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Respect My Red Leadership Training Institute

Creating Culture Change Around Healthy Relationships & Sexual Assault Prevention

Location: Rosemont College in Bryn Mawr, PA in Rotwitt Theater

Date & Time: Thursday, September 20, 2018 | 5:30pm -8:30pm

Attendees: Open to Delegates from 15 high schools, school administrators, counselors, advisors and college students. Tuition to this event is generously subsidized by a grant to combat sexual violence by the PA Department of Education.

Schedule:
5:30-6pm:  Check-in & Light Refreshments (Pre-test must be completed)

6pm: Welcome by Sharon Hirsch, President of Rosemont College & Katie Koestner, Director for Respect My Red

6:10pm: Why Respect My Red?

6:20-6:40pm: He Said – She Said Interactive Case Study

6:40-7:25pm: Knowledge & Attitudes (Lecture & Quick-shop)

7:25-8:20pm: Behaviors & Bystander Skills (Lecture & Quick-shop)

8:20pm: Closing and Post-test

What is Respect My Red?
RMR is an engaging, interactive curriculum on respectful relationships. RMR teaches the components of healthy relationships and in turn reduces the incidence of sexual harassment and assault. The curricula tackle four critical aspects of culture change: knowledge, attitude, behavior, and pro-social bystander skills. The institute features interactive theatre, social media, and case studies.

What will I experience at RMR? Attend the RMR Training Institute to work with fellow attendees in “quick-shops,” participate in an interactive case study, and learn new skills from inspiring and highly skilled trainers. RMR is accommodating of all faith and cultural backgrounds. Learn how to effect culture change with primary prevention and bystander intervention. 

Attain RMR Level 1 Certification. The curriculum was developed with over fifty leading researchers and experts in the fields of sexual assault prevention, sexual health, psychology, sociology, mental health and healthy relationships.

Leave with a Plan, the Tools and the Skills. Private or public. Large or small. Religious or nondenominational. Athletes, scholars and artists. Urban or rural. Respect My Red has options for each.  Be ready to implement as soon as you get back to your campus.

 Essential Skills and Training.

• Understand current laws and policies on consent and incapacitation related to sexual assault.


• Learn characteristics of healthy and unhealthy relationships.


• Train on a comprehensive up-stander program with ready-to-use curricula.


• Understand definitions and manifestations of technology-related sexual assault, harassment, consent, incapacitation, alcohol-related issues, sexual exploitation, relationship abuse, stalking, dating violence and more.


• Practice your skills and knowledge in “quickshops” with peers during the event.


• Learn how to reach and engage peers from various backgrounds, including gender, race, religious affiliation, socio-economic background, and sexual orientation.

RMR Resource Kit  The RMR Institute Resource Kit will be made available to all attendees online as a password protected link. The link will be sent electronically to the email address you provided during your Eventbrite registration for the Institute. At this link you will find materials for further study, training webinars and curriculum guides. The link will be active for 30 days.

Respect My Red Leadership Institute Faculty Biographies

Katie Koestner – Executive Director, Campus Outreach Services

Katie Koestner is a national expert on student safety and technology issues. She has appeared on the cover of TIME Magazine, The Oprah Winfrey Show, NBC Nightly News, CNBC Talk Live, CNN, Larry King Live, Good Morning America, Later Today, MSNBC, Entertainment Tonight and other national television programs. She is the subject of an HBO movie and has lectured at over 5000 schools in North America. Her audiences have included the incoming classes at MIT, Brown University, West Point, the US Naval Academy, Amherst College, Williams College, the top 200 officers of the Department of Defense, and the American Association of School Administrators. In 2010, the US Ambassador to India invited Katie to keynote and lead a 19-day campaign in India to raise awareness about Violence Against Women. In 2011, Ms. Koestner’s Foundation, Take Back The Night, was chosen by the TV Show, The Good Wife, as their charity of choice for their Celebrity Golf Tournament. The Girl Scouts of America selected Katie, Katie Couric and a handful of others as honored women to present for their 100th Anniversary Celebration.   She has assisted the US Department of Education in developing and providing programs to women in high risk communities.   Her testimony on Capitol Hill was instrumental in the passage of federal student safety legislation. In 2007, Coe College awarded her an honorary doctorate for her extensive work on student safety and public service. In 2015, the US Department of State chose Katie to work with a delegation of Chinese diplomates at the United Nations on strategies to reduce sexual and relationship violence.  

Gordon Braxton – Author, Activist and Educator; Director of Men’s Outreach

The November 2015 issue of Ebony magazine identified Gordon Braxton as a “super man” because he is a committed activist focused on fighting intimate violence. He is a graduate of the University of Virginia and the Harvard Graduate School of Education. He was introduced to the field of sexual violence prevention as a peer educator in an all-male anti-violence group at the University of Virginia, where he graduated with the Algernon Sidney Sullivan Award, the University’s highest award for humanitarian service. He also won the Black Fraternal Council’s Man of the Year Award, among other distinctions.  Upon Gordon’s graduation, Katie Koestner, who helped coin the term “date rape” with her 1991 appearance on the cover of TIME, invited him to join her as a presenter on the topic of sexual violence prevention. He has gone on to present to over 1000 secondary schools, colleges, universities, community organizations, and military institutions throughout the country. From 2005 to 2009, Gordon was the Prevention Specialist at Harvard University’s Office of Sexual Assault Prevention and Response and helped implement the school’s violence prevention policies. He remains an ally to the violence prevention community as a blogger on manhood and rape culture, as a part-time public speaker, and as an occasional contributor to radio and television engagements. He currently works as a Contract Specialist with the US Government when he is not speaking, writing, and otherwise mobilizing men to end sexual violence.

Drew – Educator and Activist, Director for Inclusivity

Drew graduated from St. Norbert College with a BA in History and Education, and later earned an MA in Liberal Studies from Stony Brook University. Drew works at Rotary International, an international non-profit focused on joining leaders to take action both locally and globally to create lasting change. Drew has curated a particularly strong interest in educating on LGBTQ (Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Queer) communities since she was eighteen. Queer herself, Drew understands what it’s like to be the “other” and misunderstood. More importantly, she knows the happiness that comes with embracing our authentic selves, and the strength that comes from advocating for others. She has been a key player in the design of LGBT Safe Zone curricula at several Higher Education institutions. She is an active member of the Steering Committee for the LGBTQA Commission for the International Academic Advising organization, NACADA, and co-founder of the staff Pride Network at Rotary. Drew is a fierce advocate for all of the queer communities, and regularly researches trends, statistics, and current issues to ensure maximum capability to educate and transform. She has been voted by both peers and students as a top presenter at statewide, regional, and national conferences, and consistently receives positive feedback from workshop and presentation attendees. Drew is routinely ranked high in energy, enthusiasm, and motivation, and delivers strong, captivating, educational information in each presentation.