THE 2023 CONFERENCE WILL BE HELD 100% ONLINE USING STATE-OF-THE-ART VIRTUAL CONFERENCING SOFTWARE

Can’t attend the live conference? No Problem! 99% of sessions will be recorded and available to view in the conference platform 3 months after the event. You can still get CEs for viewing recorded sessions. 

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Schedule at a Glance

All Concurrent Breakout Sessions will be live with most recorded so that attendees can access the sessions on their own time for up to 3 months after the conference.

All times are Eastern Standard Time

Friday, December 8

11:00 – 11:15 am Morning Games
11:30 -12:45 pm Session IV
1:15 – 2:45 pm Session V
3:00 – 4:00 pm Cultivating Connection and Community: Conversations on Empowering Students to Make Change in Their Communities — A Panel Discussion

Workshops & Poster Sessions

Keynote Speakers

Poetry as Activism

A virtual poetry performance and sharing from Ebony Stewart through poetry as a form of activism to engage, call-in, and navigate healing communities.

Ebony Stewart is an award-winning international touring poet, author, writer, and performance artist that combines activism and art, making her an artivist. As one of the most decorated poets in Texas, Ebony Stewart is a Woman of the World Poetry Slam Champion, respected coach, mental health advocate, and educator. She has shared stages with the late-Amiri Baraka, Patricia Smith, Marsha Ambrosius, Rudy Francisco, and many more. Her work has gone viral on several different platforms and has been featured in AfroPunk, Teen Vogue, For Harriet, Button Poetry and more – just to name a few. She has performed in 49 states and has been a headliner in Norway, Ghana, Australia, and Canada. Learn more about Ebony Stewart at EbPoetry.com.

Technology-facilitated Sexual Abuse: An Introduction for Higher Education Practitioners

Technology-facilitated Sexual Abuse is the use of technology and new media to facilitate sex-based abuse. Behaviors can include nonconsensual pornography (“revenge porn”), recorded sexual assaults, deepfakes, sextortion, cyber harassment, cyber dating violence, and cyber stalking. This keynote will introduce attendees to the forms of technology-facilitated sexual abuse present in higher education settings. Participants will examine best practices for applying policy to incidents of technology-facilitated sexual abuse and providing supportive measures for this unique type of sex-based misconduct.

Mikiba W. Morehead, Ed.D., Consultant, TNG is a consultant with TNG and has extensive experience in Student Affairs as a Student Conduct practitioner specialized in the areas of Title IX, crisis management, and student advocacy.

Her expertise centers on cyber sexual abuse, informal resolution processes, specifically mediation and restorative justice, policy revision, and ADA/504 compliance. Morehead has developed and delivered numerous trainings for investigators, decision-makers, hearing boards, appeal officers, and support persons across public, private, and health science/medical education institutions. She provides effective and sustainable solutions for colleges, universities, and schools to care for the needs of students and campus communities with an eye towards social justice. She has served as an interim Title IX Coordinator for a college client.

Prior to joining TNG, Morehead served as Title IX Coordinator and Director of Student Disability Services at the Baylor College of Medicine in Houston, Texas, Director of Community Standards at the University of Texas at Arlington, and Program Coordinator for Student Conduct at Texas A& M University.

Morehead holds a B.A. in Communication and an M.A. in Higher Education Administration from the University of Louisville, and an Ed.D. in Education, Ethical Leadership from the University of St. Thomas – Houston.

The Practical Side of Respondent Services — A panel discussion

Through this panel discussion, participants will hear from three different campuses about their approach to working with students who have been accused of and those responsible for sexual misconduct. The panel will discuss the range of students’ needs they face in their work, the process for assessing a student to determine the kind of intervention needed, what services are provided to students on or off campus, and how these services have been integrated into alternative resolution processes. They will also offer their insights into the development or use of assessment and educational materials such as STARRSA. Each of the panelists will also add their rationale for why this work on campus is an integral and necessary part of a more comprehensive approach to sexual violence prevention.

