WIVP educational consultant Dr. Alan Heisterkamp recently did a webinar for the North American MenEngage Network on the Sioux City Project in violence prevention and the work he is doing as head of the Center for Violence Prevention at UNI in engaging men and boys against violence and his work with Mentors in Violence prevention […]
The Netflix documentary “Audrie & Daisy,” a film about sexual assault that details the story of Saratogan Audrie Pott, and Missouri’s Daisy Coleman won a 2016 Peabody Award. Filmmakers Bonni Cohen and Jon Shenk will accept the award at the 76th annual Peabody Awards Ceremony on May 20 in New York. Read the story here […]
Netflix, who acquired “Audrie and Daisy” out of this year’s Sundance Film Festival, released a new trailer for the high school sexual assault and cyberbullying documentary, “Audrie and Daisy”. WIVP, with partners Futures without Violence, was part of the initial conversations that led to the development of the film, directed by the award winning team […]
The “Private Violence” film team partnered with the American Bar Association on this important short video about navigating the justice system. We thank them for their hard work and hope this will be a great help to survivors, as well as legal and law enforcement professionals. Here is the video https://www.facebook.com/Waitt-Institute-for-Violence-Prevention-21641005582/videos
WIVP sponsored Actual Films documentary “Audrie and Daisy” premiered at Sundance January 25th, 2016. The high school sexual assault and cyber bullying film garnered both positive reviews and audience reaction. The film will premiere mid 2016 on Netflix. See more here. http://www.audrieanddaisy.com/ From Variety “Like Kirby Dick’s recent “The Invisible War” and “The Hunting Ground,” “Audrie & […]
WIVP sponsored documentary “Private Violence” won top honors for “Best Television Documentary” at the 9th annual Cinema Eye Honors awards in New York City January 13, 2016. See more here http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/2016-cinema-eye-awards-winners-855709
Actual Films new documentary “Audrie and Daisy” will premiere this January 2016 at the Sundance Film Festival in the category of U.S. Documentary Competition. Waitt Institute began their partnership with Bonni Cohen and Jon Shenk, directors and producers in late 2013 during the critical development and pre- production phase of the film and have remained […]
One of the questions raised and discussed by the WIVP supported HBO documentary Private Violence was the age old question, why doesn’t she just leave? After the NFL Ray Rice domestic violence case, this question was asked over and over by a public who didn’t understand the dynamics of domestic abuse. Many brave voices came out on social […]
Both Waitt Institute for Violence Prevention supported documentaries “Bully” and “Private Violence” were announced as Emmy nominees July 22nd, 2015. “Private Violence” and “Bully” were both nominated in the Outstanding Informational Programming – Long-Form category and “Bully” received an additional nomination for Best Documentary. The 36th annual award ceremony will take place at Lincoln Center in […]
Long time WIVP Partner Futures without Violence, in partnership with the Ad Council, kicked off a new campaign this June called “Teach Early”. The campaign is part of a long term commitment on the part of Futures to engage men and boys in violence prevention. Our partnership with Futures began in 2000, when we co […]
A civil case brought by the family of Audrie Pott, the 15 year old girl who took her own life following a sexual assault by her high school peers, has been settled. In an unprecedented move, one condition of the settlement is that the three boys who assaulted Audrie be interviewed for the upcoming WIVP […]
TAMPA, Fla. – Statistics are supposed to be meaningless in spring training. But Saturday, on a gray, rainy morning at Steinbrenner Field, the Yankees were exposed to numbers that could not be more important, more critical. In some cases, they can be a matter of life and death. See more below http://www.newsday.com/sports/columnists/david-lennon/mlb-learns-from-nfl-s-mistake-implementing-domestic-violence-education-program-1.9990592
Simultaneous screenings will be held in 60+ cities nationwide The HBO premiere date of “Private Violence” is set for October 20th at 9 P.M. We are thrilled to see this timely documentary featuring brave advocates and survivors of domestic abuse come to light this year.The controversy over the arrest and aftermath of NFL player Ray […]
Due to the recent NFL/Domestic violence controversy, and the public outcry demanding more consistent policies and violence prevention education, the WIVP-sponsored Futures without Violence program “Coaching Boys into Men” has been in the spotlight. As part of our ongoing effort, since 2000, to “engage men and boys” in violence prevention, “Coaching Boys into Men” on ground training […]
As a result of the uproar over player Ray Rice’s domestic violence incident recently, The NFL will increase its penalties for players involved in future domestic violence cases, Commissioner Roger Goodell informed team owners in a letter Thursday. The toughened penalties came after the league and Goodell received widespread criticism for the two-game suspension given to […]
WIVP sponsored documentary “Private Violence” won top honors for “Best Television Documentary” at the 9th annual Cinema Eye Honors awards in New York City January 13, 2016.
See more here http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/2016-cinema-eye-awards-winners-855709