Our mission is to transform violence prevention in schools by ending first-time perpetration and victimization. To this end, we provide holistic prevention education, trauma-informed victim support, and tailored tools and policies for institutional change.
Reaching over 25,000 students with prevention education directly.
Trained over 350 educators on the curriculum who continue to use the curriculum with their students.
Nearly 90,000 educators/parents/schools admin/law enforcement/direct service providers reached with trainings and workshops
Disconnection and lack of community increase the risk of outcomes such as impulsive or self-harming behavior for kids especially while experiencing distress.
Promoting skills for emotional health and personal wellbeing mitigates negative brain development outcomes from childhood adversity and trauma, and is even more impactful the earlier you start with children.
Nest's deep expertise and evidence from our work in sexual exploitation and abuse show that victims of sexual violence are frequently victims of other forms of harm. And all of these harms have common root causes.
Curricula development and implementation in schools across America
Funding free workshops to support teachers, families and community members
New, interactive media content to further engage students participating in our curricula
Nest designs and delivers workshops, presentations, and events for all members of schools and the wider community. These customized workshops are for everyone because we all have a role to play in preventing abuse and exploitation. All sessions can be facilitated in a virtual, hybrid, or in-person setting.
View All WorkshopsExplore the innate links between social media, mental health, radicalization, and neuroplasticity.
Nest’s Documentary Film
PLAYGROUND: The Child Sex Trade in America
Executive produced by Abby Disney, George Clooney, Grant Heslov, Steven Soderbergh, Lauren Embry and Arden Wohl. Animation by Japanese pop artist Yoshitomo Nara.
PLAYGROUND illuminates a sinister industry of the unrecognized pervasiveness of child exploitation. A comprehensive revelation of an unknown epidemic, PLAYGROUND has been called essential viewing for any parent or engaged citizen.