Location

Kandiyohi County Health & Human Services Building (in the Multi-Purpose Room) 2200 23rd Street NE, Willmar, MN 56201

In 2016, the Minnesota Coalition Against Sexual Assault (MNCASA) awarded Safe Avenues with a Community Primary Prevention Partnership Grant.  With support from MNCASA, Safe Avenues began providing an evidence-based curriculum targeting attitudes and behaviors associated with dating abuse and violence to area students in grades 7-12.  This presentation will include an overview of the Safe Dates curriculum and an opportunity to participate in one of the session activities.  The presentation will use real life examples about one community’s experience in using an evidenced based curriculum to have authentic conversations.  We’ll also examine the difference between one time presentations and the art of making connections with community, educators, and students to create meaningful change.
 
Presenters:
Jen Johnson, Executive Director, Safe Avenues
Kasey Baker, Director of Community Outreach, Safe Avenues
Melissa Hoffman Bodin, Education Advisor, Dream Technical Academy

Location

Wilder Foundation, 451 Lexington Parkway North, Saint Paul, MN

Dodge, Fillmore, and Olmsted Victim Services has provided prevention programming for 30 years and has seen a lot of growth over the last couple of years. By adding several different programs, we have been able to move from providing services to a few thousand students to reaching over 13,000 students in the last year.

Presenters will share their knowledge and practice around intentional planning, understanding theories underlying effective prevention such as the spectrum of prevention, building strong relationships with school partners, outreach to multiple age groups from elementary students to college aged youth, and developing/offering programs that connect to and build off of each other.

Presenters:
Alex Peterson - Prevention Specialist and Sexual Assault Interagency Council Coordinator, Dodge, Fillmore, and Olmsted County Victim Services
Neil Dennison - Prevention Specialist and Volunteer Coordinator, Dodge, Fillmore, and Olmsted County Victim Services

Agenda

9:15-9:30 a.m. Registration and networking
9:30-9:40 a.m. Welcome
9:40-11:45 a.m. Presentation (with short break)
11:45-12:00 noon Announcements, adjourn

Location

Wilder Foundation, 451 Lexington Pkwy North, St Paul, MN, 55104

Location

Wilder Foundation, 451 Lexington Pkwy North, St Paul, MN, 55104

1.Britt Heinz-Amborn, a recent graduate from the Humphrey School of Public Affairs, earning her Master of Public Policy with a concentration in Gender and Policy will present on:
Men¿s Engagement in Sexual Violence Prevention on Campuses
On campuses across the U.S., the call for men to ¿stand up¿ against sexual assault coupled with increasing attention to the terms of consensual sex has created a particular moment. What about men who choose to advocate in sexual violence prevention? What can we learn from their experiences? Renewed public discourse invites scholars and practitioners to revisit how men engage in sexual violence prevention. Based on 17 months of field work and over 20 interviews with two distinct populations - volunteer advocates and fraternity men, Britt wil discuss how men navigate this unlikely space and how their reach might, or might not, extend to other college students in effort to prevent sexual violence. Britt¿s findings speak to the necessity for practitioners to employ multiple strategies of engagement, in particular, seeking out both activists and brokers on campus.
2.PaHoua Vang, a recent Master of Public Health graduate from the University of Minnesota School of Public Health will present on:
Sexual Violence in the Aftermath of Disasters
Natural disasters have the potential to exacerbate risk of sexual violence by disrupting the social infrastructure, leaving people displaced and homeless, and making access to resources more difficult. To explore this impact on a local level, 16 service providers of the Minneapolis Tornado of 2011 were interviewed about their observations of sexual violence risks in relation to the natural disaster. Although the majority were unaware, key qualitative findings point to the increase of supply and demand in sex trade. PaHoua will explain the unique circumstances of natural disasters that shape the experience of sexual violence in ways that public health and emergency management must understand.

Meeting Materials:

The video recording is available on the MNCASA youtube channel.

Location

Wilder Foundation, 451 Lexington Pkwy North, St Paul, MN, 55104

This SVPN meeting will be on Thursday, May 12, 2016 from 9:45 a.m. – 12:00 noon

Terminology and Definitions Matter: Sex Trafficking/Human Trafficking/Abusive International Marriages/relationships

Although forms of sexual and domestic violence may not be so different in homes across America, the context of communities matters if we want to more effectively address and help to end gender-based violence. In the Hmong American community there is an increasing number of international marriages and relationships that are having a detrimental impact on families. In this workshop we will discuss and define what constitutes abusive international marriages and relationships, and dive deeper on the intersections of gender, culture, and globalization. Additionally, participants will consider how to improve services for families given new insights. The knowledge and insights gained from this presentation will inform our prevention work.

Presenters:

MayTong Chang and Pheng Thao, organizers with Transforming Generations

Meeting Materials:

The video recording of the meeting is available through MNCASA here: MNCASA Youtube Channel - SVPN 5.12.2016 Meeting

Contact health.injuryprevention@state.mn.us if you would like a copy of the presenter's slides.

Agenda

9:45-10:00 a.m.      -  Registration and Networking
10:00-11:45 a.m.    -  Presentation
11:45-12:00 noon   -  Announcements, adjourn

Location

Comstock Memorial Union, Room 101, Minnesota State University Moorhead, 615 14th St S, Moorhead, MN 56563 (remote livestream also available)

Please join us for the next SVPN meeting to be held on Friday, February 12, 2016, 9:30 a.m. – 11:30 a.m. in Moorhead, MN (in-person participation or livestream option available).  

