Sexual Assault + Child Abuse Action, Awareness + Prevention Month 2024

This year, the SATF is excited to share some resources outlining the ways that we can collectively observe and collaborate on both of these important action months.

On this page, you will find:

  • Resources to support Sexual Assault Action Month and Child Abuse Prevention Month

  • Proclamations from Oregon’s Governor

  • Events from SATF and our statewide partners

  • Free, new video resources

  • Free campaign materials and social media images to download

  • Strategies to connect CAPM + SAAM activities in your community

  • and more!

Check back throughout the month to find new resources, events, and tools to support your practice!

Events + happenings

  • SAAM + CAPM Launch 2024

    April 2024 is here and that means it is Sexual Assault Action Month (SAAM) and Child Abuse Prevention Month (CAPM). The Oregon Coalition against Domestic and Sexual Violence’s (OCADSV) 2024 SAAM theme is "Breaking the Mold: Building Movements Rooted in Joy."

    We, at Oregon SATF, partnered with OCADSV for a live SAAM and CAPM launch to begin a joyful April, offering a space to break barriers between service provider sectors.

    The virtual event happened on March 25th from 1-2pm (Pacific) for our joint SAAM/CAPM launch. At the event, folx shared plans for these action months, heard about OCADSV and ORSATF’s offerings for SAAM/CAPM, and collaborated with other action month organizers.

    Find Event Recordings and Materials HERE!

  • "Growing Prevention" Community Chats (FREE Virtual Events)

    Join Prevent Child Abuse Oregon (PCAO) and SATF for a virtual meal or cup of your favorite beverage, and explore new strategies, opportunities, and community efforts to prevent abuse and violence across the lifespan.

    These weekly chats are an opportunity to hear from people doing work that helps prevent violence and abuse, connect with others around Oregon working to make our communities healthier and safer for all people, and collect more resources.

    Join us for any or all of this year’s sessions:

    Tuesday, March 5

    Tuesday, March 19

    Thursday, April 4

    Thursday, April 18

    RSVP today!

  • Comprehensive Prevention Training (June 2024, FREE)

    SATF’s FREE Comprehensive Prevention Training supports people implementing (or looking to implement, grow, build, and partner on) abuse and violence prevention efforts, to end different forms of violence across the lifespan.

    The training provides an overview of key prevention principles and a wealth of skills development and practice for new and seasoned preventionists alike.

    Join us for this annual collaborative training this Summer!

    Learn more and register today!

Connecting CAPM + SAAM

This April, Oregon SATF is excited to share some resources outlining the ways that we can collectively observe and collaborate on both of these important action months.

Read on for more information about how you can connect Child Abuse + Sexual Assault Action months in your community, or check out our 2020 guide “Shared Strategies for SAAM + CAPM”!

3 Strategies to connect CAPM + SAAM in your community

  1. Share messaging and posts that highlight both CAPM & SAAM on your social media when possible! This helps our communities understand the connections between violence and abuse across the lifespan. Feel free to use the visuals above and below and connect with a community partner to add your logos and share jointly in your community. (Link to download images)

  2. Do you have thoughts on why shared prevention strategies for Child Abuse and Sexual Assault are important to our efforts? If you are interested, we would love to hear from you! Oregon Child Abuse Solutions and SATF are collecting video responses from partners the first two weeks of April to weave together into a short video to send out across Oregon at the end of the month. Click HERE to sign up for a time to record with us. If you would like to send a written statement, pre recorded video, or would like more information, please contact SATF Abuse Prevention Coordinator, Eli Cox at eli@oregonsatf.org

  3. Utilize the resources on this page, or sign up for some of the listed training opportunities, to help examine the overlap between abuse and violence prevention efforts, and support our collective prevention work! We know that these issues share common root causes and CAPM/SAAM is the perfect time to dig a little deeper into those places where the work connects!

Featured Videos

Check out the newest video series from Oregon SATF’s Prevention team! The Prevention Land video series includes a main resource that seeks to situate prevention efforts, map out some of the spaces in our communities that help support our work, and explore how the environments that surround us are vital for healthy communities where all can thrive. Additionally, this video series includes snapshots from our Growing Prevention Community Chats to explore how all of these different efforts in our communities prevent violence and abuse! Feel welcome to use these videos with your community!

Featured Resource

Featured Resource

Implementing Creativity as Prevention

Facilitating opportunities for creativity in our communities can help prevent violence and abuse.

In honor of sexual assault action month and child abuse prevention month 2023, we invite you to join the Oregon Coalition Against Domestic and Sexual Violence (OCADSV) and the Oregon Sexual Assault Task Force (SATF) in holding space for creativity as we create together, a violence-free Oregon.