Monument Quilt Event for

Survivors and Supporters

Friday, April 3

7pm

HDV/GLS Center

Sexual Assault
Awareness Month

2015

Monument Quilt is a project aimed at creating a public

healing space by and for survivors of rape and abuse.
Survivors of sexual trauma or abuse, secondary survivors
(people close to survivors also impacted by their trauma),
and supporters are invited to create quilt squares with their
stories and messages, which will be added to the Monument Quilt planned for display on the National Mall in
Washington, D.C.

This event is co-sponsored by the Weekend Life Council,

SBU StandUp Charter, and the Center for Prevention and
Outreach, and University Title IX Coordinator.
Contact: Christine Szaraz, CPO
christine.szaraz@stonybrook.edu

Professional Staff: Department of Justice-approved

8-hour Certificate Course in Recognizing and
Responding to Sexual and Relationship Violence on
Campus.
East Campus: April 7,14, 21, and 29

West Campus: April 2, 9, 16, and 29

To register: http://goo.gl/forms/XdpnMtXt5A
More info: christine.szaraz@stonybrook.edu

Panel Discussion on Campus Sexual Assault Policies &

Resources
April 29 1pm Staller Main Stage
A discussion with SBU professionals and administrators. This
event is open to all members of the campus community.

Contact Christine Szaraz for more details.

VIP Committee 3pm Fridays, Union 221

VIP Wednesday Workshops 1pm Wednesdays, Roth 103
CPO offers Violence Intervention and Prevention (VIP) workshops
and committee meetings, featuring guest presenters from onand off-campus resources. VIP Wednesday Workshops address a
variety of relevant and provocative topics. The VIP Committee
meets to consider ideas and plan strategies and events related
to strengthening our community, promoting active bystander
engagement, and preventing violence.

Contact Christine Szaraz (christine.szaraz@stonybrook.edu)

for more information

Take Back the Night Wednesday, April 29 7pm SAC Auditorium/Ballroom B

The Center for Womyns Concerns (CWC) is proud to sponsor SBUs Take Back the Night, a survivorcentered event featuring guest speakers, campus and community resources, and a march to show
solidarity and support for survivors of assault and abuse everywhere.
Contact: sbucwc@gmail.com
Campus Residences/RA Events

Club and Organization Events

H-Quad

TNGs Sex Positivity Week

April 8 Consent is...

These events are aimed at creating dialogue around positive

aspects of sexuality and consent.

8pm Langmuir Main Lounge:

Empowering discussion focused on consent and
comments against rape culture.

April 13 Know the Process

April 13: Intro to Kink and Consent

April 14: Sex Toy Trivia @ The Bench 8p

8pm Langmuir Main Lounge

Co-sponsored by Feminist Majority Leadership Alliance (FMLA)

www.facebook.com/events/1544878255772332/

Guests from UPD and a Title IX Deputy will discuss

the campus sexual assault investigation process.

April 17: Sex Positivity Open Mic

April 27 50 Shades of Grey Areas

April 18: Fun With Barriers

8pm Langmuir Main Lounge

More information: www.facebook.com/groups/SBUTNG

Program encouraging healthy, consensual behaviors & a positive spin on fun, safe sex.

SBU StandUp Charter

Contact: Christine Publik, HQuad RA

8:30pm SAC 304

christine.publik@stonybrook.edu

Co-presenters from Long Island Gay and Lesbian Youth

(LIGALY) workshop will explore the T in GLBT and how gender identity differs from sexual orientation. Myths and stereotypes, negative effects of transphobia and bullying, and ways
to create safer spaces for transgender people will
be discussed.

Kelly Quad
April 6

Rape Jokes: Whats so funny?

7:30pm Tabler Black Box

Guests from CPO and a performance from Swallow This! For an interactive discussion about the
ways humor can normalize violence, as well as
strategies for being an active bystander.
Contact: Masooma Kazmi, Kelly Quad RA

A Path Appears

April 8 6p SAC Auditorium

Discuss the follow-up to Half the Sky, focusing on

women around the nation and world fighting for a
better life. Issues discussed include domestic violence, human rights, and cyclic poverty, and how
students can get involved in movements for
change. Contact Olivia Sanchez, A Path Appears
Committee Co-Chair, for more information!
olivia.sanchez@stonybrook.edu

CPO
thanks
our 2015 event sponsors
and partners in prevention!

