Trainings:
Training programs are offered to both students and faculty/staff members.

Faculty/Staff Trainings
These trainings are open and free to all Penn faculty/staff members pending space. Please note that all previously certified AVAs are required to attend at least one training on dating violence, sexual assault, or stalking per year.
Select Thursdays, 1:00-2:30
Penn Women's Center
Please click here for dates and to register

Student Training: Students who are interested in becoming campus advocates around issues of dating violence and sexual assault are invited to participate in a comprehensive training about these issues, and the resources at Penn. This is an interactive training and will feature community experts including presenters from Women Against Abuse (www.womenagainstabuse.org) and Women Organized Against Rape(www.woar.org). It is a free training and those who participate will receive a certificate of completion. The next training will be held Saturday, March 19, 2011 @ the Penn Women's Center. Click Here to register.

Penn Anti-Violence Advocates Training: Faculty and staff members who are interested in becoming campus advocates are invited to participate in the Penn Anti-Violence Advocates Training. The comprehensive training is approximately 14-hours long and covers a variety of important topics. Participants learn about: the dynamics of dating violence, sexual assault, and stalking on campus; responding to students affected by these issues; utilizing resources on and off campus. Those who complete the training become Penn Anti-Violence Advocates. Trainings are held once a year in June and are free to participants. Please contact the Violence Prevention Educator for more information

Student Grants:
Penn Violence Prevention Programs will be distributing grants to student organizations who would like to execute programs which address dating and domestic violence, sexual assault and/or stalking.

Goals of the student grants:

• Increase awareness and education at Penn around issues pertaining to violence against women, specifically dating violence, stalking and sexual assault.
• Help student organizations offset the costs for programs related to dating violence, stalking and sexual assault.

Eligibility and Requirements:

• The grant money must be used for a program that addresses prevention, education, or awareness about dating and domestic violence, sexual assault, and/or stalking. This can include presentations, conference costs, productions, et cetera. If your intended program does not focus primarily on these issues, but is related to violence prevention, you may still be eligible.
• Grants will only be awarded to Penn students; this includes graduate and professional students.
• You can receive up to $500.00 per event in the form of a grant to be used for the program if your proposal is accepted. We ask that you fill out the attached application and submit it for consideration.
• Please allow two weeks for your grant request to be reviewed for possible approval. If your request is dependent on printing and distributing materials (such as shirts or posters) allow up to six weeks for possible approval.
• Any printed materials funded by the grant money must be submitted for approval before production or distribution. This includes shirts, posters, flyers, etc.
• If you receive a grant, you will be asked to complete a brief evaluation of the event/program. The evaluation will ask how many people attended, what materials were distributed and how the money was spent. You will also be asked to supply receipts of all money spent.
• The same group/organization can apply for a grant more than once, as long as it is for a separate event.

You may fax or drop off your completed application to the Penn Women's Center.
Grant Application
Program Evaluation

One in Four:
One in Four is an all male peer education group that does programming and outreach about sexual violence. They are available to present for student groups and campus organizations. One in Four is also always looking for new members to get involved! Visit their website at: http://pennoneinfour.org/

Workshops:
The Violence Prevention Educator is available to host or organize workshops and educational programming around issues of dating violence, sexual assault, and stalking. Workshops can be modified for specific groups to address various issues.

Workshops Topics Include:

• What is an unhealthy relationship?
• How to help a friend in an abusive relationship
• Understanding the dangers of stalking
• Sexual Violence on college campuses
• Sexual Assault and intimate partner violence in pop culture