Center for Health and Wellness Promotion (CHWP) Staff, CARE Advocates, and RSVP Peer Educators are available to present on a range of topics connected to relationship and sexual violence. Presentations can range from 1 hour to 1.5 hours.
Request a presentation through the Student Wellness Presentation Request Form and look for the Peer Educator options in the topic drop down menu.
Sexual violence is a pervasive public health issue that impacts people of all genders, races, ethnicities, orientations, abilties, body sizes, religions, and socio-economic backgrounds.
Throughout this presentation students will:
- Gain an understanding of what sexual violence is and how common it is
- Debunk common myths about sexual violence and survivors
- Discuss how to support a survivor
Intimate Partner Violence (IPV) is a serious public health problem in the United States that can have a profound impact on lifelong health, opportunity, and well-being.
Throughout this presentation students will:
- Define partner abuse and be able to correct common misconceptions
- Identify tactics of abuse and barriers to accessing safety, based on power and control
- Learn the warning signs and impacts of an abusive relationship
Sexual violence is inextricably connected to all forms of oppression, including but not limited to: racism, sexism, homophobia, transphobia, misogyny, ableism, xenophobia, and colonization. In order to end sexual violence, we must end all forms of oppression.
Throughout this presentation students will:
- Understand the historical connection between oppression and sexual violence namely in the United States
- Develop a theoretical foundation to understand the complex experiences and barriers that people in marginalized communities face
Trauma-Informed Practices or Care understands and considers the pervasive nature of trauma and promotes environments of healing and recovery rather than practices and services that may inadvertently re-traumatize.
Throughout this presentation students will:
- The neurobiology of trauma
- Understand the impact of sexual and relationship violence on survivors
- How to create trauma-informed spaces on campus
This presentation explores the issue of relationship violence amongst college students. It is an opportunity for students to think critically about healthy and unhealthy characteristics.
Throughout this presentation students will:
- Gain an understanding of relationship violence as it pertains to students at USD
- Identify healthy and unhealthy characteristics
- Discuss ways to support a friend
Consent, or permission, is the only way to ensure a person wants to participate in an activity. By asking for consent, we are creating a culture built on empathy, respect, and where violence does not happen. This lesson will provide participants with a nuanced understanding of what consent means, as well as opportunities to practice responding to rejection in a compassionate way.
Throughout this presentation students will:
- Define what consent is using the CLEAR model
- Name ways to respond to rejection in a healthy manner
- Identify resources on and off campus for student who have been impacted by sexual/relationship violence
Bystander Intervention refers to actions taken by a person to identify, speak out about, or seek to engage others in responding to specific incidents of violence, behaviors, attitudes, practices that contribute to violence.
Throughout this presentation students will:
- Discuss why people don’t intervene
- Why intervening is important
- How to intervene safely using the 4 Ds of intervention
- Identify resources on and off campus for student who have been impacted by sexual/relationship violence
Social norms are unspoken rules of society that guide how we interact in society. Social norms can be gendered and influence how we interact in our relationships and who we think of as capable of being harmed or doing harm.
Throughout this presentation students will:
- Gain an understanding of what social norms are and how they influence relationships
- Analyze media clips to determine how gender norms show up in straight and queer relationship
- Identify resources on and off campus for student who have been impacted by sexual/relationship violence
Interested in a different topic connected to relationship and/or sexual violence? Email Sarah Diamond (sdiamond@sandiego.edu) to explore custom presentations or collaborations.