2024 Founder's Award Ceremony and Panel

In this event and panel discussion, Stop It Now! honors Joan Tabachnick with the 2024 Founder's Award. The Founder's Award is given in honor of the compassion and hope that Now!'s founder, Fran Henry, courageously and brilliantly brought to the field of child sexual abuse prevention. Joan embodies this compassion and strength, and she has been essential not only as one of Now!'s original, closest companions and consultants, but also as a force for prevention in the world at large.
After opening remarks, experts in child sexual abuse prevention and perpetration prevention discuss the past and future of abuse prevention. Panelists include:
- Joan Tabachnick, 2024 Founder's Award Honoree
- Jenny Coleman, Director of Stop It Now!
- Elizabeth Letourneau, Ph.D., Director of the Moore Center for the Prevention of Child Sexual Abuse
- Tyffani Monford Dent, Ph.D., Immediate Past President of the Association for the Treatment and Prevention of Sexual Abuse (ATSA)
- David Prescott, LICSW, Director of the Safer Society Continuing Education Center
- Karen Baker, LMSW, Founder of NSVRC, Former CEO of Respect Together
- Ryan Shields, Ph.D., MASOC Board Co-chair
- Cordelia Anderson, MA
- Jane Silovsky, Ph.D., Director of the Center on Child Abuse and Neglect (CCAN)
- Meg Bossong, M.S., Executive Director of MASOC
Learn more and view panelist bios: stopitnow.org/2024foundersaward
00:00:00 Opening Remarks & Award Presentation
00:10:30 Honoree Remarks from Joan Tabachnick
00:20:10 What was child sexual abuse prevention like in the 1980s and 1990s?
00:32:37 What is the future of child sexual abuse prevention?
00:51:14 Intersections of racism and child sexual abuse prevention
01:00:20 Community child sexual abuse prevention strategies
01:06:50 Child sexual abuse awareness and funding with Elizabeth Letourneau
01:10:35 Collaboration among child sexual abuse prevention, sexual health education and perpetration prevention
01:19:33 The future of child sexual abuse prevention with Meg Bossong of MASOC
01:28:44 The importance of joy in prevention work
01:29:39 Closing remarks