Ohio Alliance to End Sexual Violence

Ohio Campus Coalition for Advocates and Preventionists
2023-04-18 10:00 - 11:30 (America/New_York)
Ohio Campus Coalition for Advocates and Preventionists
The Ohio Campus Coalition for Advocates and Preventionists (OCCAP) is a community of practice for advocates and preventionists working on college and university campuses across the state. This is a space for direct service staff such as college/university-employed staff, nonprofit-employed staff, and volunteers who work directly with survivors and/or violence prevention programming on college/university campuses. When possible, management staff and Title IX directors are encouraged to send direct service staff in their stead. Please reach out to training@oaesv.org for clarity regarding this request or with other questions.
For April’s meeting, Sarah Ferrato (OAESV’s Manager of SV Prevention & Public Health Initiatives) will facilitate an interactive presentation on primary prevention strategies and creating culturally responsive programming. CLICK HERE TO REGISTER NOW

Q&A with Jay!
2023-04-12 12:00 - 13:00 | Online
Q&A with Jay!

Our Manager of Engaging Men Initiatives, Jayvon Howard will be going live on Instagram to answer all of your questions about building and developing new programming for male survivors. He will be joined by Emiliano Diaz de Leon, Men’s Engagement Specialist, Texas Association Against Sexual Assault (TAASA).

Each month, Jayvon will go live on Instagram to answer common technical assistance questions on engaging men in violence prevention or working with male survivors.

You can view the live broadcast by tapping on our profile picture at 12pm. The live will be shared on our Instagram feed afterward, but if you want to ask questions or interact with Jay in real-time, be sure to tune in! Questions can be sent to jhoward@oaesv.org.

CLICK HERE TO GO TO OUR INSTAGRAM

Advocacy Day Prep Webinar
2023-04-05 13:00 - 14:30
Advocacy Day Prep Webinar
Join OAESV for our Annual Advocacy Day Prep Webinar. We recommend everyone who has signed up or is interested in signing up for OAESV Advocacy Day Legislative Meetings attend or view this webinar. Learn about policy advocacy, learn how to work with your meeting group, and prepare for your upcoming legislative meetings. Please register even if you’re not able to attend.
The webinar will be recorded, captioned in English, and sent to all registrants afterward. The live webinar will include automatic English Captioning. If you have additional questions please email egemar@oaesv.org. CLICK HERE TO REGISTER NOW

New Membership Orientation: Who is OAESV?
2023-03-23 10:00 - 11:00 | Zoom
New Membership Orientation: Who is OAESV?
We would like to welcome all of our new individual and member organizations by hosting a 1-hour meet-and-greet! Come learn about what benefits come from OAESV membership, watch a live tutorial on how to use Coalition Manager, and meet our individual teams and learn more about ways you can engage with them in your work.
CLICK HERE TO REGISTER NOW

OAESV's 3-Part Seasonal Training Series (Spring): Getting to the Core of Leadership in the Anti-Sexual Violence Movement
2023-03-20 10:00
OAESV’s 3-Part Seasonal Training Series (Spring): Getting to the Core Leadership in the Anti-Sexual Violence Movement
Part 1 of this series will provide a foundational training on the Ohio Core Rape Crisis Standards and how these standards can impact supervisors as they navigate their new role. It will also feature a Q & A portion with current supervisors in the sexual violence field and how they deliver these core services successfully. Training facilitated by Natasha Larson, OAESV’s Director of Training and Member Engagement.
CLICK HERE TO REGISTER NOW

March Advocate Roundtable
2023-03-15 12:00 - 13:30
Advocate Roundtable
Advocate Roundtable is an opportunity for direct service advocates to pull their seat up to the table and discuss and be in community with direct service advocates all over the state. Having a safe space to come and take a break from their work and relight that advocacy fire. This is only for direct service advocates so please no upper level management staff.
This space is only for the direct service advocates within our field. CLICK HERE TO REGISTER NOW

OAESV Monthly Legislative Update: March First Friday Call
2023-03-03 13:00 - 14:00
OAESV Monthly Legislative Update: March First Friday Call
Join us for the March First Friday Call to discuss Erin’s Law implementation for local rape crisis programs, OAESV’s Advocacy Day in April, and other timely legislative updates.
Register now.

