re_logoWinona State University’s Women’s, Gender, & Sexuality Studies will host a sexual violence training workshop from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 11, at Winona State University.

This training will inform attendees of how to address sexual violence effectively on campus. This training will focus on increasing knowledge of sexual violence and its effects, sexual violence disclosure and response and providing trauma-informed care. Additionally, this workshop will explore laws, policies campuses must observe and a focus on understanding the impacts of sexual violence on campus.

The participants of this workshop will gain practical strategies and tools to better able them to respond to sexual violence on campus.

Dr. Johnanna Ganz and Jessica Van Iperen from the Sexual Violence Justice Institute are presenting at the workshop.

This event is free and open to the public. Advanced registration is required at http://mnscu.rschooltoday.com/public/costoption/class_id/7707/public/1/sp/.

This is sponsored by Winona State University Women’s, Gender & Sexuality Studies Program, Health & Wellness, and the Women’s Resource Center of Winona, and is supported through a grant from the Office on Violence Against Women, U.S. Department of Justice.

For more information email, Heather Gerdes at hgerdes@winona.edu.