Accountability, Collaborative Humility, and Critical Hope to Improve Our Approach to Interpersonal Power-Based Violence Prevention
- Sam Shelton (Iowa State University)
Abstract
Interpersonal power-based violence prevention work routinely fails to move past single-axis thinking and organizing. As a result, violence prevention efforts frequently silence experiences of Black, Indigenous and people of color that can further harm these communities. Holistic power-based violence prevention requires an ongoing commitment to transformative accountability grounded in collaborative humility and critical hope. Anti-violence advocates must develop practices that prioritize Black, Indigenous and people of color in order for us to promote equity and collective access within our work at ISU and beyond. This presentation will examine several tools for improving equity in violence prevention work that have helped to promote diversity, inclusion, and access. Participants will leave this session with a deeper understanding of (1) key concepts and questions to aid in their understanding of diversity in this work as well as (2) concrete strategies for participating in violence prevention that prioritize intersectionality and cross-movement solidarity