OAESV's 3-Part Seasonal Training Series (Winter): The Importance of Organizational Accessibility
2023-02-27 10:00 - 12:00
OAESV’s 3-Part Seasonal Training Series (Winter):The Importance of Organizational Accessibility
Part 3 of this series, our presenter will take everything we’ve learned and discuss internal accessibility. Participants will learn how to conduct an accessibility evaluation of your organization, how to develop an inclusivity plan, internal policies and procedures to consider when implementing your inclusivity plan, and how to build collaborative relationships with disability service programs. This training would be especially valuable to Rape Crisis Center management.
This training is currently pending CEU certification. CLICK HERE TO REGISTER NOW

Ohio Co-Conspirators in Ending Oppression (CIEO) February Working Meeting
2023-02-22 14:00 - 15:30 | Zoom
The Ohio Co-Conspirators in Ending Oppression (CIEO) is a subcommittee of the Statewide Anti-Oppression Committee, comprised of individuals working in various survivor/victim services capacities in Ohio’s five regions. As beneficiaries of white privilege, members strive to honor our responsibility to dismantle racism and intersecting forms of oppression. It is on us, not Black, Indigenous, People of Color (BIPOC), to actively work against white supremacy. This work requires humility, self-examination, relationship-building, accountability, and sustainable actions. We acknowledge that there has been a legacy of racism within anti-violence movements, and as such commit to be aspiring co-conspirators and sustainable anti-racist work.
Registration for this event will only be sent to active working group members. To become a member, or to learn more information, please visit the membership page to learn more or email co-chairs Becca Getson, bgetson@oaesv.org, and Jenn Eidemiller, jeidemiller@oaesv.org.

A Path to Photovoice: An Ohio-Specific Toolkit Introduction
2023-02-22 10:00 - 23:15
A Path to Photovoice: An Ohio-Specific Toolkit Introduction

Join Photovoice Worldwide representatives for an introduction to the peer-developed Photovoice toolkit for Ohio sexual violence preventionists. In this webinar, participants will learn about the toolkit development, preventionists’ role in the process, and recommendations for utilizing this tool. Open to OAESV members only. Register by February 10, 2023.

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February Advocate Roundtable
2023-02-15 12:00 - 13:30

Quarterly RPE Grantee Workgroup
2023-02-13 11:00 - 12:00 | Zoom
Quarterly RPE Grantee Workgroup

A quarterly meeting for programs receiving Rape Prevention Education (RPE) grant funds to navigate grant objectives and deliverables, troubleshoot potential challenges, and exchange strategies for meeting grant requirements. Open to OAESV members only.

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February 13: registration closes February 3
May 1: registration closes April 21
September 11: registration closes September 1
November 13: registration closes November 3

Quarterly Prevention Pop-in
2023-02-09 10:00 - 11:00 | Zoom
Quarterly Prevention Pop-in: February
The Quarterly Prevention Pop-in is an opportunity for preventionists throughout Ohio to build community and collective strength, discussing the unique perspectives of the sexual violence prevention field. It is a space for preventionists shaped by preventionists. Come as you are when you can! Register for the February session by January 30, 2023.
Additional accommodations available by request.
CLICK HERE TO REGISTER NOW

