Description
Campus advocacy work doesn't stop, and too often, advocates do it alone: one person handling a caseload built for three, with little time to step back and connect with others who understand.
The Virtual Campus Advocacy Summit is a national gathering built for that reality. Advocates from across the country will come together online to share real strategies, not theory. They will discuss how to hold survivor-centered response in domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, and stalking (DVSAS) cases, build institutional partnerships that hold up under pressure, and sustain themselves in demanding work.
Stay engaged—prizes will be awarded throughout the summit!
Agenda:
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Time (ET) |
Session |
Presenter |
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11:30 AM – 11:40 AM |
Welcome and Virtual Community Building |
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11:40 PM – 12:40 PM |
Plenary: Meeting the Moment: The Future of Campus Advocacy in Higher Education |
Opening Keynote Speaker: Andrew Echols, Executive Director, Every Voice Coalition |
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12:40 PM – 1:00 PM |
Break |
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1:00PM – 1:45PM |
Concurrent Sessions |
Participants select one live session. |
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Option A: Building Systems That Care: Strengthening Coordinated Campus Response Teams |
Presenter: Katy Rogers |
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Option B: Holding Care While Carrying the Work: Advocate Sustainability in Complex Campus Systems |
Presenter: Aysia Evans-Kidd |
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1:45PM – 2:00PM |
Break |
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2:00PM – 2:45PM |
Plenary 1: Supporting Survivors in the Age of AI: What Campus Advocates Need to Know |
Presenter: Kim Henry |
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2:45PM – 3:00PM |
Break |
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3:00PM – 3:45PM |
Interactive Breakout Rooms: Real Talk: The Conversations We Can't Always Have On Campus. |
An interactive discussion space with breakout rooms, focused on the realities advocates navigate, including institutional politics, burnout, role tension, and sustaining hope in difficult environments. FOUR Breakout Rooms based on topics:
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3:45PM – 4:00PM |
Break |
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4:00PM – 4:45PM |
Plenary 2: Campus Innovation Spotlight |
Moderator: Dr. Arely Z. Hernandez |
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4:45PM – 5:00PM |
Closing |
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Objectives
Learning Objectives:
By the end of the summit, participants will be able to:
- Identify concrete strategies to strengthen survivor-centered, trauma-informed, and culturally responsive approaches to domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, and stalking (DVSAS) within higher education settings.
- Examine emerging issues and evolving trends impacting campus advocacy work, including institutional change, multidisciplinary collaboration, burnout, high-risk response, technology, and shifting campus climates, to enhance ethical and effective advocacy practice.
- Apply practical strategies to strengthen campus advocacy programs, institutional partnerships, and coordinated responses that advance sustainable, survivor-centered systems of care.
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