2026 Symposium Evaluations

Thank you for attending MNCASA’s 2026 Symposium, Real-World Healing: Tools for Supporting Survivors and Sustaining Ourselves, May 6-7, 2026.

Your feedback about the symposium will help us plan future events. We invite you to complete evaluations for each of the sessions you attended by clicking on the links below. Note: If you already completed a paper evaluation, you do not need to submit another one.

If you have any questions or concerns about the event that you’d like to share with us outside of the evaluations, please contact us at [email protected].

Beyond Trial by Fire: A Panel Discussion

Opening Plenary | Rooted in Comunidad: Collective Healing and Advocate Sustainability in Practice
Closing Plenary | Leading As We Heal: Building a Victim-Led Movement That Includes All of Us

1:30-2:45 p.m.

Collective Care in Movement Workspaces
Writing to Wholeness: Workshops to transform lives and communities
Self Defense for People with Disabilities

3:00-4:15 p.m.

Empowerment Self-Defense, Part 1
Harm Reduction in Practice
Bridges Built with Understanding

9:00-10:15 a.m.

Empowerment Self-Defense, Part 2
Before the Bloom: Rethinking Readiness, Behavior, and Belief in Survivor Healing
For Our Future Generations: Breaking the Cycle Through Culturally Guided Prevention

10:30-11:45 a.m.

Safety Planning with Sexual Violence Survivors
Venting Without Damage: Learning the Difference Between Productive and Toxic Venting
The Advocate’s Toolkit: Preventing Burnout & Vicarious Trauma in Real-World Response

Overall Symposium