Get the tools you need to prevent sexual, domestic, and dating violence in your community.
Founded in 2012, Chrysalis Network provides holistic, customized, effective, and evidence-informed training programs and consulting services to colleges, schools, businesses, and organizations. We are committed to building a strong professional network, creating space for personal and professional growth, and helping you and your community reach full capacity to successfully respond to and prevent sexual, domestic, and dating violence.
The Chrysalis Network Team
JULIETTE GRIMMETT, FOUNDER
Juliette Grimmett, MPH has over 24 years of professional experience creating and implementing interactive gender-based violence prevention and response programs that call people to action. She most enjoys creating and facilitating engaging and customized workshops for businesses, schools, and colleges and universities. In addition to consulting, she serves as the Sexual Assault Victim Policy Strategist for the NC Department of Justice as part of the DOJ-funded Sexual Assault Kit Initiative (SAKI) grant. Juliette is also a survivor of campus rape and has shared her story at many Take Back the Night events as well as with legislatures, law enforcement, prosecutors, SANE, and on national television and nationally printed media. Juliette is a fierce advocate for survivors, holding offenders accountable, and dismantling all forms of oppression. She holds a Master in Public Health degree from UNC-Chapel Hill.
MARC GRIMMETT, LEAD CONSULTANT
Marc A. Grimmett, Ph.D., is a licensed psychologist, professor, coordinator for clinical mental health counseling, and founder and co-director of the Community Counseling, Education, and Research Center (CCERC) of the counselor education program at North Carolina State University. Dr. Grimmett is the executive producer, co-director, and co-writer of MY MASCULINITY HELPS, an educational documentary that explores the role of African American men and boys in the prevention of sexual violence. He has over 20 years of professional mental health experience working in different settings including university counseling, community mental health, and substance abuse treatment centers, as well as in-home counseling services and private practice.
Our Training Philosophy
Chrysalis Network (CN) respects the knowledge and perspective of every participant and works to create a learning environment that honors their experiences and varying learning styles. Through interactive activities, participants will have the opportunity to fully engage themselves in learning. CN believes that the eradication of sexual and dating violence cannot occur without the elimination of all forms of oppression including sexism, heterosexism, racism, and classism. CN’s work stems from this foundation and will be incorporated into all workshops and trainings.
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Our Prevention Approach
Chrysalis Network follows the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s (CDC) socio-ecological approach to prevention. This asserts that to achieve the best outcomes, all levels of a community (e.g. students, educators, parents/caregivers, policy makers, etc.) need to work to end sexual violence and to do so at the same time. The CDC defines primary prevention as an approach that takes place before sexual violence has occurred to prevent initial perpetration or victimization. In other words, the only way to stop victimization is by stopping perpetration.
As such, we take this approach in all of our work by:
- centering perpetrator behaviors and the culture that promote and sustain those behaviors as the problem;
- creating trauma-informed spaces where all survivors feel visible and comfortable to report; and
- helping schools and organizations feel confident in their approach to hold harm doers accountable in meaningful ways.