Healthy Masculinity: The evolution of a community solution 

There is a positive interdependence between men and women. As Tony Porter says, “Our liberation as men is directly tied to the liberation of women.” Many men and women in our community believe this is true, and a larger conversation about healthy masculinity is becoming an increasingly popular topic in our area. But it wasn’t always that way. In this presentation, Kathy, Dayna, and Greg will illustrate how the effort to engage men in the prevention of IPV and SV has evolved over time and how the prevention leaders within our community decided to prioritize conversation about healthy masculinity. We’ll look at some of the challenges and successes of this evolution as we seek to unite everyone in the prevention of intimate partner and sexual violence.

Presenters: 

• Dayna Olson, Public Educator and Preventionist, Rape and Abuse Crisis Center
• Kathy Smith, Director of Prevention and Education, Rape and Abuse Crisis Center

Location:  Comstock Memorial Union, Room 101, Minnesota State University Moorhead, 615 14th St S, Moorhead, MN 56563. 

(Note: A map of the campus with parking lots marked can be found here. Guests will be not charge for parking on campus that day however they will need to park in the red or yellow parking lots. If they park in any other lot they will be ticketed.)

Education credits: Two hours of continuing education credits will be available for social work and nursing.

-The video recording for this meeting is available through MNCASA here: https://youtu.be/qX63apGx0LQ

(Note: sound quality improves after 9-minute mark.)

Meeting Materials:

 -Contact health.injuryprevention@state.mn.us if you would like a copy of the presenter's slideshow presentation.

Location

Wilder Foundation

Friday, November 6, 2015, 9:30 a.m. - 12:00 noon (registration/networking 9:30-9:45)

Wilder Foundation, 451 Lexington Pkwy North, St Paul, MN, 55104, (Amherst H. Wilder Room) 

De-Biasing Your Brain 

In this presentation, we will explore a foundational knowledge of cognitive gender bias (aka implicit bias): what it is, how it works, and why it matters to our work in sexual violence prevention. We will face some bad news head on: cognitive bias is pervasive – it is everywhere, it infects all of us, and it leads to tremendous inequality. But we will also consider some good news, brought to us by recent research into “de-biasing” techniques. This presentation will outline ways of becoming more conscious about cognitive bias and how to address it both personally and institutionally. Once equipped with this knowledge, participants will have an opportunity to collectively discuss how cognitive bias affects sexual violence advocacy and prevention work and brainstorm solutions applicable in that realm. 

Presenter: Lisa Stratton, Co-founder, Gender Justice 

Lisa Stratton is an attorney and co-founder of Gender Justice. In her 20-year litigation career, Ms. Stratton has specialized in individual and class action gender discrimination cases. Ms. Stratton began her litigation career with the firm, Sprenger & Lang, which represented the women from the Minnesota Iron Range who sued Eveleth Mines for sex discrimination and whose story later inspired the movie “North Country.” With Gender Justice, she continues to litigate sex discrimination cases as well as civil sexual assault cases, both intimate partner sexual violence and workplace sexual assaults.

Gender Justice addresses the causes and consequences of gender inequality, both locally and nationally. We pursue this mission through three interconnected program areas:

• impact litigation
• policy work
• public education and training 

In each program area, we seek to highlight the central role of cognitive bias – the subtle but pervasive ways that stereotypes affect our perceptions, decision, and preferences – as a cause of inequality. Likewise, in each program area, we seek to counteract the most harmful consequences of inequality, by working to dismantle the gender-based barriers that keep people from full participation in our economy and our society. While we believe gender inequality is detrimental to all, we focus particularly on the needs of those individuals – such as low-income and immigrant workers – who face additional barriers to accessing the justice system.

Contact health.injuryprevention@state.mn.us if you would like a copy of the presenter's slideshow presentation.

The video recording for this meeting is available through MNCASA here: SVPN 11-6-2015 video recording

Agenda

9:30 – 9:45  Registration/Networking
9:45 – 11:45 Presentation
11:45 – 12:00 Announcements/Adjourn

Location

Wilder Foundation

Shaping Environments to Prevent Sexual Violence

Sexual violence prevention can sometimes feel out of reach, but it doesn’t have to be. This presentation will examine how Men As Peacemakers (MAP) looks for innovative opportunities to systematically shape social environments to promote gender equity and prevent sexual violence.  Sarah Curtiss and Ed Heisler will use MAP programming as a case study to explain how a public health approach to primary prevention is fundamental their work. 

Presenters:

Ed Heisler, Executive Director, Men As Peacemakers

Sarah Curtiss, Program Director, Men As Peacemakers

Contact health.injuryprevention@state.mn.us if you would like a copy of the presenter's slideshow presentation.

The video recording for this meeting is available through MNCASA here: SVPN 8-6-2015 video recording

Location

Wilder Foundation, 451 Lexington Pkwy North, St Paul, MN, 55104, Amherst H. Wilder Room (i.e. auditorium A).

Sexual Assault on campus has been receiving a lot of attention, particularly with the White House Task Force to Protect Students from Sexual Assault report released in April 2014. Since then, we’ve seen California pass legislation requiring campuses to use an “affirmative consent” definition (aka “yes means yes”), a growing list of institutions being investigated by the Office of Civil Rights for Title IX violations, and two federal bills introduced specifically to address campus sexual assault.  In Minnesota, one of MDH’s Sexual Violence Prevention Program’s key partners, the MN Coalition Against Sexual Assault (MNCASA), and several of our panelists have been working with legislators interested in issues related to improving prevention and response to campus sexual assault. Please join us for a panel discussion about what’s currently working and not working on campuses as well as a sense of what the future holds both legislatively and in terms of campus climate around sexual assault. 

