Upcoming Events – Domestic Violence Awareness Month

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October is Domestic Violence Awareness month, where each year advocates, survivors, allies, and educators aim to start conversations about what domestic violence is, it’s impact on survivors, and everyone’s role in prevention looks like. The SHAPE Office is collaborating with many campus departments and student organizers to engage in these conversations and highlight supportive resources this October. We hope you’ll join us on this journey to learn about resources, raise awareness, and imagine what building a world where everyone has access to loving, meaningful relationships if they so choose.

In addition to the calendar image above, here are a list of all of the events we’ve built out for the month of October:

Week 1: September 27th – October 3rd

  • October 1st – Sign the petition for “Women Are Sacred Day.” Learn more and sign at tinyurl.com/tillieblackbear
  • October 2nd – PERFORM/ATIVE: A Conversation on Transformative Justice in collaboration with the Resources Center and SHADES. Join us at 4:30 pm via Zoom – www.tinyurl.com/TJATWESLEYAN
  • October 3rd – Self-Care Saturday: Self-Care & Anti-Racist Work. As we start our Self-Care Saturday series, we’d like to highlight this article on intersections of self-care and anti-racist work. For white people in particular, self-care, does not mean disengaging. It involves engaging deeply and reflecting on how best to be engaging in anti-racist work daily. For BIPOC folks, self-care is a survival strategy in a world structured to center white mental health. Honoring this difference and committing to anti-racist practices are critical. Read this article entitled “White People, We Need to Talk About Self-Care” to learn more.

Week 2: October 4th – Saturday October 10th

  • October 4th – SOC Healing Space at 2 pm, hosted by the Jada Reid, Intern at the Resource Center for Race, Ethnicity and Nationality. For more information, please contact Jada Reid at jereid@wesleyan.edu. Join this virtual space via the following Zoom link: https://wesleyan.zoom.us/j/96940558099?pwd=cnZkdjFCMzlKdDBHQ25jRDhaRXh5Zz09
  • October 5th – Couplets Convo: Obsession. Join the SHAPE Office on Instagram Live @ 4:30 pm for a chat about One Love’s video on Obsession.
  • October 6th – SHAPE Director Student Hours @ 12- 1 pm. Drop by anytime between 12-1 pm to say hi, share ideas about an event, learn more about resources, or just more about the SHAPE Office. Join this virtual space at http://www.tinyurl.com/SHAPEDropIn
  • October 7th – Resource Share: Barriers survivors in Muslim communities face. Listen to and read this NPR Article outlining many of the barriers faced by Muslim women navigating experiences of domestic violence. CW: domestic violence, survivor’s testimony.
  • October 8th – Podcast Release: “Just Break Up.” Check out this series talking about loving relationships, and breakups. We’re particularly loving an episode called “You Are Whole, Even As You Become” focused on dating racists, not getting off, and being a perfectionist dating a perfectionist.
  • October 9th – Making Connections: Growing & Nurturing Relationships, @ 12:30 – 1:30 pm. Join the SHAPE Office Director, Johanna DeBari, and Priya Senecal, CAPS Therapist for a discussion on loving relationships and navigating building connections of all types – platonic, intimate, sexual, and friendships! Join us via Zoom at the following link: www.tinyurl.com/makeconnect
  • October 10th – Self-Care Saturday: Sexual Liberation & Healing Reflection. The Black Women’s Health Initiative (@blkwomenshealth on Instagram) highlighted questions offered by Ev’Yan Whitney (@evyanwhitney), to reflect on what healing and sexual liberation can look like. We invite folks to take time to sit with these questions, let them settle into your body, and process answers through movement, dance, journaling, or other restorative ways of channeling this energy. “What stories do I have about my sexuality that keep me from feeling free? Where did I learn those stories? Who did I learn them from? Did I choose them? Am I ready to embrace a new story that empowers my sexuality, starting now?”

Week 3: October 11th – October 17th

  • October 11th – SOC Healing Space at 2 pm, hosted by the Jada Reid, Intern at the Resource Center for Race, Ethnicity and Nationality. For more information, please contact Jada Reid at jereid@wesleyan.edu. Join this virtual space via the following Zoom link: https://wesleyan.zoom.us/j/96940558099?pwd=cnZkdjFCMzlKdDBHQ25jRDhaRXh5Zz09
  • October 12th – Couplets Convos: Isolation. Join the SHAPE Office on Instagram Live @ 4:30 pm to talk about this One Love video!
  • October 13th
    • SHAPE Director Student Hours @ 12- 1 pm. Drop by anytime between 12-1 pm to say hi, share ideas about an event, learn more about resources, or just more about the SHAPE Office. Join this virtual space at http://www.tinyurl.com/SHAPEDropIn
    • Success@Wes Training – “Holding Space: Supporting Survivors of Interpersonal Violence” @ 3 – 4 pm. This interactive workshop will help faculty and staff feel more prepared to respond to disclosures from survivors of interpersonal violence, whether students, faculty, staff or others in our lives. Faculty and Staff are welcome to register for this virtual session via your WesPortal!
  • October 14th – Resource Share: What does a loving relationship look like, during a pandemic? Stay tuned for an infographic outlining some tips for navigating relationships in a pandemic, as well as risk reduction techniques for safety.
  • October 15th – Podcast Release: “On the Floor” We’re loving the episode on “what a healthy relationship looks like” in particular. Be sure to check it out on Spotify!
  • October 16th – Making Connections: Growing & Nurturing Relationships, @ 12:30 – 1:30 pm. Join the SHAPE Office Director, Johanna DeBari, and Priya Senecal, CAPS Therapist as we continue discussion on loving relationships and navigating building connections of all types – platonic, intimate, sexual, and friendships! We’ll also touch on navigating digital consent, and safer virtual sex. Join us via Zoom at the following link: www.tinyurl.com/makeconnect
  • October 17th – Self-Care Saturday: Survivor Solidarity & Voting Event at 2 pm Join us in collaboration with the Resource Center for a community conversation on supporting survivors, voting, and self-care as we navigate the upcoming Presidential election. Zoom information soon to come!

