Consent Caucus
Starts: Friday, Aug. 3 2:00 PM (Eastern)
Ends: Friday, Aug. 3 3:15 PM (Eastern)
Room: 226
Interested in building a world where it’s really #TIMESUP for sexual harassment and violence in schools, the workplace, and beyond? Join the National Women’s Law Center, UltraViolet, Works in Progress, and more to strategize about ways to connect political and cultural campaigns to end sexual violence and build cultures of consent in our communities and society at large.
Moderators
Sabrina Joy Stevens
Sabrina Joy Stevens (she/her) is an accomplished movement-builder, storyteller, and strategist. She has contributed to some of the most impactful human and civil rights movements of the last 20 years. She helps advocates cultivate brave and joyful strategic communications and campaigns for justice. She also teaches people how to use values-driven narrative techniques to neutralize mis- and disinformation. Her work has appeared in media outlets like MSNBC, The Washington Post, Education Week, The Hill, and more.
Other sessions: Progressive Parenting, #UsToo: Overcoming Invisibility and Battling the #MeToo Backlash
Robyn Swirling
After more than a decade of working in progressive organizing, Robyn Swirling founded Works in Progress to build safer and more equitable workplaces across our movement through campaigning, researching, and providing technical assistance to progressive organizations and companies. Robyn has worked within the progressive movement as an organizer, communicator, trainer, and storyteller, including roles with the National Education Association, Action Network, Advocates for Youth, and several electoral campaigns. Robyn is committed to ending the stigma associated with women’s experiences and bodies, in particular, and writes and speaks frequently regarding sexual assault, abortion, and physical manifestations of trauma.
Other sessions: Sexual Harassment Isn't a Progressive Value: How to End it in Your Organization