Text/Chat Helpline: Peer Sharing Call
2023-01-26 15:00 - 16:00 | Zoom
Text/Chat Helpline: Peer Sharing Call
Many programs are in the process of developing text and chat helpline services to reach more survivors. Developing and implementing a text and chat helpline can feel like a HUGE task, but you’re not alone! Join in conversation with programs in various stages of text/chat helpline visioning, development, and implementation from across the state to brainstorm and learn from one another.
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Ohio Co-Conspirators in Ending Oppression (CIEO) January Working Meeting
2023-01-25 14:00 - 15:30 | Zoom
The Ohio Co-Conspirators in Ending Oppression (CIEO) is a subcommittee of the Statewide Anti-Oppression Committee, comprised of individuals working in various survivor/victim services capacities in Ohio’s five regions. As beneficiaries of white privilege, members strive to honor our responsibility to dismantle racism and intersecting forms of oppression. It is on us, not Black, Indigenous, People of Color (BIPOC), to actively work against white supremacy. This work requires humility, self-examination, relationship-building, accountability, and sustainable actions. We acknowledge that there has been a legacy of racism within anti-violence movements, and as such commit to be aspiring co-conspirators and sustainable anti-racist work.
CIEO Working Meetings are for active CIEO working group or core members. To become a member, or to learn more information, please visit the membership page to learn more or email co-chairs Becca Getson, bgetson@oaesv.org, and Jenn Eidemiller, jeidemiller@oaesv.org.
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OAESV's 3-Part Seasonal Training Series (Winter): Supporting Survivors of Sexual Assault with Disabilities
2023-01-23 10:00 - 12:00
OAESV’s 3-Part Seasonal Training Series (Winter): Supporting Survivors of Sexual Assault with Disabilities
Part 2 of this series will build off of the foundational training and take a deeper dive into learning how to provide equitable accommodations and services to survivors with disabilities. With a focus on the Americans with Disabilities Act and Title III Regulations, this training would be especially valuable for our legal advocates and attorneys across the state.
This training is currently pending CEU and CLE certification. CLICK HERE TO REGISTER NOW

January Advocate Roundtable
2023-01-18 12:00 - 13:30 | Zoom

Ohio Campus Coalition for Advocates and Preventionists
2023-01-17 10:00 - 11:30
Ohio Campus Coalition for Advocates and Preventionists : Ohio Campus Coalition for Advocates and Preventionists
The Ohio Campus Coalition for Advocates and Preventionists (OCCAP) is a community of practice for advocates and preventionists working on college and university campuses across the state. This is a space for direct service staff such as college/university-employed staff, nonprofit-employed staff, and volunteers who work directly with survivors and/or violence prevention programming on college/university campuses. Management staff and Title IX directors should not attend in most circumstances. However, please reach out to training@oaesv.org for clarity on exceptions to this request or other questions.
For the first hour of the January meeting, we will hear from OAESV’s Jayvon Howard and ODVN’s Glenn Harris about the updates to Title IX. The final 30 minutes of the meeting will be space to connect with campus advocates and preventionists across the state. CLICK HERE TO REGISTER NOW

Evaluation Foundations for Prevention Educators
2023-01-10 14:00 - 15:30
MEMBERS ONLY

Evaluation Foundations for Prevention Educators
Join Megan Murray, Evaluation Coordinator from Wisconsin Coalition Against Sexual Assault, for an introduction to all things evaluation! In this interactive training, participants will gain a foundation for understanding the how and why to thinking like an evaluator. Participants can expect to learn the purpose of program evaluation, helpful evaluation planning frameworks, and which evaluation methods will best meet programming needs.
Open to all members working with prevention programming, including educators, managers, and directors.
Spanish interpretation available without request. Other access features available upon request. CLICK HERE TO REGISTER NOW

Forum Title IX
2022-12-15 09:00 - 16:30 | Zoom
Forum Title IX
Looking to learn more about Title IX? Are you a potential advisor at an educational institution? Are you supporting survivors in any capacity at a college or university?
This day and a half of training will focus on the ins and outs of Title IX investigations, hearings, and other processes at institutions of higher education. Topics will include: the current state of Title IX, Trauma-Informed assistance, role of an advisor from beginning to end, and alcohol facilitated sexual assault. Presentations will also include a mock case scenario and demonstrations to see how the Title IX processes and procedures happen at institutions of higher education.
Featured speakers include:

Cari S. Simon, Esq., The Fierberg National Law Group
Jonathan Kurland, Esq., Attorney Advisor at AEquitas

FREE CEUs and CLEs are pending. Including 1 hour of professional responsibility for attorneys! CLICK HERE TO REGISTER NOW BY NOVEMBER 30

OAESV's 3-Part Seasonal Training Series (Winter): The Intersection of Sexual Violence & Disability
2022-12-12 10:00 - 12:00
OAESV’s 3-Part Seasonal Training Series (Winter) : The Intersection of Sexual Violence & Disability
Part 1 of this series will provide a foundation regarding the epidemic of sexual violence against persons with disabilities. In this session, our presenter will ask participants to challenge and address their own personal biases, dissect the root causes of sexual violence against persons with disabilities, and to leave with a new lens with which to practice equity and inclusivity.
This training is currently pending CEU certification. CLICK HERE TO REGISTER NOW