Panelists:
  Emily Erickson, Sexual Misconduct Prevention Coordinator, University of St. Thomas
  Hannah Fischer, Sexual Violence Program Team Leader, Coalition to End Sexual Violence Coordinator, Committee Against Domestic Abuse, Mankato
  Roberta Gibbons, faculty, Violence Prevention researcher, Metro State University
  Lee LaDue, Gender Violence Prevention Coordinator, Women's Center, St. Cloud State University
 

Agenda:

• 9:30 a.m.  – 9:45 a.m., Registration and Networking
• 9:45 a.m. – 11:45 a.m., Presentation
• 11:45 a.m. – 12:00 noon, Resource sharing/Announcements

This meeting is also available via livestream.

Questions: Contact doug.palmer@state.mn.us

Also, we would like to pass along a request for attendees of SVPN meetings to please avoid wearing perfume, cologne and other scented products. Thank you.

 

Meeting Materials:

Presentation slides

Presentation video recording:

https://youtu.be/h-l3X1vJ3XY

Agenda

• 9:30 a.m.  – 9:45 a.m., Registration and Networking
• 9:45 a.m. – 11:45 a.m., Presentation
• 11:45 a.m. – 12:00 noon, Resource sharing/Announcements

Location

Wilder Foundation

Sexual Violence Prevention Network (SVPN) Meeting

Dr. Sandi Pierce will illustrate the sexual stereotyping of American Indian women in popular culture in print media, popular art, and advertising, from the time of colonization through the present.

Patina Park, Executive Director of Minnesota Indian Women’s Resource Center, will facilitate a discussion of potential prevention activities.

Meeting Materials:

Meeting Summary/Notes

Note: The video recording for this presentation is not available (presenters requested that we not share the recording).

Location

Wilder Foundation

Sexual Violence Prevention Network Meeting (SVPN)

Please join us for an examination of trauma in students using the 2013 Minnesota Student Survey and the impacts on health and behaviors. Findings will be presented on youth in mainstream schools, alternative learning centers, and juvenile correctional facilities.

Presenter: Danette Buskovick, Director, Training, Research and Communication,
Dept. of Public Safety Office of Justice Programs

Meeting Materials:

Presentation slides

Video recording of presentation: https://youtu.be/me9MDey_tzw

Agenda

9:30am - 12pm. A more detailed agenda will be posted at a later date.

Location

Wilder Foundation

Join us for a panel presentation on Minnesota’s recently passed anti-bullying legislation…

 “This legislation is intended to prevent bullying by a student to facilitate a safe and conducive educational environment for all students, ameliorate the effects of bullying and teach students the boundaries of socially appropriate behavior.”

(continue reading, MN HF 826: https://www.revisor.mn.gov/bills/text.php?number=HF826&version=3&session=ls88&session_year=2013&session_number=0&type=ue).

Panelists will talk about the policy, its intentions and requirements, and will discuss what this means for sexual violence prevention in schools and implications for sexual and domestic violence program work.

Presenters:

Representative Jim Davnie, MN House of Representatives (bill author)

Nancy Riestenberg, MN Department of Education School Climate Specialist

Rebecca Waggoner, Anti-Violence Program Director, OutFront Minnesota

LOCATION: Wilder Foundation, 451 Lexington Pkwy North, St Paul, MN, 55104, Amherst H. Wilder Room (i.e. auditorium A). Free parking is available in their ramp.

Questions: Contact doug.palmer@state.mn.us

Meeting Materials:

Presentation slides (1)

Presentation slides (2)

Video recording of presentation: https://youtu.be/iGEWVtPzAjU

Agenda

9:30 a.m.  – 9:45 a.m., Registration and Networking
9:45 a.m. – 11:45 a.m., Presentation
11:45 a.m. – 12:00 noon, Resource sharing/Announcements

Location

Wilder Foundation

With an estimated 16 million users under the age of 18, it is impossible to deny that the Internet has changed the social life of youth. The Internet has influenced what youth know, and the way they think, feel, and behave. Clearly, the Internet has had a significant, positive impact in the lives of youth, but there is a dark side that we cannot deny. Pornography, gambling, sexual harassment, sex offenders, and online bullying; these are just a few of the issues youth face when they access the Internet.

This presentation will review the latest research related to youth and their online behavior. Particular attention will be paid to the sexual aspects of the Internet that influence youth in the online world. The presentation will also discuss what youth need to know to maintain emotional health in an electronic world and how adults can be involved in this process.

Presenter: Elizabeth Griffen

Elizabeth Griffin is a licensed Marriage and Family Therapist with over twenty - nine years experience assessing and treating adolescents and adults who struggle with sexual issues. Ms. Griffin lectures and consults nationally on the assessment and treatment of problematic online sexual behaviors, sexually compulsive behaviors, and sexual offending behaviors. She also lectures on Internet safety issues to a variety of audiences including youth. Ms. Griffin has published numerous academic articles on issues related to problematic sexual behavior both offline and online. She has also co-authored several books and workbooks including In the Shadows of the Net: Breaking Free of Compulsive Online Sexual Behavior, Cybersex Unhooked, Cybersex Unplugged, and Illegal Images: Critical Issues and Strategies for Addressing Child Pornography Use.