Moderator: Jay Wilgus, JD, MDR – Klancy Street, LLC

Panelists: 

• Kyla Martin,  Confidential Resource Advisor, Northeastern University
• Felicia McCrary, Assistant Director for Sexual and Gender-Based Misconduct Programs, University of Michigan
• Mara Woods, Respondent Support Services Coordinator, University of Oregon

Cultivating Connection and Community: Conversations on Empowering Students to Make Change in Their Communities — A Panel Discussion

Join a panel of current and former student peer educators, leaders, and activists from across institutions for a discussion on the possibilities and practicalities of empowering students to do change work in their campus communities. Hear about their unique successes and campaigns (that go far beyond prize wheel tabling and mandatory workshops!) and learn what they have (or will be) taking away from their experiences as students to apply to careers in the fields of prevention and advocacy. This panel will offer current practitioners in the field an opportunity to reflect on their current practices as well as ask for insight on how they can strengthen their current or future programs.

Moderator: Rachel Stewart, Ed.M. – University of New Hampshire

Panelists:

• Aislyn O’Connell, Senior, University of New Hampshire
• Kayla Tavarez, Senior, Connecticut College
• Kaitlin Regan, Domestic Violence Advocate
• Megan Tracy, Post-Conviction Victim Advocate at the Connecticut Alliance to End Sexual Violence

Conflicts of Interest in Advocacy: Identifying Solutions for Greater Trauma-Informed Care — A Panel Discussion

In the complex world of campus advocacy, there are times when advocates encounter conflicts of interest. What should an advocate do when two (or more) people from the same situation come in requesting services? How can the advocate tell who’s the real survivor and perpetrator? How do you balance the conflicts of cross-complaints? What is the advocate’s ethical obligation to serving all students? This panel will address these questions and more, helping advocates navigate the complexity of their role on campus.

Moderator:  Katie Parks, MSW – Central Washington University

Panelists: 

• Rachelle Ellis, Case Manager, University of Georgia
• AK Krauss, Assistant Director of the Gender & LGBTQIA Center for Violence Response, Elon University
• Destiny Marrufo, Assistant Director, CARES, Pomona College
• Rachel Stewart, Director of the Sexual Harassment & Rape Prevention Program, University of New Hampshire

Self-Care Session: Reiki-Infused Sound Bath

Join Sarah for an hour of rest and relaxation in a Reiki-Infused Sound Bath session. Please find a quiet and comfortable spot where you will be able to relax and settle into the healing energies. For optimal support and relaxation, Sarah recommends laying down with a blanket and pillow, and any additional props you might need for comfort (eye mask, candles, etc.). If you are not able to lie down, this session is still effective from the comfort of any chair. Please come to rest and find peace and simply unwind to the sounds of the universe.

Sarah Myles is an ICRT-certified Reiki Master, ICRT-certified Karuna Reiki Master, certified Sound Healer through the Center of Light Institute, as well as a lifelong singer-songwriter and musician.  Sarah has a passion for helping people find peace and rediscover the radiant Light within themselves, using her unique compositions of background music, meditations, sound healing instruments, voice, and Reiki as paths that lead back to the infinite wisdom of the heart and Soul.  

Sarah offers private individual reiki/sound sessions online as well as group reiki/sound sessions and mini-retreats near Raleigh, NC.  She is also a teacher on Insight Timer.

OVW Grantees and Continuing Education Credits

We invite OVW grantees and those seeking CEs to register for the conference now so that you can take advantage of the early registration rate. Realistically, we may not be notified of the approvals until November and do not want you to miss out on early rates. If we do not receive OVW approval or NBCC CEs (which has never happened), we will provide you with a full refund.

Scholarship Opportunities

Chrysalis Network is grateful to offer you the opportunity to apply for any of our 3 scholarship options. Applications are due by November 29, 2023, and notifications will be made by Friday December 1, 2023. Please note, if you apply and do not receive a scholarship, we will offer you the early registration rate.

Harassment Free NC Scholarship

5 AVAILABLE

A registration scholarship open to anyone interested in attending Puzzles.

Harassment Free NC is a Raleigh, NC-based organization committed to creating environments where sexual harassment is not tolerated. They are proud to partner with Chrysalis Network and the Puzzles conference to provide 5 registration scholarships.

All applications will be kept confidential among the small group of reviewers from the Puzzles Advisory Committee.