BCcampus Webinar held on May 20, 2020.
Facilitators: Paloma Ponti and Kenya Rogers
Moderator: Alexia Manchon

This webinar aims to build our collective skills in supporting survivors and those impacted by sexualized violence. It provides best practices for supporting the survivors in our lives, introduces basic considerations for the ongoing safety of survivors (safety planning), and directs folks to information and support resources. 

Paloma Ponti (she/her) is the Education Coordinator at the Anti-Violence Project, the student-funded sexual assault centre at the University of Victoria. She is a white presenting ‘mixed-race’ settler born and raised on the unsurrendered territory of the Lekwungen and W̱SÁNEĆ peoples. Paloma is a UVic student in the final semester of her undergraduate degree in Gender Studies and Social Justice Studies. For the past 9 years, Paloma has been facilitating workshops related to gender, sexuality, power, and privilege and working on projects aiming to dismantle rape culture and build communities of consent and care.

Kenya Rogers (she/her) has been a volunteer support worker, staff member, and workshop facilitator with the Anti Violence Project since 2016, and has delivered sexualized violence prevention programming throughout BC. She is a white-presenting settler of mixed-race ancestry, and grew up on the territories of the Syilx peoples. Kenya is a graduate student in the UVic Department of Political Science currently finishing her Master’s thesis examining grassroots activism and campus sexualized violence policy. As a survivor and an advocate, Kenya is dedicated to ending sexualized and gender-based violence on campus and within our communities. (education@antiviolenceproject.org)

Please note that this webinar discusses topics related to sexualized and gender-based violence that may be triggering to those who have experienced trauma. 

Note/Disclaimer: English closed-captions were generated automatically by machine and may not be entirely accurate. We are checking captions as time permits. To report a mistake, send details (including name of video, URL, suggested correction, and time code) to support@bccampus.ca.