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What is Stop the Silence. Stop the Silence is a department of the Institute on Violence Abuse and Trauma committed to prevention treatment and mitigation of child sexual abuse CSA other adverse childhood experiences ACEs and related interpersonal trauma. We provide help and resources through comprehensive programming with awareness educationoutreach training and policy development and reform. We work to address the relationships between childhood trauma and the broader issues of overall family and community violence and violence within and between communities.