Kelsey Cowley (ICADV Disability Consultant) has written and had published a toolkit for self-advocates who want to learn how to prevent sexual violence in their communities. The toolkit called “Starting the Conversation: Addressing Sexual Violence within the Disability Community through Advocacy, Education, and System Change” was recently published by a national agency called Self Advocacy Resource and Technical Assistance Center (SARTAC). This toolkit is so exciting for our field because this is what SVPP (sexual violence primary prevention) can look like when we move beyond consent to consider power.
This webinar will address what is needed for large-scale prevention of violence against communities with disabilities. In phase 1, will discuss the importance of dismantling internalized ableism – What does this look like? How do you do this? How does this contribute to prevention? In phase 2, we will address how your organizations might understand agency and consent, and what model policies and implementation strategies may look like. In phase 3, we will examine the connections between food security, healthcare, fatphobia, employment and income. Finally, we will look forward to explore the large-scale changes we can strive for in order to prevent violence against people with disabilities.
Presenters
Skylar Kantola (she and they), MESA Program Coordinator, Multicultural Efforts to End Sexual Assault, kantola@purdue.edu.
Jody Powers (she/her), Consultant with Indiana Coalition Against Domestic Violence
Haley Sumner (she/her), Disability Advocate and Indiana University Student
Andrea Mann (she/her), Parent of children with Disabilities
Kirat Sandhu (she/her, Tech Moderator), Indiana Coalition to End Sexual Assault and Human Trafficking
Closed Captions & Transcript created by Skye Ashton Kantola, MESA Program Coordinator with support from Reshma Sunil Rawlani, MESA Graduate Student Worker
This webinar features a cross disability panel of people who will address how to advocate for survivors with disabilities in the medical system, legal system, and after a crisis.
Presenters
Skylar Ashton Kantola (she and they, Facilitator), MESA Program Coordinator, Multicultural Efforts to End Sexual Assault, kantola@purdue.edu
Michon Neal (zi/hir, Panelist)
Salem Goosby (he and they, Panelist)
Moriah Williams (they/she, Panelist)
Braycee Dudley (she/her, Panelist)
Danielle Pitmon (she/her, Panelist)
Kirat Sandhu (she/her, Tech Moderator), Indiana Coalition to End Sexual Assault and Human Trafficking
Closed Captions & Transcript created by Reshma Sunil Rawlani, MESA Graduate Student Worker
