The BRAVE consortium, comprised of eight area colleges and universities in the Baltimore region focused on survivor centered, trauma informed approaches to sexual assault, stalking, dating and domestic violence, invites you to attend a training presented by Connecticut Alliance to End Sexual Violence “The Connection Between Rape Culture, Prevention and Bystander Intervention”. The training will take place Thursday, September, 17 1:00 pm – 5:00 pm Virtually.
As a result of this training, participants will be able to:
- Demonstrate an understanding of rape culture and its presence in American culture;
- Recognize the steps in bystander intervention and the barriers to people intervening;
- Assess bystander intervention programs for rape culture promotion and identify possible remedies; and
- Identify the impact of systemic oppression on bystander intervention programs and rape culture.
REGISTER TODAY!! https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdmijOKYVUFKxYYaJKK6mXLzapHb7Edl2pn_5roz97DfvUe-Q/viewform?usp=sf_link
This training is funded through the Office of Violence Against Women Campus Grant (for higher education institutions) and has encouraged a comprehensive coordinated community approach that enhances victim safety, provides services for victims and supports efforts to hold offenders accountable. The funding continues to support activities that develop and strengthen trauma informed victim services and strategies to prevent, investigate, respond to sexual assault, domestic violence, dating violence and stalking at institutions of higher education. One of the main goals of this grant has been developing campus-wide coordinated responses involving campus victim service providers, law enforcement/campus safety officers, health providers, housing officials, administrators, student leaders, faith-based leaders, representatives from student organizations, and disciplinary board members is critical.
Log-in information will be shared with all registered participants a few days before the training.
