Riverside city college m4 mho-sv - 5.21.21 - presentation (2)

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CREATING SUPPORTIVE COMMUNITIES
FOR SURVIVORS OF SEXUAL VIOLENCE

About Your Facilitator
Carly D. Weckstein, she/her
• Theatre Director
• Intimacy Choreographer
• Sex Educator
• Bookworm + Cat Mom
IG: @thespomancer

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HERE’S THE PLAN
● Setting the scene together
○ Mental Health
○ Sexual Violence
○ Stigma
● Watch and discuss ﬁlms, connect our minds and
bodies
● Panel of students and resources
● Evaluation (and a chance to enter to win a $25
Amazon gift card!)
● Virtual Mingle / Q&A (Optional)

Mental health is personal – YOU are the expert
on your own experience
Sexual violence is personal and impacts mental
health in many different ways
We are online - this is a public, shared space
We are recording this session for internal
training and evaluation purposes
Please take care of yourself however you need,
including asking for help
HEADS UP

IN JUST A FEW WORDS...
What has self-care been
looking like for you these days?
● I read comic books!
● Exercise
● Playing video games!
● Spending time with family and stepping away from the computer
● Taking care of your mental space, I like to read, take naps, painting,
going outside
● Yoga
● Video games, movies, writing
● Journaling, painting, ﬁnding new coffee shops
● Drinking tea!
● Playing guitar and reading
● Getting enough sleep!
● Traveling/car trips
● Mediation
● Exercising and gooing on long walks with my god
● Video chat with friends
● Long bubble bath and facials with loud music… painting… dancing naked
in my bedroom
● Gardening
● Music, playing ukulele or piano are myy favs
● Journaling
● Learning to draw

MENTAL HEALTH

Mental illness
Mental wellness
MENTAL HEALTH

WHAT IS STIGMA?
A judgment or stereotype that is:
○ Always negative
○ Always untrue
○ Can be internalized

Sexual Violence Survivor
○ Personal deﬁnition
○ Has been through a potentially traumatic experience,
or set of experiences, involving sexual or intimate
acts
○ Experience was against their wishes
○ and/or crossed a boundary that they had set
○ and/or left them feeling violated, used, scared, unsafe
or hurt

Poll: Have you ever seen sexual
violence depicted in the media?
A Yes
C
B
No
Can’t remember

Poll: Do you recall seeing
depictions of the violence itself?
A Yes
C
B
No
Can’t remember

Poll: Do you recall seeing
depictions of the survivor’s healing
process after the violence?
A Yes
C
B
No
Can’t remember

Reﬂecting on our answers
to these questions: =
What are your ﬁrst thoughts?
● People show the acts without the after affects or the healing processs
● The shows can be triggering
● All of the shows I’ve seen that show these things are newer, because it
was something rarely discussed before
● It can open people’s eyes to sexual violence
● I feel like media often uses sexual violence as something as a terrible
act, but often ignore the mental states and healing of survivors
● Not much spotlight on the healing section
● More information regarding healing is necessary to include in stories
● I am thinking of the Shawshank Redemption, they only showed the
violence
● I think it’s more focused on the violence because it’s more down but the
healing process isn’t as known or easyy

1-800-656-4673
By Lauren Plattman
AWI Winner, October 2020
CONTENT HEADS UP
social isolation, mention of sexual assault

What did you think?
How did you feel?
● That was really nice!
● Very emotional
● How do we clap virtually?
● … still processing … but it was … powerful
● It felt real and emotional
● I could relate to isolating after my trauma
● Wow… you just never know the anguish a person is really going through
● The direction was interesting ni focusing on speciﬁc sections of the
online interaction
● I really appreciated that we were able to see what she was
experiencing while not explicitly going into the assault
● I wonder why she didn’t feel comfortable talking to her friends, I mean,
they’re her friends
● Sometimes you dont talk to friends and family because you dont want
others to know hows much you’re struggling
● It could feel like it’s your fault

How might stigma impact
survivors of sexual violence?
● It might make them feel obligated to not say anything. It might make them feel
like it’s for attention or people will judge them.
● Stigma may minimize the battles survivors go through.
● It often keeps people from reporting the assault
● It could keep one from coming forward
● Victim blaming
● Stigma makes it seem like you’re weak and naive
● Ppl not wanting anything to do with you anymore because ur damaged goods
● Makes you feel like no one can relate to your experience
● Feel more pressured
● Deter from seeking help because of stigma
● Gaslighting
● The “making mountains out of mole hills” comment on a serious situation
● They don’t want to hurt anyone else because you’re reporting someone
● I feel like if sexual violence doesn’t ﬁt into the stereotypical idea of it (an evil
perpetrator who’s in a dark alley) then the survivor feels scared that their
experience iis not valid and question if they are overreacting
● Wanting to avoid being a burden
● “It was your choice to put yourself in that situation”
● Depending on the state, such as being drunk, people will not believe the story
● For MEN speciﬁcally, it is seen as a lack of masculinity

