What Students Reflected on Victim Blaming and Boundaries
Mandi PrattPublished on: 05/05/2026
We can't only teach people to avoid becoming victims. Hear what students reflected on victim blaming
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Mandi PrattSexual Assault Awareness: Ending Victim Blaming and Building Safer Communities
Mandi PrattPublished on: 21/04/2026
In this episode Mandi Pratt breaks down why victim-blaming culture persists, where it comes from, and most importantly what we can ALL do to dismantle it: one conversation, one word choice, one moment of showing up at a time. Drawing on her own powerful story of survival and resilience, Mandi shares practical tools anyone can use to trust their intuition, set boundaries, and create communities where survivors are believed and supported. This episode is for everyone: survivors, allies, students, parents, and anyone who has ever wondered what they can actually do to make the world a safer, more peaceful place. Because it turns out the answer starts closer to home than most of us think
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Healthy Teen Relationships & Violence Prevention (Part 2): Peer Advocacy & Resources Bloom 365
Mandi PrattPublished on: 27/05/2025
In this powerful follow-up to Episode, TEENS NEED HELP and what better way than training them to help each other? Genius! Donna Bartos shares how BLOOM365 is activating the 10% tipping point—training peer advocates in schools, on campuses, and in the military to shift culture from the inside out.
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Healthy Teen Relationships & Violence Prevention: How BLOOM365 Is Uprooting Abuse
Mandi PrattPublished on: 21/05/2025
What if we could end teen dating violence in a generation? It’s bold—but that’s exactly what Donna Bartos and BLOOM365 are setting out to do. In this powerful episode, Mandi sits down with Donna Bartos, founder of BLOOM365, a groundbreaking nonprofit working to prevent teen dating violence and promote healthy teen relationships through youth-led education and advocacy. You’ll learn how BLOOM365 is helping to uproot abuse in a generation by equipping schools, military communities, and peer advocates with real, trauma-informed tools that empower youth—and the adults who support them.
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