Useful Links - Listening to Disclosures Workshops

Recently, DWS had the fabulous privilege of facilitating three day-long workshops for helping professionals focusing on how to immediately support a survivor of gendered violence.

The participants curiosity, vulnerability, and willingness to have difficult conversations was incredible.

Crickett is such a joy to learn with! She is so engaging, funny, and managed to open discussion about tough issues gracefully.
- workshop participant

Contact Crickett about scheduling a workshop for your group.

There’s only so much our hard working brain can hold in our heads for one day, so we have lots of links that we promised to share with participants:

Outside of the Shadows is a project about stalking in Canada created by Julie Lalonde.
Jackson Katz is a gendered violence prevention educator who’s work has looked at how media creates harmful ideas about masculinity. His TEDtalk about why violence against women is a men’s issue has been viewed more than two million times.

Maggie DeVries wrote “Missing Sarah: A Memoir of Loss” about her sister Sarah’s murder.
Lundy Bancroft’s book “Why Does He Do That?”, written for women experiencing partner violence, is an accessible read that explains the common tactics abusers use.
Lori Haskell is a feminist psychologist who’s work has focused on effective violence prevention, restorative justice, and gendered violence.

Dr. Rebecca Campbell’s one hour free webinar ‘The Neurobiology of Sexual Assault’ covers common survivor responses to sexual assault such as freeze (tonic immobility) and also how traumatic memories are stored.
Over eight million folks have watched the Consent Tea video. It’s a great start to conversations about consent. The Consent for Kids video is great for all ages as it talks about consent as essential for more than just sexy times as well as bodily autonomy being a right for everyone of all ages.
Nadine Thornhill, your friendly neighbourhood sex educator, has lots of great links and resources about how to talk with kids about consent and sexuality. With Eva Bloom, Nadine created Sex Ed School, a series of online videos for youth.

Rape Crisis Scotland made a fabulously biting PSA that takes on the myth that clothes can cause sexual assault.

One of the most common questions we get in workshops is, ‘What about alcohol and consent?’ This Everyday Feminism article opens some important discussions:

Don’t try to talk yourself into thinking that someone is more into sex than they actually are, and don’t try to convince yourself that someone is less drunk than they appear to be. Doing so may be tempting, but it can open the door to a whole host of potential problems, including committing sexual assault.
- Ellen Friedrichs

Neighbours, Friends, and Families is an Ontario bystander intervention campaign to empower folks close to survivors of domestic violence to recognize the warning signs of abuse, offer help, increase safety of the survivor, and kindly check in on their friends who might be using abuse in relationships.

We use the feeling wheel A LOT in workshops. Learning to feel feelings is a big part of our work to end violence.

Inside Out’s Sadness comforting Bing Bong is a good example of our natural instinct to ‘fix’ problems or distract people who are struggling instead of sitting with them and their feelings.
Some quick and dirty facts on reverse racism: