Join us bi-weekly beginning in January for the Prevention Academy!
Prevention work can feel lonely. While colleagues focus on aftercare, you’re looking upstream—working to stop violence before it happens. Too often, preventionists are misunderstood, isolated, or left without mentors.
That’s why we created the Prevention Academy, hosted by The Ripple Project. 🌱
This is your space to:
✨ Connect with other prevention specialists who “get it”
✨ Learn practical frameworks for putting community organizing into action
✨ Build the confidence and tools to show the true value of prevention
You’re not alone in this work. Join us and be part of a community of prevention leaders shaping safer, stronger futures.
1. Educational Programs – Monthly training workshops and mentorship in leadership development, community organizing, prevention strategies, and trauma-informed practice, designed to prepare participants for meaningful, sustained action.
2. Community Engagement – Emphasizing local wisdom, the Academy fosters inclusive processes where community members are active designers and decision-makers in prevention initiatives.
3. Collaborative Partnerships – Strengthening networks across grassroots groups, nonprofits, government, and schools to ensure prevention strategies are integrated, scalable, and sustainable.
4. Research and Evaluation – Promoting reflective practice and community-driven evaluation to measure outcomes, share learning, and improve prevention approaches.
Inspirational Frameworks
The Prevention Academy is informed by the groundbreaking work of earlier leaders in community development and prevention in Washington State:
· William A. Lofquist – A pioneer in community and youth development, Lofquist emphasized prevention as the act of creating conditions that promote well-being rather than solely reacting to problems. His Technology of Prevention framework shapes the Academy’s focus on proactive, strengths-based approaches to youth and community empowerment.
· Gayle M. Stringer – A leader in community development and sexual violence prevention, Stringer advanced culturally responsive, community-driven models of prevention that centered survivors’ voices while engaging entire communities in systems change. Her work underscores the Academy’s commitment to addressing root causes of violence and fostering equity through collective action.
· Lydia Guy – Gave us the spiral of sexual violence and oppression, and her groundbreaking prevention work at Washington Middle School, Seattle Rape Relief, and at the State and National levels showed us how communities can lead the way.
Hosted by Rosalinda Noriega – As founder of The Ripple Project, Partners in Prevention Education (PiPE) and long-time community organizer for the prevention of sexual violence, Noriega developed trauma-informed, community-based strategies to support youth experiencing homelessness and other forms of marginalization. Her work demonstrates the importance of holistic prevention models that integrate healing, leadership development, and systemic advocacy.
Building on this foundation, the Prevention Academy is more than a training hub—it is a catalyst for social transformation. Guided by the wisdom of Lofquist, Stringer, Guy, and Noriega, the Academy seeks to cultivate leaders, strengthen communities, and prevent harm through education, equity, and collective action.
Attendees shall receive certified training hours for continuing education in accordance with Washington State Sexual Assault Prevention Service Standards.
Join us bi-weekly beginning in January for the Prevention Academy!
Prevention work can feel lonely. While colleagues focus on aftercare, you’re looking upstream—working to stop violence before it happens. Too often, preventionists are misunderstood, isolated, or left without mentors.
That’s why we created the Prevention Academy, hosted by The Ripple Project. 🌱
This is your space to:
✨ Connect with other prevention specialists who “get it”
✨ Learn practical frameworks for putting community organizing into action
✨ Build the confidence and tools to show the true value of prevention
You’re not alone in this work. Join us and be part of a community of prevention leaders shaping safer, stronger futures.
1. Educational Programs – Monthly training workshops and mentorship in leadership development, community organizing, prevention strategies, and trauma-informed practice, designed to prepare participants for meaningful, sustained action.
2. Community Engagement – Emphasizing local wisdom, the Academy fosters inclusive processes where community members are active designers and decision-makers in prevention initiatives.
3. Collaborative Partnerships – Strengthening networks across grassroots groups, nonprofits, government, and schools to ensure prevention strategies are integrated, scalable, and sustainable.
4. Research and Evaluation – Promoting reflective practice and community-driven evaluation to measure outcomes, share learning, and improve prevention approaches.
Inspirational Frameworks
The Prevention Academy is informed by the groundbreaking work of earlier leaders in community development and prevention in Washington State:
· William A. Lofquist – A pioneer in community and youth development, Lofquist emphasized prevention as the act of creating conditions that promote well-being rather than solely reacting to problems. His Technology of Prevention framework shapes the Academy’s focus on proactive, strengths-based approaches to youth and community empowerment.
· Gayle M. Stringer – A leader in community development and sexual violence prevention, Stringer advanced culturally responsive, community-driven models of prevention that centered survivors’ voices while engaging entire communities in systems change. Her work underscores the Academy’s commitment to addressing root causes of violence and fostering equity through collective action.
· Lydia Guy – Gave us the spiral of sexual violence and oppression, and her groundbreaking prevention work at Washington Middle School, Seattle Rape Relief, and at the State and National levels showed us how communities can lead the way.
Hosted by Rosalinda Noriega – As founder of The Ripple Project, Partners in Prevention Education (PiPE) and long-time community organizer for the prevention of sexual violence, Noriega developed trauma-informed, community-based strategies to support youth experiencing homelessness and other forms of marginalization. Her work demonstrates the importance of holistic prevention models that integrate healing, leadership development, and systemic advocacy.
Building on this foundation, the Prevention Academy is more than a training hub—it is a catalyst for social transformation. Guided by the wisdom of Lofquist, Stringer, Guy, and Noriega, the Academy seeks to cultivate leaders, strengthen communities, and prevent harm through education, equity, and collective action.
Attendees shall receive certified training hours for continuing education in accordance with Washington State Sexual Assault Prevention Service Standards.
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