A photo from the beginning of webinar 5. On the left is a video of Skye. To the right is a title slide with a pretty illustration of a dirt path weaving through a green field with trees and birds. Title is "Preventing Violence Against People with Disabilities. Disability Justice & Sexual Violence Prevention Webinar 5 of 5; A collaborative project by ICADV, MESA, ICESA, and IMHC, and many disability advocates!" Underneath this text includes "Today's Presenters: Skye Ashton Kantola, MESA; Jody Powers, Disability Advocate and ICADV Collaborator; Haley Sumner, Disability Advocate and Butler University Student; Andrea Mann, Parent of children with disabilities; Cierra Olivia Thomas-Williams, ICADV."
Description

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
  • Cierra Olivia Thomas-Williams (she/her), Prevention Specialist, Indiana Coalition Against Domestic Violence (ICADV), cwilliams@icadvinc.org.
  • 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

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