Prevention Resources

Communities of Color

Domestic Violence, Sexual Assault & Stalking: Prevention and Intervention Programs in Native American Communities (2002) by Native American Circle LTD is a comprehensive manual supported by a grant from the Office on Violence Against Women, Office of Justice Programs, U.S. Department of Justice. Useful information and resources are organized using the following topical issues: The Dynamics of Domestic Violence; Stalking; Sexual Assault; Children's Issues; Federal, State and Tribal Laws; Judicial Response; Law Enforcement; Advocacy; Re-victimization; and Treatment and Intervention.

Not an Indian Tradition: The Sexual Colonization of Native Peoples
(Spring 2003) by Andrea Smith analyzes the connections between sexual violence and colonialism in the lives and histories of Native peoples and argues that colonialism is itself structured by the logic of sexual violence. The author provides both an historical examination and policy considerations for contemporary issues.

Racism, Ethnicity and Gender-Based Violence Intersections
This lists some online resources that discuss issues of gender-based violence (e.g. domestic and sexual violence) as experienced by various racial and ethnic communities and individuals.

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Incite! Women of Color Against Violence
INCITE! Women of Color Against Violence is a national activist organization of radical feminists of color advancing a movement to end violence against women of color and their communities through direct action, critical dialogue and grassroots organizing.

Mending the Sacred Hoop Technical Assistance Project (MSH-TA)
MSH-TA is a Native American program that provides training and technical assistance to our American Indian and Alaskan Native relations in the effort to eliminate violence in the lives of women and their children. We work with villages, reservations, rancherias and pueblos across the United States to improve the justice system, law enforcement, and service provider response to the issues of domestic violence, sexual assault and stalking in Native communities.

Sacred Circle
National Resource Center To End Violence Against Native Women. Sacred Circle provides technical assistance, policy development, training, materials and resource information regarding violence against Native women and to develop tribal strategies and responses to end violence.

Sisters of Coloring Ending Sexual Assault
The National Organization of Sisters of Color Ending Sexual Assault (SCESA) is a Women of Color led non-profit committed to ensuring that systems-wide policies and social change initiatives related to sexual assault are informed by critical input and direction of Women of Color.

Women of Color Network
The mission of the Women of Color Network (WOCN) is to provide and enhance leadership capacity and resources that promote the activities of women of color advocates and activists within the Sovereign Nations, the United States and U.S. Territories to address the elimination of violence against women and families.

Women of Color Resource Center
WCRC is a non-profit education, community action, and resource center working on social justice issues that affect women of color. WCRC develops and distributes education and information resources about women of color that support, sustain, and advance social justice movements.