Meeting Materials:

Presentation slides

Video recording of presentation: https://youtu.be/bRNTCVU_A3k

Agenda

Agenda:
9:30 a.m.  – 9:45 a.m.,  Registration and Networking
9:45 a.m. – 11:45 a.m., Presentation
11:45 a.m. – 12:00 noon, Resource sharing

Location

Wilder Foundation, 451 Lexington Pkwy North, St Paul, MN, 55104

With the legislature starting at the end of February, now is a great time to build your confidence and skills for educating/talking with your legislators about the issues that matter to you.  We know that the Civil Commitment Task Force recommendations will be on their agenda but what can we do to ensure that sexual violence prevention is on their agenda too?

We’ll start our presentation with an overview of the legislative process and quickly move into talking about how to create effective messages. Then, we’ll work in small groups to practice delivering our messages.  You’ll leave this session with confidence and skills to use your personal stories to advance policies at the legislature...and at the community/organizational level as well.

Presenter: Amy Brugh, Amy Brugh Consulting
Amy Brugh is a nonprofit consultant specializing in planning, facilitation and project management, with a particular focus in advocacy and public health. Previously she was the Director of External Relations at the Minnesota AIDS Project, where she was charged with advancing the fundraising, communications, public policy and volunteer programs, and the Public Affairs Director for Planned Parenthood of Minnesota, North Dakota, South Dakota, where she lobbied elected officials and conducted grassroots legislative and electoral campaigns.
Amy currently serves on the board of directors of the Minneapolis Bicycle Coalition, the Minnesota Council of Nonprofits, and MCN’s subsidiary organization, Nonprofit Insurance Advisors. She holds a Master’s degree in Community Health Education from the University of Minnesota School of Public Health.

Meeting Materials:

Presentation slides

Video recording for this presentation: https://youtu.be/ypSmM4T7zug

Agenda

Agenda:
9:30 a.m.  – 9:45 a.m.,  Registration and Networking
9:45 a.m. – 11:45 a.m., Presentation
11:45 a.m. – 12:00 noon, Resource sharing

Location

William Mitchell College of Law, 875 Summit Avenue, St. Paul, William Mitchell (Kelley Board Room)

The Sexual Violence Prevention Network meeting will feature a dialog with:
Eric Janus, Dean of William Mitchell School of Law
Jeanne Ronayne, Director of Victim Services of Dodge Fillmore and Olmsted Counties
and Haley Fox, Clinical Director of the MN Sex Offender Program
We will explore how effective, reasoned and evidence based approaches to the management and treatment of those who have committed sex offenses blends with emerging conversations about preventing the perpetration of sexual violence. We want to support thoughtful, respectful and productive public discourse that ultimately may help us prevent child sexual abuse and sexual violence. 
 
Location (note location change for this meeting):

William Mitchell College of Law, 875 Summit Avenue, St. Paul, William Mitchell (Kelley Board Room)
 

Agenda

10:30 - 11:00 - Registration and networking
11:00 - 1:00 - Presentation
1:00 - 1:30 - Resource Sharing

Location

Dakota County Northern Service Center, Room 110, 1 Mendota Road West, West St. Paul, MN 55118

Learn about the partnership model used by the Ramsey County Attorney's office and the Midwest Children's Resource Center whereby high risk runaway youth are referred for intensive health assessments. We will review assessment data from our program and discuss different pathways and opportunities for intervening with runaway youth. We will provide two case studies about intervening with runaway, sexually abused youth.

Presenters: Laurel Edinburgh, MS, PNP, RNC Midwest Children's Resource Center Minnesota and Kate Richtman, Director, Ramsey County Juvenile Division

Agenda

10:30 a.m. – 11:00 a.m. – Registration and Networking
11:00 a.m. – 1:00 p.m. – Presentation (video conference)
1:00 – 1:30 p.m. – Resource Sharing

Location

Dakota County Northern Service Center, Room 110, 1 Mendota Road West, West St. Paul, MN 55118

Using recent public child sexual abuse allegations in youth sports and youth serving organizations as the backdrop, Yvonne Cournoyer, Sexual Violence Prevention Coordinator at the Minnesota Coalition Against Sexual Assault (MNCASA), will lead a discussion of what needs to change to create safe environments for children.  

Yvonne will provide a brief case study of recent “scandals” to illustrate the gaps in current practice that allow sexual abuse to occur at such alarming rates. Yvonne will discuss that effecting the changes that will prevent children from ever experiencing sexual harm in these settings will require social change at all levels of society—from individuals to institutions. You will leave with knowledge and tools you can use in your own life and to work with parents and youth serving organizations to proactively prevent child sexual abuse.    

Agenda

10:30 a.m. – 11:00 a.m. – Registration and Networking
11:00 a.m. – 1:00 p.m. – Presentation
1:00 – 1:30 p.m. – Resource Sharing

Location

Dakota County Northern Service Center, Room 110, 1 Mendota Road West, West St. Paul, MN 55118

Join us for an exciting presentation by Bob Filipczak: Marketing Safety Across the Generations. Bob Filipczak is Social Media Coordinator for MnDOT and the co-author of Generations at Work, published in 1999 and republished in 2012. He has been studying the different generations since about 1994 when he wrote a ground breaking article about Generation X for Training Magazine. Since initially studying  the Boomers, Gen Xers, and Gen Yers, he has been neck-deep in studying the next generation of young people¿the Millennials. His presentation is entertaining, utilizes many ads and marketing campaigns and is amazingly insightful in terms of addressing the question: Are we messaging to the people we are trying to reach?

