The Ion Center For Violence Prevention
Stacey Walden has extensive work experience in violence prevention and community engagement. Stacey most recently served as the Director of Public Education and Community Engagement at The Ion Center for Violence Prevention since January 2020. Prior to that, they worked as a Project Coordinator at Northern Kentucky University from May 2018 to December 2019. Stacey also has a background in counseling and public education, having held the role of Senior Public Education Specialist and Community Counselor at Women's Crisis Center and Gateway Community Technical College from August 2012 to April 2018. Additionally, they have experience as a YouthCare Worker at Lighthouse Youth Services from June 2013 to January 2016, where they provided supervision and support to young residents. Stacey's early career roles include serving as an Assistant Supervisor at Service Industry Research Systems from August 2008 to August 2012, where they supervised interviewers, led training courses, and worked on a team to meet goals.
Stacey Walden holds a Master's degree in Organizational Leadership from Fort Hays State University, which they obtained from 2021 to 2023. Prior to their Master's degree, they earned a Bachelor's degree in Social Work from Northern Kentucky University from 2007 to 2011. Stacey also obtained a certification as a Licensed Social Worker (Ohio) from the Counselor, Social Worker, and Marriage and Family Therapist Board in November 2013.
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The Ion Center For Violence Prevention
Our organization was founded in 1976 with the intention to provide services to survivors of power-based personal violence in the Northern Kentucky, Buffalo Trace, and Greater Cincinnati areas. Throughout the years our organization has used several names to present our services to our communities. The Rape Crisis Center of Northern Kentucky and Women’s Crisis Center were names that served us well. However, the growing normalization of violence prevention programs in our culture helped bring discussions of power-based personal violence to the forefront. This illuminated a much more pervasive problem and showed the need to present ourselves in new light to the communities we serve and reach out more effectively to the survivors of all identities who live there. In 2021 we added a new chapter to a 45-year story. Our name was revealed to us by the philosophies that drive our center and the services we provide. Our identity shines in everything we do: preventION – interventION – compassION – collaboratION – inclusION – protectION – transformatION