THE CONFERENCE WILL BE HELD 100% ONLINE USING STATE-OF-THE-ART VIRTUAL CONFERENCING SOFTWARE
Can’t attend the live conference? No Problem! All sessions will be recorded and available to view on the conference platform 3 months after the event. You can still get CEs for viewing recorded sessions.
2024 Conference Overview
Chrysalis Network, the NC State University Counseling Center, and the NC State University Women’s Center are excited to bring you the 11th annual Solving the Campus Sexual Assault & Dating Violence Puzzle International Conference.
As the national lens continues to bring much-needed attention to the crisis of sexual and dating violence, now is the time, more than ever, to spotlight, celebrate, and learn from the transformative prevention and response work being done in and around our campus communities.
This year’s conference will highlight the courageous work of those on campuses and in the community who remain relentless in their push against the cultural norms of silence, victim-blaming, and minimization, to inspire action and healing for justice.
While “Puzzles”, as it has come to be known, facilitates learning opportunities in a traditional conference workshop format, it is also a space grounded in building community through relationships and wellness. Our virtual conference will offer a variety of opportunities for participants to connect with each other, experience mindfulness and wellness activities, and even win cash as part of daily engagement challenges and icebreaker games.
All sessions will be recorded and accessible to registrants for 3 months post-conference.
Please join us on our 11th year as we continue to work together to solve the campus sexual assault & dating violence puzzle.
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Workshop & Poster Proposals
The workshop, panel, and poster application period is open! The application deadline is 11:59pm Monday, September 16, 2024
IMPORTANT DATES
7/5/24: EXTRA Early Registration Ends
9/6/24: Early Registration Ends
9/16/24: Workshop Proposal Deadline
11/7/24: Regular Registration Ends
11/8/24: Late Registration Begins
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The NC State Counseling Center is proud to partner with the Chrysalis Network to bring the “Solving the Campus Sexual Assault & Dating Violence Puzzle” conference again this year. The Counseling Center is dedicated to being a part of the solution when it comes to sexual assault and interpersonal violence. We recognize the impact these traumatic experiences have on survivors, their friends and family, the campus and larger community as a whole. We also know that there is a stigma regarding what it means to be a survivor of sexual assault and interpersonal violence. With this stigma, survivors can feel unseen, unheard and unsupported. We understand how much courage it takes to reach out. We strive to “Stop the Stigma” and want survivors to know that we see you, we hear you and we are here to support you.
The NC State University Women’s Center is proud to co-host the Puzzles Conference this year. As a campus community center focused on addressing gender, equity, and social justice, we are committed to disrupting and dismantling rape culture, challenging harmful narratives, and providing space for healing and recovery for individuals impacted by interpersonal violence. Through this work, we critically examine the links between systemic oppression, interpersonal violence, and survivors’ multiple intersecting identities and traumas, always working to ensure that the voices of BIPOC, queer, and disabled folx are central to the work that takes place in the Center. While the Women’s Center works to end IPV, we are also committed to ending systemic racism, homophobia, transphobia, fatphobia, sexism, ableism, and all forms of interpersonal, institutional, community, and state-sponsored violence that prevent us from realizing our vision of a world that honors, respects, believes, and values all survivors as being loved, worthy, and enough.
Why Puzzles?
Yes, there are a ton of conferences out there – what makes this one so special you ask??? Here are our top 5 reasons:
- Presenters: While we bring in the headliners, we also shine spotlights on local unfamiliar rock stars. We strive to provide opportunities for those who are often overlooked.
- Cost: Offers an affordable national conference experience with a small group feel. Other national sexual violence conferences charge upwards of triple our registration fee ($400-$775 versus $160-$275, with most being $500+).
- Content: Puzzles focuses entirely on campus sexual and dating violence and all presenters are required to incorporate aspects of intersectionality in their sessions.
- Cash: As an incentive to network with other participants, play morning games, and to visit our sponsor exhibitor booths, we will award multiple cash prizes per day. Winners will get cash Venmo’d straight to them!
- Community: Puzzles is centered on the importance of building relationships and community. Our plentiful and hard-working team strives to create a personalized, connected, supportive, and welcoming conference experience tailored to you. Even though we are virtual, we believe you will continue to feel our personal connection!
Stalking Prevention and Awareness Center Keynote Address – Title TBA
Stalking impacts 1 in 3 women and 1 in 6 men in the United States. Yet, there is no stalking hotline, no stalking crisis centers, and it is often difficult for stalking victims to recognize what they are experiencing and/or know where to go for help. Our task at the Stalking Prevention, Awareness, & Resource Center (SPARC) of AEquitas is to “help the helpers”, making sure that the victim service providers (including domestic violence shelters and rape crisis agencies), campuses, law enforcement agencies, and other places where stalking victims come for help and support have the training and resources they need to better respond to victims and survivors.
OVW Grantees and Continuing Education Credits
We are applying for CEs for Counselors and Social Workers.
OVW Grantees from the Campus, Culturally Specific Services, Transitional Housing, Culturally Specific Sexual Assault Services, STOP formula, SASP formula, Coalitions, Disability, and Underserved programs are required to submit a GAM to get approval specific to their awards in order to attend this conference.
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. If we do not receive OVW approval or NBCC CEs (which has never happened), we will provide you with a full refund.
CHECK BACK SOON FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THIS YEAR’S CONFERENCE PROGRAMMING!
For More Information:
Juliette Grimmett
juliette@chrysalisnetwork.com
(919) 624-9575