April 13

The Transgender Experience

April 27 Activism as Advocacy

8:00 pm Tabler Blackbox Theatre
Guest speaker Jamie Puglin will discuss the interaction
between advocacy and activism, and successful historical
social movements utilizing these approaches.
Contact: sbustandsup@gmail.com

Students United for Action (SUFA) Light in the Dark

Thursdays, 8:30pm Meets in Melville Library lobby
Student-organized sexual assault awareness and outreach
campaign. More info: www.facebook.com/
students.united.for.action

Walk In Their Shoes

Say NO To Domestic
Violence and Sexual Assault
4/15 1pm Academic Mall
Raise awareness of domestic
violence and sexual assault by
taking a Walk In Their
Shoes through the Academic
Mall during Campus Lifetime
with Suffolk Coalition Against
Domestic Violence. In addition to raising awareness by
walking during Campus Lifetime in the Academic Mall,
you can collect items to be
donated to domestic violence shelters here on Long
Island!
Contact Megan Smedley at the
Career Center for more info!

Healthy Relationship 4-session Workshop April 7, 14, 21, 28 @ 4p Union 221

Green Dot Violence Prevention Bystander

Intervention Training April 25 10am 5pm

Join us for a unique opportunity to learn about what makes relationships work. Prof.
Joanne Davila of the Dept. of Psychology, an expert on healthy romantic
relationships , will present this 4-session series, Workshops are open to all students.
Register soon because space is limited!

Contact Christine Szaraz for more information!

Register: http://goo.gl/forms/svoN7NdEK6
More info: joanne.davila.phd@gmail.com

2015

Sexual Assault Awareness Month

April

MON

TUE

WED

THU

FRI

SAT

SUN

30

31

1pm
VIP Workshop Wednesdays:
Bystander Basics

3pm Professional Staff Training:

Recognizing and Responding to
Sexual Violence on Campus (West)
8:30pm Light in the Dark

7pm
The Monument Quilt Project for
Survivors and Supporters

11

12

18

19

26

Roth 103

7:30pm Rape Jokes:

Whats so Funny?
Tabler Black Box

13
8pm

Know the Process

Langmuir Lounge

SAAM

8:30pm
The Transgender
Experience

SAC 304

20

27

8pm
50 Shades of Grey Areas
Langmuir Lounge

8pm Activism as
Advocacy

3pm Professional Staff

Training: Recognizing and
Responding to Sexual
Violence on Campus
(East)
4pm Healthy Relationships
Workshop Union 221

1pm VIP Workshop Wednesdays:

Sexual Violence and LGTBQ*
Communities
Roth 103

6pm A Path Appears

SAC Auditorium
8pm Consent is
Langmuir Lounge

14

15

3pm Professional Staff

Training: Recognizing and
Responding to Sexual
Violence on Campus
(East)
4pm Healthy Relationships

1pm
VIP Workshop Wednesdays:
SANE (Sexual Assault Nurse
Examiner) Resources

9
3pm Professional Staff Training:
Recognizing and Responding to
Sexual Violence on Campus (West)
8:30pm Light in the Dark
Meets in Melville Library Lobby

HDV/GLS Center

10
3pm VIP Committee - Guest speaker:
Ally Mintz/VIBS
Community resources & supporting
survivors
Union 221

16

17

3pm Professional Staff Training:

Recognizing and Responding to
Sexual Violence on Campus (West)
8:30p Light in the Dark

3pm VIP Committee - Guest speaker:

Lara Hunter/CAPS
Alcohol and Consent

Meets in Melville Library Lobby

Union 221

22

23

24

25

1pm
VIP Workshop Wednesdays:
What is Denim Day?

8:30pm Light in the Dark

Meets in Melville Library Lobby

3pm VIP Committee - Guest speaker:

Chelsea Tollner/PPH SANE (Sexual
Assault Nurse Examiner) Resources

10am Green
Dot Training

Roth 103

Workshop Union 221

21
3pm Professional Staff
Training: Recognizing and
Responding to Sexual
Violence on Campus
(East)
4pm Healthy Relationships
Workshop Union 221

28

4pm Healthy Relationships

Workshop Union 221

Roth 103

29
1pm
Panel Discussion on Campus
Sexual Assault Policies and
Resources
Staller Main Stage

7pm Take Back the Night

Tabler Blackbox

Meets in Melville Library Lobby

SAC Auditorium/Ballroom B

30

8:30pm Light in the Dark

Meets in Melville Library Lobby

Union 221

contact CPO for

details!

SBU SAAM 2015 event sponsors include

the Center for Prevention and
Outreach, Weekend Life Council,
Center for Womyn's Concerns, Program
in Public Health, University Title IX
Coordinator, SBU StandUp Charter, HQuad, Kelly Quad, Students United for
Action, The Next Generation, Feminist
Majority Leadership Alliance, LGBTQ
Services, and the Career Center.
See back for additional event details &
organizer contacts.