Oklahoma Partners for Change: Prevention Pre-Conference

The 2014 Prevention Pre-Conference will be held Septmeber 23rd, the day before the Oklahoma Partners for Change: Domestic & Sexual Violence and Stalking Partnership Conference.

The Prevention Pre-Conference is an opportunity to go through Robert Moore's My Body ... My Life ... program.

My Body…My Life… is an educational empowerment program taught by law enforcement officers, rape prevention specialists and counselors to women in schools, colleges, universities, civic groups, church groups, businesses and organizations within the community. The program is proactive, multi-disciplinary and evidence-based in risk reduction techniques and issues surrounding violence against women. The program is designed to help empower women through awareness, education, violence prevention, risk reduction and appropriate self-defense techniques. This program was developed by officers and educators through partnerships within the community and the state to develop positive and proactive responses to the myriad of issues associated with violence against women.

The curriculum of My Body…My Life… is divided into ten working modules, with instruction of each module lasting from thirty to sixty minutes. The modular structure of the program allows the instruction to be adaptable to the needs and schedules of the group requesting the program, the environment provided for the program and the instructor and organization presenting the program. The modules can be taught as a single group, in one day, or in hourly increments across several days or even weeks. The program is flexible in its presentation and encourages collaboration between the instructor and the requesting organization to develop a partnership to identify, assess and address specific problems facing women. This partnership increases the ability of the instructor to address those problems and concerns more appropriately and with a greater level of success. The individual modules and topics can also be taught in a stand alone format, allowing short instruction at the request of schools, groups and organizations in the community.

My Body... My Life... Is the title of our program. The title describes what we want to facilitate and increase; the ability of every woman of every age to protect her body and her life. Our program is currently taught in every middle school and high school in Norman, Oklahoma. This encompasses two separate school districts, two private schools and the Moore-Norman Technology Center. Norman Police Officers teach this program in our public schools throughout the school year, on a continuous basis. Our officers also teach to sororities and student groups from the University of Oklahoma, women's organizations, clubs, church groups and businesses in Norman, Oklahoma. Our certified instructors teach this program to a myriad of women across Oklahoma, from middle school and high school students to adult women in government, businesses, church groups, civic organizations and even to military personnel. The author and developers of this program have presented My Body…My Life… to hundreds of different organizations, schools, businesses and conferences throughout Oklahoma. We believe that we have positively affected the lives of thousands of women across Oklahoma who have viewed our program or presentations.