Call for Proposals - National Sexual Assault Conference 2013

CALCASA is now accepting proposals from organizations and individuals interested in presenting information and/or facilitating workshops at NSAC 2013. Presentation and workshop sessions will be organized around the following primary tracks:

•     Crisis Intervention and Advocacy for Survivors
•     Campus Communities
•     Law and Policy
•     Prevention
•     Wellness and Self-Care

Criteria:

Proposals will be considered based on the following criteria:

•     Content reflects best practices to address and/or prevent sexual violence;
•     Content reflects recent research on topics related to sexual abuse;
•     Session supports critical conversations to advance work to address and/or prevent sexual violence;
•     Content is aligned with conference theme (“Inspire a Movement, Invest in Change, Imagine…”);
•     Session includes use of adult learning methods, as appropriate;
•     Sessions learning objectives are clear.

Workshop Length:

    Each workshop session is 90 minutes in length, so please plan your workshop accordingly. Workshops that cover two (2), 90 minute sessions may be considered but not encouraged.

Additional Considerations:

•     Sessions that focus on working in culturally-specific communities are strongly encouraged.
•     Sessions that are intended to be delivered entirely in Spanish are strongly encouraged.
•     Sessions that describe efforts that primarily engage communities on college or university campuses should submit to the Campus Communities track instead of other tracks.
•     Sessions that have been presented at previous National Sexual Assault Conferences should include new information, resources, and/or insights.

Audience:

The National Sexual Assault Conference attracts a wide variety of people committed to addressing and preventing sexual assault including:

•     Advocates
•     Prevention Educators
•     Community Activists
•     Law Enforcement
•     Trainers
•     Survivors
•     Health Care Providers
•     Local, State, National, Territorial, and Tribal Governments
•     Military
•     Funders
•     Corporate Allies
•     Sex Offender Management Experts

Topics:

Potential topics can include, but are not limited to issues related to:

•     Bystander intervention prevention strategies
•     Child sexual abuse
•     Community mobilization and organizing
•     Evaluation of prevention strategies
•     Gender-transformative prevention strategies
•     Health-promotion prevention strategies
•     Intersectionality/links to other issues or oppressions
•     Media development prevention education or awareness building
•     Prevention policies and organizational practices
•     Reducing sexual assault in the armed services
•     Sex offender management
•     Sexual assault in underserved communities utilizing culturally and linguistically appropriate services
•     Sexual assault in incarceration/prisons
•     Sexual assault in the workplace
•     Sexual assault of men or boys
•     Trauma-informed care approaches for sexual assault survivors
•     Work with survivors who have a disability