BREATHING
EXERCISE

HOW WAS THIS BREATHING
EXERCISE FOR YOU?
A Relaxing
C
B
D
E
Invigorating
or refreshing
Meh
Stressful or
uncomfortable
New

Touch Me Don’t Touch Me
By Lucie Rachel
AWI Winner, October 2018
CONTENT HEADS UP
discussion of sexual violence

What is one word to
describe how you’re
feeling right now?
● Wowww
● That was amazing
● 🤯 .
● Overwhelmed
● Touched
● Like PTSD
● Heavy
● Anxious
● Real
● Yea heavy
● Word sof poetry turned into visual storytelling. We
don’t see this perspective often.
● “How can this act of love be the worst thing that’s
ever happened to me” I like that lin
● This is a good ﬁlm for those in a relationship with a
survivor

What makes it difficult
to reach out for help?
● Ashamed
● Fear of judgement and misunderstanding
● Sometimes they feel threatened, or they don’t want the person to leave them.
Even if it hurts.
● Embarrassment
● Getting more hurt
● Guilt
● Making it worse
● Distorting image of yourself
● Having your guard up
● Not having anywhere or anyone to go to
● Making the situation real
● There are resources but people are more afraid of being seen in centers
hurting their image
● Sometimes reporting it means accepting something happened to you
● Sex is really pressued ni our society as the most intimiate way to sshow
affection, but it can be scary and anxiety-inducing for survivors going nito a
relatioinship since there’s a struggle to be intimate again
● My partner is a survivor and it’s painful for both us us but we’re working
through it as a couple and he’s grown a lot
● Thinking it was your own fault/feeling guilty about the situation

If the narrator of the film was your
friend and told you he was sexually
assaulted, what might you say to him?
● No pressure to talk about it, but I am here for you
● Tell them that their experience is valid
● I would probably just take in every word and let them vent it all
● When you are ready, I’m here for you
● I would thank him for telling me and tell him that he’s done nothing
wrong. I’d ask him what would help him feel supported.
● I would say that I’m always here for the person, regardless. Without
judgement. But I wouldn’t pressure them to talk to someone about it. It
will take time to process but you will get through it. Time only moves
forward.
● You are valid and there is not pressure to talk about it, I am here for you.
● It’s not your fault.
● It’s ok not to be ok.
● Tell them they’re valuable and worthy of real love.
● Listen and ask if he is safe and find someone or a way to help
● Remind them of the option to report it but not force them. Offering to go
with them if they choose to report.
● That bad experience doesn’t define who youuu are. I love the peron I’ve
come to know and we’ll get through this.
● Make sure theyy are in a safe living space, if they are safe at home or
school etc.

BODY
SCAN

HOW WAS THE BODY
SCAN FOR YOU?
A Relaxing
C
B
D
E
Invigorating
or refreshing
Meh
Stressful or
uncomfortable
New

I Am Here
By Sorrel Milne
AWI Winner, November 2020
CONTENT HEADS UP
discussion of post traumatic stress disorder

What is one word to describe
how you’re feeling right now?
● Seen
● Moved
● Impactful
● Enlightened
● Connected
● A bit confused
● Emotional
● Understood
● True
● Lost
● Humbling
● Seen

What are some ways we can
support ourselves and others?
● Looking at things through different perspectives. Don’t just think of
how it makes us feel but others as well.
● A big one is note using r*pe jokes, you never ever know who is
listening or what their story is
● Listen
● Being an ally
● Attend support groups with them
● Being mindful how you treat others, you never know what others are
going through
● Validation
● Advocating for survivors in our everyday life
● Listen, acknowledge, don’t try to lecture or ﬁx it.
● Check up on your friends and family
● Support others, listen
● Write it out or put your emotions into a drawing
● I’m doing a fundraiser for RAINN on my instragram today for my
birthday
● Just be open to the realities of it and not inject your own opinion all
the time
● Show people they are valuable

PANEL
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MEET THE PANEL
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Casey Redd (she/her)
Student, Riverside City College
Laura Howard (she/him)
Student, Riverside City College
Lynnette Navarro Sullivan (she/her)
LMFT and LPCC, Student Health and Psychological Services, Moreno Valley College and
Norco College
Yovana Valerio (she/her)
Institution Advocate, part of the Client Care Team at the Riverside Area Rape Crisis Center

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