Prevention and Education
Prevention at the Sexual Assault Resource Agency is about stopping sexual violence before it happens by working with our community to shift the conditions that allow harm to occur.
We partner with schools, restaurants, youth programs, and local organizations to build skills like consent, respect, and bystander intervention in real, everyday situations. Our work focuses on changing norms, strengthening policies, and supporting environments where people feel safe speaking up and supporting each other.
We know prevention looks different in every space, so we tailor our programs to meet people where they are. Ultimately, prevention means creating a community where safety, dignity, and respect are the standard, not the exception.
If you'd like an educational presentation and/or to incorporate prevention programming into your organization or workplace, please contact prevention@saracville.org.
Our Approach and Vision
Vision: To create sustainable culture change that focuses on fostering healthy social norms by decreasing risk factors and increasing protective factors for violence prevention.
Our Approach: At SARA, we are committed to understanding and supporting the needs of individuals and communities. We employ a range of strategies to effectively support our community partners and clients, ensuring that our work is informed by best practices and research.
Trauma-Informed Care
We use a trauma-informed approach to ensure that our support is sensitive and respectful of past experiences. This helps create safe and inclusive spaces for everyone.
STOP SV Model
We follow the STOP SV Model for preventing sexual violence, which is based on proven practices. For details on this model, you can check the CDC’s guidelines here.
Evidence-Based Practices
We use research and evidence to guide our work, ensuring that our methods are effective and up to date.
By using these strategies, we aim to support our community partners and clients effectively and create positive, lasting change.
Prevention Focus Areas
Restaurants
SARA works closely with the restaurant industry to increase protective factors in the workplace and provide ongoing support to restaurant leadership and staff. We aim to be a collaborative resource in creating cultural norms that do not permit sexual harassment.
Faith Communities
People from all faith and religious backgrounds can join together to provide support to survivors and prevent abuse.
If you'd like to connect about prevention programming in faith communities, please contact don@saracville.org.
Engaging Men and Boys
Engaging men and boys is a critical strategy in the effort to advance your strategic planning, program development, and implementation to meaningfully engage men to end and prevent domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault and harassment, and stalking.
We currently offer a program called Coaching Boys Into Men.