Coordinated Community Response Team Training Institute
2022-12-05 09:00 - 17:00 | Zoom
Coordinated Community Response Team Training Institute
Please join us for a two day virtual training event. The Coordinated Community Response Team training institute welcomes leaders, members, and prospective leaders and members of Sexual Assault Response Teams (SARTs) and Coordinated Community Response Teams (CCRTs), teams of individuals and organizations from varied disciplines and backgrounds who serve to provide best practice, holistic response to survivors of sexual violence in their communities. This training institute will provide participants with the opportunity to strengthen their teams and responses through workshops given by experts across Ohio and the nation on best practices regarding strangulation and traumatic brain injury, creating sustainable teams, expanding justice options, effective communication, and centering equity. CEUs will be provided.
CLICK HERE TO REGISTER NOW

CIEO November Meeting
2022-11-15 15:00 - 16:30
The Ohio Co-Conspirators in Ending Oppression (CIEO) is a subcommittee of the Statewide Anti-Oppression Committee, comprised of individuals working in various survivor/victim services capacities in Ohio’s five regions. As beneficiaries of white privilege, members strive to honor our responsibility to dismantle racism and intersecting forms of oppression. It is on us, not Black, Indigenous, People of Color (BIPOC), to actively work against white supremacy. This work requires humility, self-examination, relationship-building, accountability, and sustainable actions. We acknowledge that there has been a legacy of racism within anti-violence movements, and as such commit to be aspiring co-conspirators and sustainable anti-racist work.
To reflect this commitment, this group has made structural changes, including shifting towards working groups, opening membership restrictions to increase participation, and a name change made official in 2021, from the previous name Aspiring White Allies.
Ready to become a Member? Click here to declare your interest, visit the Membership page to learn more. REGISTER

Training Institute for Sexual Violence Advocates: Fall 2022
2022-11-07 10:00 - 15:30 | Online
MEMBERS ONLY

40-Hour Sexual Violence Advocate Training
OAESV has created this training opportunity to fulfill the Core Standards’ requirement of 40 hours of introductory training for new advocates. Attendees will receive fundamental information necessary for providing effective services to sexual violence survivors in a variety of contexts, with a focus on medical & legal advocacy.
The Training Institute is intended to provide introductory skills and knowledge to sexual violence advocates who have been working in the field for two years or less, or are new to Ohio laws and procedures. Staff members from Ohio sexual violence programs / rape crisis centers, sexual assault advocates working on college campuses, or advocates who have not yet completed the required 40 hours of training are welcome.
This 40-hour training consists of two 20-hour components. This fall, the 20-hour live virtual component will take place November 7-11, and the second 20-hour component will be held online following completion of the live 20 hours.
This training is scheduled to be offered again in the spring of 2022.

OAN Registered Advocate Certification: meets pre-registration training requirement
NOVA/NACP: meets requirements as a pre-approved training for “Introductory Advocacy” training.
This training fulfills “Core Standards for Rape Crisis Programs in Ohio” requirement of “40 hours of introductory training for new staff.” Click Here to Register

OAESV Monthly Legislative Update: November 2022 First Friday Call
2022-11-04 13:00 - 14:00
OAESV Monthly Legislative Update: November 2022 First Friday Call
Join us on the first Friday in November to discuss state and federal legislative updates impacting Ohio rape crisis centers, communities, and survivors.
Register now.

Laugh, Dance, Rest: A Collective Healing Experience
2022-10-31 10:00 - 16:00 | Mohican Lodge, United States
MEMBERS ONLY

Laugh, Dance, Rest: A Collective Healing Experience
This day-long retreat is about learning the impact of secondary traumatic stress and exploring different types of self and collective care practices. People working in the anti-violence field in particular are at higher risk for the effects of secondary traumatic stress such as fatigue, illness, reduced productivity, irritability, or persistent anger and sadness. Participants will participate in one plenary and four breakout experiences to practice restorative healing and to reset their individual nervous systems. We will end the day with a community closing ritual.
Laugh, dance, and rest at this self-care experience with keynote speaker Marian Stuckey and several other workshop facilitators including Lyn Ford.
Register by Oct. 27 CLICK HERE TO REGISTER NOW

