Prevention and Education

Best practices for working with survivors of sexual assault and responding to outcries. Explores specific populations that are at higher risk for sexual assault and the barriers they face when reporting and seeking help.

Defines these activities and examines their prevalence and consequences. Provides information about prevention, bystander intervention, and other ways to respond.

Prepares adults to recognize, prevent, and appropriately respond to signs and symptoms of child sexual abuse. Fulfills both school and daycare requirements set out by Jenna’s Law.

Defines human trafficking and specific types of trafficking. Information about the people involved in human trafficking including victims, traffickers, and customers is explained and discussed. Emphasis is placed on trafficking in the US, Texas, and the ways it affects our own communities in San Antonio.

Introduction to sexual assault education with an overview of laws, statistics, and challenges and effects on survivors. Examines sexual assault through an ecological model and discusses the causes of sexual violence and the role of primary prevention in ending it.

This presentation will cover and define consent and its importance.  We will outline the laws surrounding consent and walk you through rape statistics for Texas and San Antonio. During the presentation you will learn to identify what consent does and does NOT look like, including healthy boundaries. This presentation will also include a brief discussion of bystander intervention.

Presents the impact of societal and cultural gender norms that dictate values and expectations placed on males and females of all ages. Challenges the imbalance of power created by strict gender roles and illustrates their connection to sexual violence through the use of popular clothing, products, and media.

Explores methods of intervention for events that need immediate action and also for those moments we witness that are not violent but are intended to marginalize groups of people. The presentation will strengthen participant’s ability to speak up and give tools to identify, act and keep you safe when intervening. We will examine the culture and climate that informs the method of intervention and the consequences perpetuated when action is not taken.

This workshop is intended for schools, daycares, and churches who wish to create, update, or review their current policies on Sexual Harassment, Stalking, and Assault. We will guide you through best practices, laws, and language and explore ways to empower survivors that create a healthy, safe environment.