Julia Johnsen from the U of M Center for Leadership Education in Maternal and Child Health will lead the discussion and brainstorming following Bob¿s Presentation.  We encourage you to physically attend this SVPN meeting if possible (rather than livestream) to participate in what is sure to be a lively discussion! (note new meeting location)

Agenda

11:00 a.m. - 1:30 p.m. (registration/networking from 10:30-11:00 presentation/videoconference begins at 11:00)

Location

Snelling Office Park, Mississippi Room

Single stories often get in the way of collective action but stories based on solutions can help us put a face to the facts and tap into people's hearts in order to take meaningful action for substantive change.  This SVPN meeting will provide tools and dialogue around three types of stories you can use in your work to build community, engage participants, and help others to see their role in prevention.  Be prepared for active involvement, to get up and move, not only to listen!

Speaker:

Cordelia Anderson, M.A.

President, Sensibilities Prevention Services http://www.cordeliaanderson.com/

Agenda

10:30 a.m. – 11:00 a.m. – Registration and Networking
11:00 a.m. – 1:00 p.m. – Presentation
1:00 – 1:30 p.m. – Resource Sharing
   (Video conf. 11:00 a.m. - 1:30 p.m.)

Location

Amherst H. Wilder Foundation 451 Lexington Parkway North Saint Paul, MN 55104

NOTE: The date for this event is tentative.

Do you want to know more about Adverse Childhood Experiences and how they relate to the work of home visiting nurses/professionals? Are you a home visiting nurse/professional who is interested in prevention and intervention related to sensitive issues such as sexual abuse and violence?

Presenter: Dr. David McCollum

As a former physician and co-founder of the Academy on Violence and Abuse, Dr. McCollum has been a primary voice in Minnesota calling for more attention to Adverse Childhood Experiences and their associated effects on health over the lifespan. He has over 3 decades of experience talking to patients about ACEs as well as training health professionals on the issue.

You are invited to explore a new model to engage spiritual communities in preventing child sexual exploitation and abuse:

a Spiritual Communities Prevention Tree.

You will experience how the model works, how it was used in three test communities,

and how a spiritual community – yours or others with which you work – can make use of it.

Presenters:

Libby Bergman, Executive Director of the Family Enhancement Center, Minneapolis

and

Amy Hartman, National Director of Cherish Our Children, Minneapolis.

Libby and Amy served as co-chairs for the Spiritual Communities Action Team

in connection with the MDH Sexual Violence Prevention 5-year State Plan

Meeting Materials:

Location

Snelling Office Park, Mississippi Room, 1645 Energy Park Drive, St. Paul, MN

Why do some youth sexually offend and how does that impact our sexual violence prevention work?

The facts are startling. Hear from the experts and join us in this critical discussion!

Panelists:

Panel Moderator, Ann Lindstrom, Prevention Policy Director,

MN Sex Offender Program, Department of Human Services

Michael Miner, PhD, Professor of Family Medicine and Community Health, University of Minnesota

Jim Scovil, Dakota County Community Corrections Deputy Director

Sarah Gravelle, LMFT, Coordinator, The SHARP Program for Youth and Families, Kenwood Center

Nancy Riestenberg, School Climate Specialist, MN Department of Education

Agenda

10:30 a.m. - 11:00 a.m.:Registration and networking
11:00 a.m. - 1:30 p.m:Meeting and video conference

Location

Snelling Office Park, Mississippi Room, 1645 Energy Park Drive, St. Paul, MN

What does preventing adverse childhood experiences (ACEs) - including child sexual abuse - have to do with preventing diabetes, heart disease, obesity, early pregnancy, substance use, or improving education outcomes? Everything! We all have a pivotal role in promoting the conditions necessary to achieve the health and well-being we seek for our communities - no matter where you work in public health, policy, advocacy, education, social services. This SVPN meeting will provide you with an overview of the Adverse Childhood Experiences study, how its findings have been used to craft policies and advocacy messages, and the implications for sexual violence prevention work. We will describe the ways in which how we frame the story of child sexual abuse prevention - as advocates, policy makers, researchers, and practitioners - shapes our ability to achieve the change we are demanding. We will also explore how the ACE study has been used to create new frames that support our prevention efforts. We will also highlight how Minnesota is planning to collect and use ACE data - and how that data will be available to you and your organization.

- Julia Johnsen, MPH, Director of Community Outreach, Center for Leadership Education in Maternal and Child Public Health, Division of Epidemiology & Community Health, University of Minnesota, School of Public Health www.epi.umn.edu/mch

- Ilana Blum, CDC Associate, Sexual Violence Prevention Program, Minnesota Department of Health http://www.health.state.mn.us/injury/topic/svp/

- Karina A. Forrest-Perkins, MHR LADC, Executive Director, Prevent Child Abuse Minnesota www.pcamn.org

- Lindsay Gullingsrud, Sexual Violence Prevention Coordinator, Minnesota Coalition Against Sexual Assault www.mncasa.com

Agenda

10:30 a.m. - 11:00 a.m. : Registration and Networking
11:00 a.m. - 1:00 p.m. : Presentation
1:00 p.m - 1:30 p.m. : Resource Sharing
(Video-conference portion of the meeting runs from 11:00 a.m. - 1:30 p.m.)

Due to the uncertainty of a state government shutdown, the August 12, 2011 SVPN meeting/presentation has been cancelled. We plan to resume our SVPN quarterly meeting schedule once the state budget issues have been resolved, with our next SVPN meeting on November 4, 2011.

Location

Snelling Office Park - Mississippi Room
1645 Energy Park Drive
Saint Paul, MN

This SVPN presentation will provide participants an opportunity to learn more about Demand the Change, Change of Heart.

