Community members came together on Tuesday, November 13th for a one-day seminar on violence prevention, “Stop Bullying Before it Starts.”
Sixty people joined together on Tuesday November 13th to learn risk and resilience factors of community violence at a Violence Prevention workshop put on by the Prevention Institute of Oakland, CA.
Participants learned about the step-by-step intervention process of the “Spectrums of Prevention” as well as information about promising strategies to prevent violence, specifically bullying. The event was sponsored by Buffalo County Community Partners and Good Samaritan Hospital. Contact Angie Thompson at thompsonaj@yahoo.com to learn more about the new Violence Prevention Coalition and how you can be involved.