[CommAdvocacy] Sexual Assault Activism Month Events

[Jordan Perry]

Here are next week's events! Feel free to share :)*
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*Saturday, April 4^th : **Screening **/It Happened Here/***(2015) on 
Saturday, April 4^th at 7pm in ASH 112. /It Happened Here 
/is//acompelling new documentary featuring survivors of sexual violence 
from area colleges (including Amherst College and UConn) who transformed 
their experiences into social change.Optional discussion to follow.

*Monday, April 6^th **: Campus lighting survey* with Community Outreach 
Officer Earl Brown. Join students and staff on a campus walk to assess 
campus lighting needs and provide your input on making our campus safer. 
Meet at the library loading dock outside the Post Office at 7:15pm on 
Monday, April 6^th . Can’t attend? Contact embPS at hampshire.edu 
<mailto:embPS at hampshire.edu>with suggestions.

*Wednesday, April 8^th : **Challenging Rape Myths*, a workshop with 
Arianna Rose, F’11 and Sasha Nochimow, F’11 on Wednesday, April 8^th 
from 12-1:30pm in Merrill Living Room. Discuss and debunk myths about 
sexual violence. Lunch provided!

*Thursday, April 9^th : **Invisible Chains:* Coercive Control in 
Intimate Relationships, a workshop with Dr. Lisa Aronson Fontes on 
Thursday, April 9^th at 12-1:30pm in Merrill Living Room. Coercive 
control is a strategy some people use to dominate their intimate 
partners and maintain their privileges. It usually includes some 
combination of degrading, isolating, micromanaging, manipulating, 
stalking, physically abusing, sexual coercion, threatening or punishing. 
After a short presentation, Fontes welcomes an interactive discussion of 
this new way of understanding and addressing violence and control in 
relationships. Lunch provided!

/Events are open to all Hampshire students, faculty, and staff unless 
otherwise indicated./

Events and activities this month brought to you with love and respect by 
the Sexual Assault Activism Month Planning Committee, the Wellness 
Center, Sexperts, the Hampshire Mental Health Advocacy Network, Diana 
Sutton-Fernández, Chief Diversity Officer and Title IX Coordinator, and 
the generosity of Mark Engelmann, 72F.

For more information, contact well at hampshire.edu 
<mailto:well at hampshire.edu>.

Hope to see you there!

Best,
Jordan

Jordan Perry, MPH, CHES
(she/her pronouns)
Director of Wellness Promotion
ph: 413.559.5743

The Wellness Center
Enfield above Center For Feminisms
Mail Code SA
Hampshire College
893 West Street
Amherst, MA 01002

On 3/27/2015 11:40 AM, Jordan Perry wrote:
>
> Hello Community Advocacy friends!
>
> As you may know, April 2015 is Hampshire College's 2nd Annual Sexual 
> Assault Activism Month. We have lots of events and activities planned 
> throughout the month. Below are next week's events - more to come!
>
> *Tuesday, March 31^st **: Supporting Survivors of Sexual Violence*, a 
> workshop with Liza Neal, Director of Spiritual Life, and Peer 
> Chaplains on Tuesday, March 31^st from 12-1:30pm in Merrill Living 
> Room. Learn how to support survivors of sexual violence in your 
> communities. Lunch from Paradise of India provided!
>
> *Wednesday, April 1^st **: Survivor Speakout* on Wednesday, April 1^st 
> at 7pm in ASH 112. This is a safe space for survivors of sexual 
> violence and their allies* to share (by choice) their experiences in a 
> supportive and affirming environment. Counselors and peer chaplains 
> available to provide support as needed.
>
> *Saturday, April 4^th **: Screening **/It Happened Here/**(2015)* on 
> Saturday, April 4^th at 7pm in ASH 112. /It Happened Here 
> /is//acompelling new documentary featuring survivors of sexual 
> violence from area colleges (including Amherst College and UConn) who 
> transformed their experiences into social change.Optional discussion 
> to follow.
>
> /Events are open to all Hampshire students, faculty, and staff unless 
> otherwise indicated./
>
> Events and activities this month brought to you with love and respect 
> by the Sexual Assault Activism Month Planning Committee, the Wellness 
> Center, Sexperts, the Hampshire Mental Health Advocacy Network, Diana 
> Sutton-Fernández, Chief Diversity Officer and Title IX Coordinator, 
> and the generosity of Mark Engelmann, 72F.
>
> For more information, contact well at hampshire.edu 
> <mailto:well at hampshire.edu>.
>
> /*We consider allies to be Hampshire community members who affirm and 
> prioritize the experiences of survivors and actively work to dismantle 
> the systems that contribute to sexual violence./
> -- 
> Best,
> Jordan
>
> Jordan Perry, MPH, CHES
> (she/her pronouns)
> Director of Wellness Promotion
> ph: 413.559.5743
>
> The Wellness Center
> Enfield above Center For Feminisms
> Mail Code SA
> Hampshire College
> 893 West Street
> Amherst, MA 01002

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