First Annual Conference on Gender-Based Violence

Nov. 3, 2017

The Consortium hosted the First Annual Conference on Gender-Based Violence on November 3 & 4, 2017

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Panelists on stage

 

The Consortium hosted the First Annual Conference on Gender-Based Violence on November 3 & 4, 2017, which marked its “soft launch” and helped establish the Consortium as an official campus center. 

The conference brought together faculty, staff, and students, Tucson community leaders and activists, and health and legal advocates to engage in critical and timely conversation on the complex issues surrounding the epidemic of gender-based violence and marginalized populations. Workshops, keynotes, performances, and panel discussions focused on how to build survivor-driven, intersectional activism and programs aimed at providing the best possible care to survivors while radically uprooting the social and cultural attitudes that recreate cycles of violence, including sexual harassment, sexual assault, domestic violence, and hate crimes.

The conference opened with a keynote by Brooke Axtell, the founder and director of She is Rising, a healing community for women and girls overcoming rape, abuse, and sex-trafficking as well as a performance by the Tucson Girls Chorus.

You can watch this video with highlights from the conference.