Illinois Center for Violence Prevention's

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The Highly Esteemed Award for Leadership in Violence Prevention

Each year, the Illinois Center for Violence Prevention (ICVP) honors leaders in the field of violence prevention through the PeaceLeader Award.

The PeaceLeader Award, inaugurated by ICVP in 1997, recognizes individuals and organizations that have demonstrated outstanding leadership in their efforts to reduce violence in their communities. ICVP staff, Board representatives, and youth leaders select PeaceLeader Award recipients based on criteria that include: leadership; demonstrated impact; and recognition among peers.

PeaceLeader Award recipients are honored and receive their award during ICVP's Annual PeaceLeader Luncheon, the centerpiece event of the Educational Conference.

Now Accepting Nominations for PeaceLeader Award

Would you like to nominate an individual or a group for next year's PeaceLeader Award?

Find out more about this prestigious award.

ICVP's Educational Conference

The mission of the conference is to:

create a unique opportunity for youth and adults to come together and improve their skills,
expand their knowledge base and professional network and
build a larger and more dynamic violence prevention movement

ICVP's conference offers a variety of 90-minute and three-hour training sessions for participants. Past participants have expressed appreciation for the breadth of topics covered, the expertise of speakers and interactive nature of many of the sessions.

2007 Conference
ICVP'S Twelfth Educational Conference

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2005 Conference
Speaker Presentations
Available for Downloading!

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Dr. Marlene Snyder, Sept. 28 Keynote Address Power Point providing an overview of bullying, relational aggression, and the Olweus model.
Dr. Ronald Slaby, Sept. 28 Expert Session Power Point on the role of bystanders in bullying prevention.
Dr. Meda Chesney-Lind's Paper on Girls and Violence.
Dr. Dorothy Espelage, Sept. 29 Expert Session on Linking Bullying, Teen Dating Violence and Sexual Violence.

More than 200 Participants Attended
ICVP's 2005 Conference
Preventing Bullying and Relational Aggression

On September 28-29, 2005 ICVP hosted it's tenth annual conference, vision.action.change. on preventing bullying and relational aggression. We were fortunate to feature world-reknown keynote and expert session speakers including:

Dr. Meda Chesney-Lind, University of Hawaii
Dr. Dorothy Espelage, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign
Dr. Ronald Slaby, Education Development Corporation/Harvard Graduate School of Education
Dr. Marlene Snyder, Olweus Bullying Prevention Program, Institute on Family and Neighborhood Life, Clemson University

Additionally, local leaders and youth from throughout Illinois presented workshops ranging from rural approaches to bullying prevention, to youth-led efforts on the topic. Our annual PeaceLeader Awards ceremony was held during the Wednesday luncheon (see sidebar). Through this training and networking opportunity, ICVP’s conference helped youth and adult violence prevention practitioners to prevent bullying more effectively.

For more information on this and future conferences, contact ICVP's Training & Coaching Director or call 312-986-9200. You may also complete an on-line contact form to ask to be added to the conference mailing list.