This is a MNCASA prevention initiative designed to mobilize communities and engage broader audiences in actions they can take to make social change. Through previous roundtables and the MN Summit to Prevent Sexual Violence, MNCASA learned the importance of having an answer to the often asked question of What is the IT? What is it that I/we can do to prevent sexual violence?

While there is not one simple action nor answer to such questions, people, organizations and communities are able to Demand the Change when they see and hear practices they find offensive or believe feed the demand to treat children, young people and women as sexual objects or commodities that they are entitled to abuse, exploit and violate whether for individual or commercial gain.

Learn about how you can use this campaign and also use the power of stories to focus on solutions and successful action.

Hear more Sexual Assault Awareness Month (SAAM) efforts related to this initiative and other tools available to help you advance your prevention efforts.

Presenters

Cordelia Anderson, M.A., Facilitator, Trainer, Consultant, Sensibilities, Inc.
www.cordeliaanderson.com

Lindsay Gullingsrud, Sexual Violence Prevention Coordinator
Minnesota Coalition Against Sexual Assault
www.mncasa.org

Meeting Materials:

• StoryFormNominationFINAL.pdf
• StoryFormCOMPLETE.pdf
• posterFINAL.pdf
• MNCASADemandtheChangeSVPN.pptx
• MNCASADemandtheChangeSVPN.ppt
• finalspectrum5-13-11.doc
• DemandChangeSVPNhandouts.pdf
• CERTIFICATE_OF_ATTENDANCE5-13-11.doc
• 5-13-11_EVALUATION.doc

Location

Snelling Office Park - Mississippi Room
1645 Energy Park Drive
Saint Paul, MN

Sexual violence can affect individuals across the lifespan, including people in later life.

Many older victims have survived multiple victimizations over the course of their lives.

Recognition of sexual violence against people in later life is hindered by misconceptions that older adults are not sexual beings or sexually desirable and that rape is a crime of passion.

Join us for our panel presentation/discussion and learn about the often hidden problem

of sexual abuse in later life and ways we can all work to prevent it.

Panelists

Char Thompson
Director
Minnesota Network on Abuse in Later Life
www.mnall.org

Deb Holtz
Minnesota State Ombudsman for Long-term Care

Cristine Davidson
Business & Development Specialist
Minnesota Indian Womens Sexual Assault Coalition
www.miwsac.org

Panel Moderator

Donna Dunn
Executive Director
Minnesota Coalition Against Sexual Assault
www.mncasa.org

REGISTRATION IS REQUIRED for all locations and for live webstream, link to:

https://survey.vovici.com/se.ashx?s=56206EE354A18ECD

For those of you participating via live-stream, the link is: mms://stream2.video.state.mn.us/OET-Live  

 

Meeting Materials:

• Barriers and Remedies (PPT: 309KB/39 slides)
• Certificate of Attendance 2-25-11 (DOC: 31KB/1 pages)
• Demographics of Aging Population(PDF: 130KB/2 pages)
• Elder Sexual Abuse (DOC: 31KB/1 page)
• Elder Abuse Tribal (PDF: 65KB/8 pages)
• Final Spectrum (DOC: 37KB/1 page)
• Part1: We Are Still Relatives Sexual Abuse in Later Life (PPT: 5.74MB/4 slides)
• Part2: We Are Still Relatives (PPT: 8.43MB/4 slides)
• Resource List Sexual Abuse In Later Life (DOC:76KB/2 pages)
• SAR1206-SA2-Sexual Abuse Later in Life (PDF: 96KB/4 pages)
• Evaluation 2-25-11 (DOC: 37KB/1 page)
• MBA Power Point Presentation (PPTX: 128KB/10 slides)
• MBA Power Point Presentation (PPT: 537KB/10 slides)

Location

Snelling Office Park, 1645 Energy Park Drive, St. Paul, MN

Panelists:
Charlotte Flowers, Senior Program Officer, Womens Foundation of Minnesota http://www.wfmn.org/
Beatriz Mananteau, Staff Attorney, The Advocates for Human Rights http://www.theadvocatesforhumanrights.org/
Cordelia Anderson, Prevention Consultant, Sensibilities, Inc., http://www.cordeliaanderson.com/

Meeting Materials:

• AFNAP_Research_Presentation (PPT: 4MB/13 pages)
• August Trafficking Report_SchapiroGroup (PDF: 494KB/25 pages)
• Sex Trafficking FactSheet (PDF: 115KB/4 pages)
• SVPN Sex Trafficking (PPTX: 7MB/37 pages)
• SVPN Presentation 11-5-10 for participants (PPT: 980KB/37 pages)
• SVPN Resources 11-5-10 (DOC: 100KB/4 pages)
• MIWSAC_PRE_Prelim Findings 8-25-10 (PDF: 110KB/4 pages)

Location

Snelling Office Park, 1645 Energy Park Drive, St. Paul, MN

Panelists:

• Donna Dunn, Executive Director, Minnesota Coalition Against Sexual Assault http://www.mncasa.org/
• Nicole Matthews, Executive Director, Minnesota Indian Womens Sexual Assault Coalition http://www.miwsac.org/
• Frank Jewell, Executive Director, Men As Peacemakers and Co-Founder, Minnesota Mens Action Network
• Jeri Boisvert, Executive Director, Office of Justice Programs, Minnesota Department of Public Safety http://www.ojp.state.mn.us/index.htm
• Patty Wetterling, Director, Sexual Violence Prevention Program, Minnesota Department of Health http://www.health.state.mn.us/injury/topic/svp/

Panel Moderator:

• Mark Kinde, Injury and Violence Prevention Program Director, Minnesota Department of Health http://www.health.state.mn.us/injury/index.cfm

Location

Snelling Office Park, 1645 Energy Park Drive, St. Paul, MN

Preventing sexual violence requires multiple strategies. Creating sexually healthy environments for our children and youth means ensuring that they have the best and most reliable information about healthy sexuality. For several years in Minnesota, policy has been proposed to enhance the education that happens in public schools regarding sexuality, sexual health, and pregnancy prevention. This year, for the first time, the proposed policy language referred to sexual violence prevention as a goal of effective comprehensive sexual health education. Research evidence suggests that parents want their children to have good sexuality information and that a comprehensive approach is responsible and respectful of youth.

