  {"id":174577,"date":"2023-03-22T11:21:13","date_gmt":"2023-03-22T21:21:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/?p=174577"},"modified":"2023-03-30T10:18:48","modified_gmt":"2023-03-30T20:18:48","slug":"saam-2023-webinar-series","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/2023\/03\/22\/saam-2023-webinar-series\/","title":{"rendered":"Sexual assault awareness month webinar series starts April 3"},"content":{"rendered":"<span class=\"span-reading-time rt-reading-time\" style=\"display: block;\"><span class=\"rt-label rt-prefix\">Reading time: <\/span> <span class=\"rt-time\"> 2<\/span> <span class=\"rt-label rt-postfix\">minutes<\/span><\/span><p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/system-saam-2023.jpg\" alt=\"sexual assault awareness month logo\" width=\"676\" height=\"381\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-174576\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/system-saam-2023.jpg 676w, https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/system-saam-2023-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/system-saam-2023-130x73.jpg 130w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 676px) 100vw, 676px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The University of <span aria-label=\"Hawaii\">Âé¶¹´«Ã½<\/span> is raising awareness during National Sexual Assault Awareness Month with a <a href=\"https:\/\/uhcc.hawaii.edu\/saam\">webinar series for students, faculty and staff<\/a>. The goal is to provide education about sexual assault, promote respect and inclusion, and build safer spaces at <abbr title=\"University of Hawaii\">UH<\/abbr>\u2019s 10 campuses.<\/p>\n<p>The webinar series begins April 3 and is coordinated by the Office of Equity Assurance, in collaboration with the Title <abbr title=\"roman numeral nine\">IX<\/abbr> Offices of all 10 <abbr>UH<\/abbr> campuses, and the Community Colleges Office of Compliance, <abbr title=\"Equal Employment Opportunity and Affirmative Action\">EEO\/AA<\/abbr> and Title <abbr title=\"roman numeral nine\">IX<\/abbr>.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Please join us in raising public awareness on our campuses that sexual violence is a public health, human rights, and social justice issue, and engage in our prevention efforts to make our community safer and more inclusive for all,&rdquo; said <abbr>UH<\/abbr> President <strong>David Lassner<\/strong> in a March 22 email to the 10-campus system encouraging <abbr>UH<\/abbr> community members to sign up for the webinars.<\/p>\n<h2>Sexual Assault Awareness Month webinar schedule<\/h2>\n<p>All webinars will be hosted on Zoom. Registration must be via your @hawaii.edu email account.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Monday, April 3: 1:30&#8211;3 p.m.<br \/>\nBeing Part of the Solution: Sexual Violence Prevention, Strategies and Response (for Faculty and Staff)<\/strong><br \/>\nPresented by the Sex Abuse Treatment Center and <span aria-label=\"Hawaii\">Âé¶¹´«Ã½<\/span> Sexual Assault Response and Training<\/p>\n<p><strong>Tuesday, April 4: 3&#8211;4:30 p.m.<br \/>\nThe Hardest Conversations: Telling Loved Ones about Sexual Assault Experiences<\/strong><br \/>\nPresented by Sara Vogel, <abbr>EdD<\/abbr>, Title <abbr title=\"roman numeral nine\">IX<\/abbr> Coordinator, <span aria-label=\"Hawaii\">Âé¶¹´«Ã½<\/span> Community College<\/p>\n<p><strong>Tuesday, April 11: 11 a.m.&#8211;12 p.m.<br \/>\nBeyond Mandatory Reporting: Responding to Disclosures in the Classroom<\/strong><br \/>\nPresented by Leslie Cabingabang, Senior Confidential Advocate, University of <span aria-label=\"Hawaii\">Âé¶¹´«Ã½<\/span> System; Ashley Nelson and Krisofer Teves &#8211; Graduate Students with the Thompson School of Social Work<\/p>\n<p><strong>Wednesday, April 19: 12&#8211;1 p.m.<br \/>\nUnderstanding the Dynamics of Sexual Assault<\/strong><br \/>\nPresented by Amber Barbieri &#038; Melia Schneck, <abbr title=\"Young Women's Christian Association\">YWCA<\/abbr> <span aria-label=\"Kauai\">Kaua&#699;i<\/span> Crisis Services<\/p>\n<p><strong>Monday, April 24: 3&#8211;4:30 p.m.<br \/>\nBeing Part of the Solution: Sexual Violence Prevention, Strategies and Response (for Students)<\/strong><br \/>\nPresented by the Sex Abuse Treatment Center and <span aria-label=\"Hawaii\">Âé¶¹´«Ã½<\/span> Sexual Assault Response and Training<\/p>\n<p><strong>Thursday, April 27: 12&#8211;1 p.m.<br \/>\nMissing and Murdered Native Hawaiian Women and Girls Report<\/strong><br \/>\nPresented by Nikki Cristobal, <abbr>PhD<\/abbr>, Co-Founder and Executive Director, Kam\u0101waelualani<\/p>\n<p>Given the subject matter, some of the Sexual Assault Awareness Month webinars may be emotionally upsetting. If you or someone you know needs support, help is available. Please contact a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/titleix\/help\/confidential\/\">confidential resource<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Observed annually in April, Sexual Assault Awareness Month acknowledges that there is a need for both awareness and prevention of sexual assault, harassment and abuse. It was first observed nationally in April 2001. In 2009, President Barack Obama officially <a href=\"https:\/\/obamawhitehouse.archives.gov\/the-press-office\/presidential-proclamation-marking-national-sexual-assault-awarness-month-2009\">proclaimed April<\/a> as National Sexual Assault Awareness Month.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The goal is to provide education about sexual assault, promote respect and inclusion, and build safer spaces at <abbr>UH<\/abbr>\u2019s 10 campuses.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":16,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1193],"tags":[61,62,63,64,65,769,865,14,9,60,947,59,66],"class_list":["post-174577","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-administrative","tag-hawaii-community-college","tag-honolulu-community-college","tag-kapiolani-community-college","tag-kauai-community-college","tag-leeward-community-college","tag-sexual-harassment","tag-title-ix","tag-uh-hilo","tag-uh-manoa","tag-maui-college","tag-uh-system","tag-uh-west-oahu","tag-windward-community-college","entry","has-media"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/174577","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/16"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=174577"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/174577\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":175021,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/174577\/revisions\/175021"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=174577"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=174577"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=174577"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}