationship levels of the social ecology. As...
Little is known about the national prevalence of sexual violence, stalking, and intimate partner violence among gay, lesbian, and bisexual women and men in the United States. Information at a national level focusing on these types of interpersonal violence based on the sexual orientation of U.S. adults has not been previously available. The National Intimate...
In September we hosted the three-part webinar series Nothing Without Us: Exploring Disability Justice, Access, and Art in Public Health, led by our colleagues at the Nothing Without Us Collective. We are sharing these recordings to increase access to this learning opportunity. This three-part webinar series invites preventionists, advocates, and public health professionals to reimagine violence...
The old saying goes, “Give a man a fish and you feed him for a day; teach a man to fish and you feed him for a lifetime.” But what if all of the fish have gone downstream? What if his fishing rod broke? What if he’s too sick to go outside? What if he...
Video Version: Audio Only Version: In this podcast episode, NSVRC’s Communications Director Laura Palumbo, Communications Specialist Halle Nelson, and Multimedia Specialist Courtland Murray reminisced about our most listened to podcasts over the last five years. Participants: Communications Director Laura Palumbo Communications Specialist Halle Nelson Multimedia Specialist Courtland Murray This episode makes mention of the following...
After having been immersed in public health prevention for almost three decades, I celebrated my one-year anniversary working in sexual violence prevention with the National Sexual Violence Resource Center (NSVRC) at the 2025 National Sexual Assault Conference (NSAC). What a wonderful opportunity NSAC was to learn, share and connect! NSVRC sponsored a Prevention track of...
Please join us for the webinar series, Nothing Without Us: Exploring Disability Justice, Access, and Art in Public Health, led by our colleagues at the Nothing Without Us Collective. This three-part webinar series invites preventionists, advocates, and public health professionals to reimagine violence prevention through the lens of Disability Justice. Each session builds on the...
Each April, communities across the country come together to recognize Sexual Assault Awareness Month. It’s a time to raise our voices, support survivors, and take meaningful steps toward prevention. We are deeply grateful for every person who showed up this April. Survivors, advocates, educators, students, organizers, and community members all played a role in making...
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