This panel presentation highlights Dr. Marla Eisenberg, Assistant Professor of Pediatrics in the Division of Adolescent Health and Medicine at the University of Minnesota. Dr. Eisenberg will be joined by Lorie Alveshare, Policy Director at MOAPPP, Frederick Ndip, Planned Parenthood, and Anna Schmitz, Planned Parenthood Teen Council. MDH and MNCASA staff will also participate in the panel discussion.

The goal of the presentation is to give participants the language to engage in productive conversation about the role of sexuality education in preventing sexual violence.

For more information and/or to RSVP, contact doug.palmer@state.mn.us

Meeting Materials:

Location

Snelling Office Park, Mississippi Room, 1645 Energy Park Drive, St. Paul, MN

Dr. Nancy Fitzsimons, Associate Professor, Department of Social Work, Minnesota State University, Mankato

Meeting will also be videoconferenced to MDH district offices in Bemidji, Marshall, Duluth, Rochester, Fergus Falls, St. Cloud, and Mankato, and to Olmsted County Government Center, Rochester.

Meeting Materials:

Location

Snelling Office Park, Mississippi Room, 1645 Energy Park Drive, St. Paul, MN

Sexual assault and abuse can have serious mental health consequences for women and children.  Understanding the range of potential mental health needs of survivors and how to address them within an empowerment-based framework is an important part of providing services for survivors that enhance their safety and well-being.

This presentation will provide an overview of current research on mental health, violence, and abuse and will offer steps that advocates and other professionals can take within their agencies and organizations to address mental health issues in sensitive, appropriate, and empowering ways.

Presenter:
Phyllis Brashler, Ph.D.
Minnesota Department of Health Suicide Prevention Coordinator

Meeting Materials:

Location

Unitarian Universalist Congregation of Duluth
835 W. College Street, Duluth, MN 55881

Mary Ellison, Esq., from The Advocates for Human Rights

Sarah Curtiss from the American Indian Community Housing Organization (AICHO)

Kelly Martin-Kurtz from the Program for Aid to Victims of Sexual Assault (PAVSA)

Bob Carter, Investigator with the Sex Crimes, Abuse and Neglect Unit of the Duluth Police Department

Location

Public Health Services Building, Cascade Room, 2100 Campus Drive, SE, Rochester, 55904

Dorothy Gondwe, Research Analyst and Jon Roesler, Epidemiologist Supervisor,
Injury and Violence Prevention, Minnesota Department of Health

Location

Snelling Office Park
1645 Energy Park Drive
Saint Paul, MN 55108

Lydia Newlin, Department of Corrections Victim Liaison
Collin Gau, Minnesota Correctional Facility, Saint Cloud

Location

LoTo Cafe
380 Jackson St. (on Sibley btwn. 5th & 6th)
St. Paul, MN

Location

North Country Regional Hospital
1300 Anne Street NW
Bemidji, MN 56601

Suzanne Koepplinger, Executive Director, Minnesota Indian Women's Resource Center
Christine Stark, Writer, Poet, Visual Artist and Activist

Location

Morrison County Government Center
213 SE 1st Ave.
Little Falls, MN 56345

Chuck Derry, Gender Violence Institute
Frank Jewell, Men As Peacemakers

Location

Anoka County Human Service Center
1201 89th Ave. NE, Ste. 300
Blaine, MN 55434

Panel:  Ann Gaasch, Program Director, The Bridge for Runaway Youth, Inc.
             Jay Wagner, Street Outreach Worker, Streetworks
             Deena McKinney, Program Supervisor of Homeless Youth Programs
             www.bridgeforyouth.org

Location

Minnesota State University, Mankato

Lee LaDue
Sexual Assault Services Coordinator
and Michael Hernandez
Male Peer Educator
Gender Violence Resources Office
St. Cloud State University Women’s Center

Roberta Gibbons
Associate Director
and Violence Prevention Educators
Aurora Center
University of Minnesota

Richard Carlbom
former student of
St. John’s University
participating in the
Center for Men’s Leadership
outreach activities

Location

Ottertail Power Company
215 S. Cascade Street
Fergus Falls, MN 56538

Laura Hutton
Research Scientist
Injury and Violence Prevention Unit
MN Department of Health

Donna Dunn
Executive Director
MN Coalition Against Sexual Assault

Location

Division of Indian Work
1001 East Lake Street
Minneapolis, MN 55407

Suzanne Koepplinger
Executive Director
Minnesota Indian Women's Resource Center

Christine Stark
Writer, Poet, Visual Artist and Activist

Location

MDH Snelling Office Park
St. Paul, MN

Rebecca Waggoner Kloek
Anti-Violence Program Manager
OutFront Minnesota

Location

MDH Snelling Office Park
St. Paul, MN

Dresden Jones
Sexual Violence Prevention Coordinator

Danielle Kluz
Public Awareness and Prevention Coordinator
MN Coalition Against Sexual Assault

