After some time away from the podcast world, the prevention team at KCSARC is launching a brand new podcast, called The Link to Prevention. All the episodes of Building Resilience will still be available right here, but no new episodes will be published.

Find all episodes of Building Resilience and The Link to Prevention on KCSARC's website https://www.kcsarc.org/news/?kcsarc-type%5B%5D=podcast

The last episode of this prevention series features Kat Monusky, the Prevention & Social Change Manager at Washington Coalition of Sexual Assault Programs (WCSAP) who leaves us with an understanding of how each and every one of us can use conversations as tools for sexual assault prevention.

We know that sexual violence is 100% preventable, and we each have a role to play in ending it.

Resources Mentioned:

• adrienne maree brown - Emergent Strategy (book)
• KCSARC's 100 Conversations
• Moving Toward Prevention: A Guide for Reframing Sexual Violence. National Sexual Violence Resource Center and Berkeley Media Studies Group, 2018
• Where We're Going and Where We've Been: Making the Case for Preventing Sexual Violence. RALIANCE and Berkeley Media Studies Group, 2018

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If you or a loved one have experienced sexual assault or abuse, you are not alone; there are resources to support you in your healing process. Visit http://RAINN.org to find support near you.

Intro & Outro Music: “Blue Skies” by Silent Partner

In 2016, KCSARC started “WordWatch,” a project that enlisted the help of volunteers in gathering data about the language that was used to discuss sexual violence in criminal legal cases. From those findings, KCSARC staff created a series of resources and trainings to help professionals and community members alike understand how our conversations about sexual assault impact the way that it is perpetuated and perceived in our society.

Mary Laskowski, formerly of KCSARC, and currently with the Children’s Justice Center of King County, shares the implications of the WordWatch study and why she’s such an advocate for using language that accurately depicts sexual assault: by using accountable language, and not minimizing the impact or implying consent.

Resources Mentioned:

• Claudia J. Bayliff, Esq. "Raped or ‘Seduced’? How Language Helps Shape Our Response to Sexual Violence
• KCSARC's WordWatch Language Guide