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p,t..LIA Every Minnesotan is impacted directly or indirectly by some form of violence and the social complexity of ending violence has been one of the most challenging community concerns to address. The MN Alliance Against Violence is a collective of individuals and organizations who come together to address violence and oppression in the state of Minnesota. MN Alliance is a collective of more than 190 representatives from 123 agencies and organizations across Minnesota who work in a variety of capacities to end violence. This group started out of an organic process in 2010, when it became apparent the impact would be far greater collectively with a shared vision to end violence and oppression by building communities that value human rights and diversity. The MN Alliance is structured with Action Committees and a Steering Committee. The Action Committees include: Public Awareness, Public Policy, Prevention /Intervention, Research, Systems, and Youth Engagement. Members of these committees created a high level plan and continue to work on identified goals to address an end to violence and oppression in Minnesota that includes a strategic plan, action steps and budgetary needs. The Steering Committee consists of 19 members and meet monthly to work towards supporting the objectives and vision of the MN Alliance overall plan. The long term intent of MAAV is to continuously invite and incorporate individuals and organizations statewide to be part of the solution to end violence and oppression through engagement. The result will be a safer and healthier Minnesota. The following strategies have been identified to focus on eight types of violence — Bullying; Child Abuse; Dating Violence; Domestic Violence; Elder Abuse; Sexual Violence; Stalking; Trafficking. • Prevention and Intervention — Identify services throughout the state; develop tools to measure effectiveness; build and strengthen prevention and intervention responses. • Engage Men and Boys - Engage and build partnerships with men and boys to identify ways they can take action, become role models, and be part of the solution. • Seamless Coordination of Systems — Assure that experts on violence and victims lead and guide the work, identify and address gaps, support and educate systems, promote cost effective best practices that result in measureable outcomes.