Location

Lyon County Courthouse
(Conference Rooms 1 and 2)
607 West Main St.
Marshall, MN 56258

Yvonne Cournoyer
Program Director

Leah Sweet
Prevention Specialist
Stop it Now! Minnesota

Location

Sexual Assault Program
of Northern St. Louis County
505 Twelfth Ave. W.
Virginia, MN 55792

Michael Mann
David Walsh's National Institute
on Media and the Family

Location

Holiday Inn Hotel and Suites
75 37th Avenue, S.
St. Cloud, MN 56302

John Bullough
Rape & Sexual Abuse Center

Location

MDH Snelling Office Park
St. Paul, MN

Michael Goldberg
ActionMedia

Location

Public Health Services Building
2011 Campus Drive, SE
Rochester, MN

Donna Dunn
Associate Director
MNCASA
Program Manager
Sexual Violence Justice Institute (SVJI)

Monica Jensen
Community Relations Director
Dakota County

Patricia Rime
Program Manager
Probation/Supervised Release Services

Location

Lakes Crisis & Resource Center
718 Washington Street
Detroit Lakes, MN

also listed as

103 Front Street
Detroit Lakes, MN

Jeff Hansen, MS
Supervisor
Admissions and Community Relations
Mille Lacs Academy

Location

MDH Snelling Office Park
St. Paul, MN

Dr. Michael Obsatz
Macalester College

Location

Meeting cancelled

Meeting cancelled

Location

Trinity Lutheran Church
1420 South 6th Street
Brainerd, MN

Sgt. Andrew Schmidt
Minneapolis Police Department

Vednita Carter
Breaking Free

Rev. Al Erickson
Adults Saving Kids

Location

University Lutheran Church of the Epiphany
390 4th Avenue S
St. Cloud, MN

Cordelia Anderson
Sensibilities, Inc.

Beth Olson
PAVSA

Location

MDH Snelling Office Park
St. Paul, MN

Robin Goldman
MN Dept of Corrections

Location

Country Kitchen
Alexandria, MN

Fr. Roman Paur

Location

Blue Heron on the Green
Willmar, MN

Jon Roesler
MDH

Yvonne Cournoyer
Director
STOP IT NOW! MN

Location

Michael's Restaurant
St. Cloud, MN

Frank Jewell
Men as Peacemakers

David Sloane Rider
Men Can Stop Rape

Ed Griggs
the Men's Line at Crisis Connection

Nate Russell
100 Black Men Against Violence

Stephan Bulawski
Women's Center of St. Cloud
Central MN Sexual Assault Center,
& Campus Advocates Against SA

Location

MDH Snelling Office Park
St. Paul, MN

Nancy Sabin
Jacob Wetterling Foundation

Rick Anderson
St. Paul Police ICAC Div.

Kelli Praught
Jacob Wetterling Foundation

Patty Wetterling
Jacob Wetterling Foundation

Location

MDH Snelling Office Park
St. Paul, MN

Grit Youngquist
St. Paul-Ramsey County Public Health

Emari Lavine
MDH

Joleen Manley
Bloomington Public Health

Pamela McWilliams
Catholic Charities

Wendy Mahoney
Lutheran Social Services

Location

Golden Corral Restaurant
Rochester, MN

Members share
including attendees at
the National Sexual Violence
Prevention Conference

Location

Intergovernmental Center
Mankato, MN

Members of the Mankato Area
Sex Offender Task Force

Location

Harriet Tubman Center
Minneapolis, MN

Deborah A. Nathanson
DV Coordinator
Communication Service for the Deaf-MN

Location

Mai Village Restaurant
St. Paul, MN

Will Alexander
MN Dept of Corrections

Location

Holiday Inn
St. Cloud, MN

Sexual Assault Awareness Month
grant recipients

Location

Lino Lakes Correctional Facility
Lino Lakes, MN

Robin Goldman
MN Dept of Corrections

Steve Sawyer
Project Pathfinder

Location

MDH Snelling Office Park
St. Paul, MN

Tammie Larsen and Donna Dunn
MCASA

Mary Cardinal
Network for the Supervision
and Treatment of Sex Offenders

Marnie Wells
Sex Education for Life Coalition

Rachel Bandy
MCCVS

Jay Jaffee
MDH

Location

Grand Portage Lodge and Casino
Grand Portage, MN

Penni Johnson
Family Facilitator
Mille Lacs County Family Ties

Location

Resource Center of the Americas
Minneapolis, MN

Attendees at the National
Sexual Violence Prevention Conference

Location

Ramada Plaza Hotel
Minnetonka, MN

Beth Dawson and Mario Cruz
STOP IT NOW

Location

Rochester Public Utilities
Rochester, MN

Bo Thao
Hmong Women's Action Team

Hmoob Thaj Yeeb
Dana Bennet
La Familia Guidance Center

Aisha Kassim
Victim Services
Dodge/Fillmore/Olmsted County

Location

PAVSA
Duluth, MN

Anita Schlank
Clinica Director
MN Sex Offender Program

Bob Devlin
Consultant

Location

MDH Snelling Office Park
St. Paul, MN

Candy Hadsall
Hadsall and Associates

Location

MDH Snelling Office Park
St. Paul, MN

Nancy Bronson
Central MN Sexual Assault Center

Tamara Feige
PAVSA

Jaime Tiedemann
Program Against Sexual Violence

Location

Minnesota Black Bear Crossing
St. Paul, MN

Cordelia Anderson
Sensibilities, Inc.

Location

MDH Snelling Office Park
St. Paul, MN

Participants in Advocate
- Treatment Provider series of dialogues