Week 4: October 18th – October 24th

  • October 18th – SOC Healing Space at 2 pm, hosted by the Jada Reid, Intern at the Resource Center for Race, Ethnicity and Nationality. For more information, please contact Jada Reid at jereid@wesleyan.edu. Join this virtual space via the following Zoom link: https://wesleyan.zoom.us/j/96940558099?pwd=cnZkdjFCMzlKdDBHQ25jRDhaRXh5Zz09
  • October 19th – Couplets Convos: Control. Join the SHAPE Office on Instagram Live @ 4:30 pm to talk about this One Love video!
  • October 20th – SHAPE Director Student Hours @ 12- 1 pm. Drop by anytime between 12-1 pm to say hi, share ideas about an event, learn more about resources, or just more about the SHAPE Office. Join this virtual space at http://www.tinyurl.com/SHAPEDropIn
  • October 21st – Resource Share: Take the Love Languages Quiz! Learn more about yourself and what your “love language” is. Share it with your friends, with your partner(s), with your family too, so they can learn how to better love you too! Take the quiz at the following link: https://www.5lovelanguages.com/quizzes/
  • October 22nd – Podcast Release: “Modern Love” There’s so many great stories to hear, and even ones on love during the pandemic. Learn more about what love looks like in the modern day, by finding this podcast whereever you get your podcasts!
  • October 23rd – Making Connections: Growing & Nurturing Relationships, @ 12:30 – 1:30 pm. Join the SHAPE Office Director, Johanna DeBari, and Priya Senecal, CAPS Therapist for our final conversation on building and nurturing loving relationships. Join us via Zoom at the following link: www.tinyurl.com/makeconnect
  • October 24th – Self-Care Saturday: Mindfulness Healing Space @ 2 pm. Join Mindful Wes & SOC Healing Space for a collaborative healing event focused on self-compassion and self-love. More details to come!

Week 5: October 25th – October 31st

  • October 25th – SOC Healing Space at 2 pm, hosted by the Jada Reid, Intern at the Resource Center for Race, Ethnicity and Nationality. For more information, please contact Jada Reid at jereid@wesleyan.edu. Join this virtual space via the following Zoom link: https://wesleyan.zoom.us/j/96940558099?pwd=cnZkdjFCMzlKdDBHQ25jRDhaRXh5Zz09
  • October 26th – Couplets Convos: Guilt. Join the SHAPE Office on Instagram Live @ 4:30 pm to talk about this One Love video!
  • October 27th
    • SHAPE Director Student Hours @ 12- 1 pm. Drop by anytime between 12-1 pm to say hi, share ideas about an event, learn more about resources, or just more about the SHAPE Office. Join this virtual space at http://www.tinyurl.com/SHAPEDropIn
    • Survivor Solidarity Month Faculty/Staff Interest Meeting @ 4:30 pm – Survivor Solidarity Month is a student-led initiative designed to engage faculty, staff, and students into conversation about sexual violence on campus and prevention. Hosted in April, we start planning and gathering ideas early! Come to this drop in space to share your ideas and get more involved! Faculty and Staff interested in being on the planning committee for Survivor Solidarity Month can also learn more at this event.
  • October 28th – Survivor Solidarity Month Student Interest Meeting @ 6 pm Survivor Solidarity Month is a student-led initiative designed to engage faculty, staff, and students into conversation about sexual violence on campus and prevention. Hosted in April, we start planning and gathering ideas early! Come to this drop in space to share your ideas and get more involved! Students interested in being on the planning committee for Survivor Solidarity Month can also learn more at this event.
  • October 29th – Podcast Release: “She’s All Fat” Check out this episode on dating and fat positivity on Spotify!
  • Friday October 30th – Let’s Talk About…”Netiquette” @ 1 pm. Join WesWell, CAPS, and the SHAPE Office for a discussion on internet etiquette, safer virtual sex, and intimacy in a world of physical distancing.
  • October 31st – Self-Care Saturday: stay tuned for some spooky self-care resources!