Emerging and Special Topics in Sexual Violence Prevention
The workshops in Tier II are strongly recommended for It’s On Us peer-educators or students who have completed the workshops in Tier I, and are seeking to expand their knowledge of emerging to special topics related to campus violence prevention. Complete at least two to receive an It’s On Us Prevention Strategist Certificate.
Tier II workshops support students to:
- Understand the role alcohol consumption plays in the perpetration of sexual violence.
- Effectively engage men as allies, active bystanders, and survivors, in prevention education programs.
- Hold workshops or awareness events related to technology-facilitated abuse and online dating safety.
- Educate and organize their peers using trauma-informed advocacy strategies.
Alcohol and Sexual Violence
This workshop supports students’ knowledge of the role alcohol consumption plays in the perpetration of sexual violence.
- Understand the relationship between alcohol and perpetration.
- Critique and generate corrective responses to myths about alcohol and sexual violence.
- Formulate strategies to partner with bars, clubs, and party hosts near campus to reduce alcohol-facilitated perpetration.
- Brainstorm creative ways to build healthy social norms around alcohol.
Engaging Men in Violence Prevention
This workshop empowers students to think critically about the role men can and should play in the prevention of campus sexual violence, and how to better engage men in the work of your It’s On Us chapter.
Students who complete this workshop will be able to:
- Understand the importance of engaging men in prevention.
- Discuss barriers to engaging men on campus in prevention, especially those who belong to high-risk groups.
- Integrate successful strategies for engaging men in their prevention programming.
- Deploy strategies for collaborating with men across campus to own their responsibility in violence prevention.
Online Dating Safety
This workshop supports students in thinking about effective ways to educate themselves and their peers about online dating safety, and challenges them to lead with prevention rather than risk-reduction when implementing online dating safety programs and awareness events.
Students who complete this workshop will be able to:
- Implement safety planning strategies for online dating.
- Evaluate risk and protective factors for technology-facilitated violence.
- Educate their peers about healthy online dating behaviors.
Trauma-Informed Prevention & Activism
This workshop educates students on how to be trauma-informed in their work as peer-educators and activists within their campus communities, and how to respond to a peer they believe may be in crisis.
Students who complete this workshop will be able to:
- Recognize different types of trauma.
- Identify the function of betrayal trauma among sexual assault survivors who possess historically marginalized or excluded identities.
- Communicate opportunities for institutional courage to administrators, faculty, staff, and peers.
- List strategies for post-traumatic growth.