2024 Rural Sexual Violence Response National Conference
Hosted by the Sexual Violence Justice Institute at the Minnesota Coalition Against Sexual Assault, the Rural Sexual Violence Response National Conference brings together sexual violence responders from across the country to build stronger multidisciplinary teams and create effective team processes. This conference will benefit team coordinators, team members, and state/territorial level positions that coordinate or support local teams responding to sexual violence.
This project was supported by Grant No. 15JOVW-22-GK-04024-RURA awarded by the Office on Violence Against Women, U.S. Department of Justice. The opinions, findings, conclusions, and recommendations expressed in this publication/program/exhibition are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the views of the Department of Justice, Office on Violence Against Women.
Conference Information
Morning
- Welcome and Overview
- Thinking Outside the SART Box: Transforming our Teams
- Workshop 1A: Q&A with Minnesota SART Coordinators
- Workshop 1B: Focus Groups for Social Change
- Workshop 1C: Sexual Assault Care Using Telehealth Technology 101
Afternoon
- Workshop 2A: Working Toward Language Equity: How SARTs can Expand Language Access for Survivors
- Workshop 2B: Sexual Assault Care Using Telehealth Technology 101
- Workshop 2C: Rural Advocacy Through a Healing Lens
- Connection Call 1A: Networking
- Connection Call 1B: SART Needs
- Connection Call 1C: Centering the Margins in Rural Communities
Morning
- Rural TA
- From a Survivor: Improving Our Response
- Workshop 3A: Principles of Facilitation: Keeping Your SART on Track
- Workshop 3B: Working with Corrections
- Workshop 3C: Bridging the SART/Community Divide Through Storytelling
Afternoon
- Workshop 4A: Principles of Facilitation: Keeping Your SART on Track
- Workshop 4B: Working Toward Language Equity: How SARTs can Expand Language Access for Survivors
- Workshop 4C: Holistic Representation: Seeing the Whole Client
- Connection Call 2A: Challenging Group Dynamics
- Connection Call 2B: Networking
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