Discussion List for campus-based and allied personnel working to end gender-based violence on campus.

[Juliette Grimmett <>]

Dear Campus and Community Partners,

Chrysalis Network, the NC State University Counseling Center, and the NC State University Women’s Center are excited to invite you to submit workshop, panel, and poster applications to the 12th annual:

Solving the Campus Sexual Assault & Dating Violence Puzzle:

Maintaining the Movement

VIRTUAL Conference

This year’s conference will highlight the courageous work of those on campuses and in the community who remain relentless, even now, in their push against the cultural norms of silence, victim-blaming, and minimization, to maintain our movement.

While “Puzzles”, as it has come to be known, facilitates learning opportunities in a traditional conference workshop format, it is also a space grounded in building community through relationships and wellness. Our virtual conference will offer a variety of opportunities for participants to connect with each other, experience mindfulness and wellness activities, and even win cash as part of daily engagement challenges and icebreaker games.

Can’t attend the entire live conference? No Problem! All sessions will be recorded and available for registrants to view for 3 months after the conference. You can still get CEs for viewing recorded sessions. 

Conference Pricing

Register ASAP to take advantage of our EARLY registration rates! Ends 9/5/25.

Breakout, Panel & Poster Session Applications

Please consider sharing your work with us! Applications are due by 8/15/25 at 11:59pm.

Accepted presenters will receive a discounted registration rate of $85 for up to 2 presenters.

APPLY HERE

We are finalizing our keynote speakers for the conference. If you are interested in being considered or have a recommendation, please contact Juliette Grimmett.

KEYNOTE SPEAKERS ANNOUNCEMENT COMING SOON!

Continuing Education + OVW Campus Grantees

We are applying for CEs for Counselors and Social Workers through NBCC and encourage all OVW Grantees from Campus, LAV, State Coalitions, and STOP programs to register.

We invite those seeking CEs to register for the conference now so that you can take advantage of the early registration rates. If we do not receive approval from NBCC (which has never happened), we will provide you with a full refund.

Congratulations to our 2025 Advisory Committee Members

Advisory Committee

• Liz Baumann, Title IX Officer, Saint Mary’s College

• Rosa Beltré, Executive Director, Ohio Alliance to End Sexual Violence

• Tess Benser, Assistant Director of Outreach & Sexual Wellness, Northwestern University

• Jennifer Elliott, Graduate Research Assistant, University at Buffalo

• Jenny Erazo, Director, Sexual Assault & Anti-Violence Information (SAAVI) Office

• Aysia Evans, Campus Culturally Specific Program Manager, National Organization for Victim Advocacy (NOVA)

• Alison Feazell-Webb, Prevention Education Manager, Michigan State University

• Marissa Gandolfo-Muller, Assistant Director for Sexual & Interpersonal Violence and Student Support Services, George Mason University

• angela gay-audre, Director/Curator, NC State African American Cultural Center & Collective Care LiberationHaus

• Ellie Goldstein, Wellness Support Specialist & Survivor Support Advocate, DePaul University

• Natalie Haga Ryckman, Survivor Support Advocate, Michigan State University

• Madi Herman, Training Development Coordinator, Montana State University/Campus Civil Rights

• Samara Hough, Director, University of Michigan Flint, Center for Gender and Sexuality

• Candice Jackson, Assistant Vice Chancellor of Student Affairs for Health and Well-being, Winston-Salem State University

• Joyce Jekayinoluwa, Graduate Researcher and Co-Founder of BBRIDGE, University at Buffalo/BBRIDGE

• Kitty Kiefer, College Consortium Coordinator, NH Attorney General’s Office - Office of Victim/Witness Assistance

• Connor McCaffrey, Gender Violence Services Coordinator, UNC - Chapel Hill

• Sue McCarthy, Senior Systemwide Director Prevention, Education, Training & Professional Development, California State University, Chancellor’s Office

• Nora Peterson, Associate Director, Prevention, University of Illinois Champaign

• Suzannah Rogan, Assistant Director, Outreach, Prevention & Education, California State University, Northridge

• Kelly Ruff, Director of Student Wellness and Experience, Kentucky State University

• Aubrey Sampson, STOP Program Coordinator - OVW TTA Specialist, MN Coalition Against Sexual Assault

• Bridgette Shipley, Victim Advocate, University of Tampa

• Jessica Valencia, Training & Education Specialist, CARE at SARC, University of California San Diego

• Rylie Voyles, Peer Education Program Coordinator, University of Alabama Tuscaloosa, Women & Gender Resource Center

• Melissa Watschke, Title IX Training Administrator, MN Office of Higher Education

• Alexa Zapata Fernández, Adjunct Professor, Saint Mary’s College

Standing Advisory Committee

• Shannon Collins, Senior Director for Training and Technical Assistance, National Organization for Victim Advocacy

• Delana Epps-Avery, Associate Director of IPV Services, Women's Center, NC State University

• LaTanya Foust, Culturally Specific Campus Technical Assistance Provider, North Carolina Coalition Against Sexual Assault

• Kristian Hall, Sexual Assault Prevention & Response Officer, NC National Guard

• Jessica Henault, Program Coordinator, NASPA's Culture of Respect Collective

• Trudie Hughes, State Director of Disability Services & Title IX, NC Community College System

• Yuka Kato, Psychologist and Interpersonal Violence Treatment Coordinator, NC State University

• Ashleigh Klein-Jimenez, Director of Prevention, ValorUS

• Taylour Neal, Director of Campus Services and Mental Health Advocacy, NCCADV

*NEW FREE RESOURCE*

As we look forward to December to once again learn from one another, we are very aware of the unprecedented challenges that so many of you are facing in our work RIGHT NOW. HF+C, a joint project between Chrysalis Network and Seven & Nine Consulting is proud to share our new report with recommended actions:

Resistance in Restriction:

Practitioner Approaches to Preserving Campus Sexual Violence Prevention + Response Services in a Threatening Political Climate.

This report was made possible by the 284 professionals from around the US who shared with us their challenges and successes as well as strategies to move forward. Participants included campus and community advocates, preventionists, Title IX, student conduct, counselors, medical professionals, administrators, and legal and law enforcement officers.

REGISTER FOR PUZZLES

Thank you!

Juliette

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Juliette Grimmett, MPH | She series

Founder, Chrysalis Network

Sexual Assault Victim Policy Strategist, NC DOJ

Raleigh, NC

(919) 624-9575

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