In this issue of the PreventConnect Newsletter, are pleased to share interviews about the:

Women of Color Network
National Call to Action
Institute and Conference

May 10-14, 2010 in New Orleans, LA

(14 min) Cindy Marroquin, Advocacy Services Coordinator at the California Coalition Against Sexual Assault, interviews Graciela Laguna and Valerie Nash, Program Coordinators at the Wisconsin Coalition Against Domestic Violence, along with Clara Lindstrom of La Mariposa Enterprises about the upcoming Women of Color Network Institute and Conference. All these women, who are Women of Color Network mentors and supporters, share why its important to attend the event.

(10 min) Cindy Marroquin interviews Lisa Nitsch, Program Manager at the House of Ruth in Maryland, and Rev. Jane Ralph, Executive Director of the Clarina Howard Nichols Center, about the upcoming Women of Color Network Institute and Conference. Nitsch and Ralph, who are both mainstream / white women, share why its important to attend the event.

(6 min) David Lee from the California Coalition Against Sexual Assault speaks with Tony Porter, Co-Founder of A CALL TO MEN, Rus Funk of MENSWORK, Inc., and Juan Ramos, Senior Director of Safe Horizon's Domestic Violence Accountability Program, to encourage men to participate in the Men's Institute at the Women of Color Network Call to Action Institute and Conference.