Community Based Prevention From a Cultural Perspective

The 2017 National Sexual Assault Conference, “From Courageous Conversations to Critical Action,” was held in Dallas, Texas June 7-9 2017. This workshop was part of the prevention track. Learn more and access workshop materials here.

In this workshop, Cynthia Keys of Community Crisis Center in Oklahoma, shares experiences of developing prevention messaging that is informed by the reality of historical trauma and culturally relevant in a predominantly Native community. Cynthia shares about the challenges encountered, the importance of relationship building, tools and resources, and goals to build sustainable prevention programming.