CIRCLE Collaborative Podcast
The Circle Collaborative brings together researchers, community members, and creatives to co-lead projects rooted in equity, care, and shared purpose. Inspired by Dr. Maya Ragavan’s work in community-engaged research, the Collaborative focuses on intimate partner and dating violence prevention, language justice, and culturally affirming care. To date we have podcasts created for: 1) Engaging Together For Healthy Relationships or ”ETHR” 2)The Doula Thrive Project!
Listen on:
Episodes
Friday Jul 11, 2025
Friday Jul 11, 2025
In this episode of the CIRCLE Collaborative Podcast, we discuss Engaging Together for Healthy Relationships (ETHR). Pediatrician and violence prevention researcher Dr. Maya Ragavan is joined by artist and designer Joseph Amodei to explore the development, purpose, and implementation of ETHR—a healing-centered intervention designed to prevent adolescent dating violence.
Dr. Ragavan shares her 20-year journey in violence prevention, outlines the various forms of dating violence, and emphasizes the importance of early education and caregiver involvement. Together, they discuss the staggering prevalence of dating violence among teens, the essential role of caregivers and pediatric clinicians in prevention, and how ETHR leverages clinical settings to spark family conversations about healthy relationships.
Listeners will learn how ETHR integrates training, in-clinic guides, a take-home resource box (including an interactive card game), and follow-up text messages to empower families and clinicians alike. The episode also provides compassionate guidance on handling disclosures and supporting both survivors and those who may be using violence.
This conversation highlights ETHR’s core principles: a strength-based approach, community co-design, and affirming care—working toward a future where every young person has the support to thrive in healthy, respectful relationships.
Tuesday Jun 17, 2025
Monday Jun 02, 2025
Monday Jun 02, 2025
Monday Jun 02, 2025
Monday Jun 02, 2025
Monday Jun 02, 2025
Wednesday Jun 07, 2023
Wednesday Jun 07, 2023
Today we are going to talk about Engaging Together for Healthy Relationships or "E," "T," "H," "R" for short. This is a short podcast about dating, violence prevention and Dr. Maya Ragavan and her work with ETHR or Engaging Together for Healthy Relationships.
NOTE: This is the archive of the first version of this training and not the current one for 2025