Is This Even Working?! A Social Media Analysis Primer
2022-10-27 10:00 | Zoom
MEMBERS ONLY

Is This Even Working?! A Social Media Analysis Primer
In this engaging virtual training, participants will learn the how and why of social media analysis. Participants will leave with an increased understanding of the importance of social media analysis, how to interpret the data, and how to build out an analysis plan.
Registration closes Oct. 17. CLICK HERE TO REGISTER NOW

Ohio Survivor Legal Assistance Clinic Training Day at Wittenberg University
2022-10-26 09:30 - 16:30 | Wittenberg University, Shouvlin 201 & 203
Ohio Survivor Legal Assistance Clinic Training Day at Wittenberg University
Come as you are! No registration required. Join our Legal Assistance Clinic at this free, 1-hour training on Oct. 26 from 9:30-4:30 at Wittenberg University. Three topics will be discussed: civil protection orders; Title IX and campus sexual violence; and trauma-informed legal services for sexual assault survivors. In the afternoon, consultation hours will be available for anyone who wants to speak with a lawyer about a sexual violence case.
Morning training sessions will be in Shouvlin 201
Afternoon drop-in clinic will be in Shovlin 203

OAESV's Media Engagement Training: An Opportunity for Rape Crisis Centers
2022-10-25 09:00 - 17:00
OAESV’s Media Engagement Training: An Opportunity for Rape Crisis Centers
Spokesperson and media training democratizes how we make meaning of the world we live in by changing the story and the storyteller. This training positions social change leaders to shift public narratives by giving them the tools to identify, craft, and share their stories, perspectives, and analysis in their communities and the media.
Attendees will:

establish and embody what makes them proficient in their area of focus and somebody on whom media makers can rely for truthful and valuable information on a particular subject
learn how to develop a political message—a persuasive body of information that persuades an audience to do, feel or say something—using an easy to remember method
leave with an understanding of how socialization, stigma, bias, typecasting, tropes, personal physiology, and a hypercritical and carceral online landscape impact how we feel about being a public-facing figure
get practiced at being a spokesperson by practicing in front of their peers and receiving real-time feedback and affirmations

This training will be led by nationally-recognized communications strategist Shanelle Matthews.
Each OAESV-recognized RCC is invited to send a maximum of 1 staff member to this training. OAESV has limited funds to reimburse mileage for your travel to this event if your organization is not able to do so.
Because this event is not public, the registration link has been sent directly to RCC directors via email.
We can’t wait to see you!

Trauma-Informed Interviewing & Reporting on Sexual Violence: A Training for Journalists
2022-10-24 09:00 - 17:00 | Columbus Main Library 96 S. Grant Ave, Columbus, OH 43215, 96 S. Grant Ave, Columbus, OH, 43215, United States
Trauma-Informed Interviewing & Reporting on Sexual Violence: A Training for Journalists
Many news stories covering sexual violence can be re-traumatizing for those interviewed, covered in the stories, or reading the stories. In order to write and publishing stories that are more informative and less traumatizing for the public, as well as distributed more widely, journalists can learn trauma-informed and survivor-centered practices.
Attendees will leave with:

a general understanding of trauma and how it effects interviewees and readers, including survivors of sexual violence and those who work with them.
trauma-informed and survivor-centered practices of journalism, such as terminology to use and interviewing strategies.
strategies to navigate breaking news expectations and how to collaborate and develop relationships with survivors and those who work with them

Speakers include:

Tamara Cherry – Multi-award winning journalist, PR expert, and author; Founder of Pickup Communications; Media/Trauma researcher
Rachel Dissell – Cleveland-based journalist with a focus on the justice system; two-time winner of the Dart Award for Excellence in Coverage of Trauma
Sophia Fifner – Expert in corporate affairs, communications, and philanthropy; rape survivor; and advocate for women and girls
Christopher Johnston – Multi-award winning freelance journalist and author with a focus on sexual violence and human trafficking
Rachel Lovell, Ph.D – Assistant Professor of Criminology; Director of Criminology Research Center at Cleveland State University

Ohio journalists and journalist in surrounding states that cover Ohio stories are invited to attend!
Register by October 21. CLICK HERE TO REGISTER NOW
