Community Education and Outreach

Pillars Community Health regularly provides domestic violence outreach. Presentations include “Healthy Teen Relationships;” “In Her Shoes,” an interactive simulation in which participants can experience barriers a survivor may encounter in the journey to leave an abusive relationship; and “Smack’d” for teens or adults. “Smack’d” involves a staff member and a domestic violence survivor discussing the issue; this presentation is regularly provided to hospitals, schools, and churches, among other venues.

For cosmetology professionals, Pillars Community Health is available to provide training (with CEs) to help them recognize the signs of abuse and to provide support, resources, and assistance to clients whoa re survivors of domestic and sexual violence. We are a licensed IDFPR CE sponsor (License No. 290.000032).

Pillars Community Health is also available to present on topics such as "Bullying," “Sexual Health,” “Stop Porn Culture,” “Stalking Awareness,” “Sexual Assault Awareness,” and “Child Abuse Awareness.”

As part of our outreach services, our Sexual Assault team partners with local schools to provide prevention education for students and teachers. Prevention education teaches students about body safety and how to ask for help, and gives teachers and school administrators the resources to help students who need it. Our Sexual Assault staff recently made a training video on identifying and responding to childhood sexual abuse as a part of these efforts. The video covers multiple topics, including signs and symptoms of sexual abuse, the importance of consent, and how to handle disclosures. The video is also available to watch and share on our YouTube channel.