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Request for Submissions

The Indiana Disability Justice Task Force ( or “IDJ”) is looking for contributors for the online Disability Justice and Violence Prevention Resource Hub!  We can compensate you for your participation. If you are selected to be published, you will receive $250!  (Please be aware this could affect benefits and services for those who have them. Please seek out guidance.)

The IDJ Task Force is always looking for:

Along with your submission as outlined below, please also include:

  • The name you’d like associated with the publication.
  • Any organization or agency affiliation that you’d like included with the publication.
  • A brief bio that can be included with the publication.
  • A photo with an image description that can be included with the publication (if submission is in written, not video format).  If you’d like to learn about image descriptions and how to write them, please Read This.
  • Additional information about where people can find you and support your work, such as social media handles, website, etc.

Please submit questions and publications to barizmendi@icadvinc.org. Submissions will be accepted year-round on a rolling basis.  Please note that Online Hub coordinators are mostly volunteer-based, so please be patient as you wait for a response.  Once submitted, a Task Force member will confirm receipt.  Shortly after, you will receive edits or a confirmation that the submission is ready for publication along with an expected publication date.  Please be sure to confirm you are prepared for publication.  Once published, please share widely!

Credit

Publication Guidelines written by Skye Ashton Kantola, Assistant Director at Multicultural Efforts to End Sexual Assault, kantola@purdue.edu.

Webinar 12: Sexual Wellness for People with Cognitive and Developmental Disabilities as Sexual Violence Primary Prevention

Description

Contextualizing sexual wellness for people with disabilities as a strategy for SVPP across the social ecological model; Risk Factors for SV for People with Disabilities related to sexual wellness; What kinds of things does a sexual wellness instructor need to consider for program adaptation? How should we address consent?

Webinar Outline
  • 5 minutes: Housekeeping & introductions (Skye/Cierra)
  • 15 minutes: Sexual Violence Primary Prevention and Disability Justice (Skye/Cierra)
  • 40-60 minutes: Panel Conversation (Panelists)
  • 10 minutes: Attendee Questions (Skye/Cierra)
  • 5-10 minutes: Resource Recommendations (Crew)
Presenters
  • Skye Kantola (she and they, Facilitator): Program Coordinator, Multicultural Efforts to End Sexual Assault, kantola@purdu.edu
  • Cierra Olivia Thomas-Williams (she/her, Presenter): Prevention Specialist, Indiana Coalition Against Domestic Violence, cwilliams@icadvinc.org
  • Jordan Haisley (she/her, Panelist), Disability Consultant, Indiana Coalition Against Domestic Violence
  • Dr. Mary Ciccarelli (she/her, Panelist), Professor of Clinical Medicine and Clinical Pediatrics at Indiana University School of Medicine
  • Pam Malin (she/her, Panelist), Disability Victim Advocate (she/her, Panelist), Disability Rights Wisconsin
  • Cindy Bentley, Executive Director (she/her, Panelist), People First Wisconsin
  • Timotheus Gordon (he/him, Panelist), Research Assistant, University of Illinois – Chicago

Closed Captions & Transcript created by Skye Ashton Kantola, MESA Program Coordinator

Co-Sponsors

Webinar 11: The Spectrum of Prevention in Rape Crisis Centers: Risk Factors and People with Disabilities

Description

75% + of the population of people with disabilities will experience sexual violence in their lifetime. Despite such high victimization rates, there is a dearth of sexual violence research including people with intellectual and developmental disabilities. The Indiana Abuse Prevention Disability Task Force (APDTF) completed a literature review of sexual violence risk factors for people with disabilities including developmental and intellectual disabilities and member panelists of the APDTF will highlight the findings. Haleigh Rigger, Indiana Statewide Rape Crisis Coordinator, will discuss what RCCs can do to engage in primary prevention of sexual violence within their agencies and in local communities.

Webinar Outline
  • 5 minutes: Housekeeping & introductions (Skye/Cierra)
  • 15 minutes: Grounding in SVPP & making a connection to Disability Justice (Cierra & Skye)
  • 20 minutes: Review task force efforts (Cierra, Haleigh, Jen)
  • 20 minutes: Application for Rape Crisis Centers (Haleigh)
  • 10 minutes: Attendee questions (Skye/Cierra)
  • 5-10 minutes: Resource recommendations (Crew)
Presenters
  • Cierra Olivia Thomas-Williams (she/her), Prevention Specialist, Indiana Coalition Against Domestic Violence, cwilliams@icadvinc.org.
  • Skye Kantola (she and they), Programs Coordinator, Multicultural Efforts to End Sexual Assault, kantola@purdue.edu
  • Haleigh Rigger (she/her), Rape Crisis Coordinator, Indiana Coalition to End Sexual Assault and Human Trafficking, haleigh@indianacesa.org
  • Jennifer Milharcic (she/her), Disability Consultant, Indiana Coalition Against Domestic Violence, jenmilharcic@gmail.com

Closed Captions & Transcript created by Skye Ashton Kantola, MESA Program Coordinator

Co-Sponsors