July 2023 PSM Newsletter

PSM NEWSLETTER

PSM Newsletter July 2023

Our Mission:

Advocate for injury and violence prevention and promote education and surveillance in Maryland through statewide partnerships.

A Message from Board President Tom Manion

Greetings PSM Membership,

PSM hosted the Annual Meeting on May 17, 2023. There were approximately 30 attendees participating in the webinar. The event served as a “re-launch” of the PSM, with the purpose of reengaging current members and pushing for new membership. The Annual Meeting was presented and facilitated by members of the PSM Board. The meeting resulted in additional interest in PSM, current members signing onto the website as well as interest in becoming a Board Member. Membership has been increased to 597 members.

PSM was able to award scholarships to 22 PSM members from across the state representing a wide range of injury and violence prevention disciplines to attend various trainings and conferences. Scholarships covered expenses such as registration fees and travel expenses where applicable. Many of the scholarship recipients were not PSM members prior to applying for their scholarship, and several have expressed interest in participating on the Board as well. This gives the PSM Board proof of concept that offering incentives like these scholarships will boost our membership numbers as well as member engagement.

Stay Safe,

-Tom

Tom Manion, President

Board of Directors

Partnership for a Safer Maryland

July 25, 2023 | 12:00 – 1:00 PM Virtual Link :

Health Equity in Practice Session 2: Why anti-racism is an integral part of sexual violence prevention

Wednesday August 9, 2023 02:00PM until 3:30PM

Health Equity Registration Link

Dates: WED AUG 16, THU AUG 17

Time: 1 pm – 4:30 pm ET each day

Training is limited to 20 attendees.

Attendees will gain the skills to facilitate the program themselves as well as adapt and implement the curriculum on college campuses.

Over the two days, participants will:

1. Receive an overview of the BITB College curriculum with experienced trainers.

2. Apply trauma-informed facilitation skills.

3. Learn strategies for adapting BITB College to unique campus cultures.

4. Understand the facilitation and adaptation of the BITB College curriculum.

5. Practice bystander intervention strategies.

6. Expand professional networks with other attendees.

*Current version of Bringing in the Bystander College is Version 3.23. The fundamentals of the BITB training are the same for all license versions, but if your organization does not have the newest version, the training slides will differ, and some material will be new to you. Only organizations that have a license for Version 3 or 3.23 will receive a new Facilitator Guide.

Bringing in the Bystander Registration Link

BITB College is now the bystander intervention program with the most replicated empirical support for effectiveness in increasing positive bystander knowledge, attitudes, efficacy, and behavior.

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Two Podcasts

The attached podcast was released by The Johns Hopkins University Bloomberg School of Public Health that may be of interest to you. Feel free to share with others.

Episode 632: Investigating the Why of Suicide: Maryland’s New Suicide Fatality Review Committee

Link to Podcast

For this month’s episode of Prevent-Connect, we’re sitting down with Prevention and Training Manager for the Connecticut Alliance to End Sexual Violence, Kelsey Alexander, to talk about the weaponization of language, how it is impacting primary prevention, and how they are fighting back.

Link to Podcast