Mid-semester is identified in college health as the “red zone” due to the highest rates of sexual misconduct reports. This is also during a time of re-alignment of strategic resources, creating greater synergies between the Office of Respect, the Office of Health Promotion, Counseling and Psychological Services, and Student Health Services to increase collaboration as the university works towards a strategic goal of student flourishing. This creates a prime opportunity for fresh thinking with the ability for meaningful change to be implemented.

October 12 features the authors of Sexual Citizens having a moderated discussion of their research and writing from 10-11:15 a.m. Support spaces will be available for students as well as space for faculty and staff after the speaking event. The authors have a private meeting with university executives in the afternoon to discuss possibilities and aspirations.

On October 13, RespectCon will host a series of workshops presented by professional staff in areas of expertise on topics requested by the Sexual Assault Peer Advocates and students on the planning committee.

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The Sexual Citizens speaker event is October 12 from 10-11:15 a.m. in ESC N10 Multipurpose Room, and the RespectCon workshops take place October 13 from 9-4 p.m. in Emory Student Center and AMUC.

This is intended for everyone. There are dedicated survivor spaces throughout the event by the Office of Respect Counselor/Advocates, who are confidential resources.

From a prevention standpoint, Emory has a long history of teaching about consent and bystander intervention at orientation and refreshers by request. By engaging with the Sexual Citizens research, we seek to broaden our approach and increase understanding of new and meaningful strategies that our community can utilize.

Drs Jennifer Hirsch and Shamus Khan offer an approach that doesn’t solely rely on students protecting themselves and each other. Their research gives infrastructure to the underlying issues of diversity, equity, and inclusion that allow some students to navigate sex on campus safely, and others less so. They also provide access to understanding sexual harm that does not fit definitions used in reporting processes and is helpful to all, including those who have unintentionally caused harm based on harmful social messaging.

Sexual Citizens offers considerations for space, economics, identity, substances, and power differentials on college campuses. This includes how we think of safe parties, institutional resource gaps, and gender dynamics as students learn of their own sexual projects (what is sex for?), institutions consider sexual geographies (how are we setting students up for safety?), and sexual citizenship (how are we caring for self and others?).

We are planning this event with support for survivors in mind. At the event, we will have dedicated support spaces and personnel available, timely trigger warnings, and content that is trauma informed. You may absolutely leave at any time without question or attention being brought to you from presenters.

Office of Respect Counselor/Advocates are available throughout the entirety of the events.

Our events are open to the Emory community, and we cannot guarantee who will be at these events. There will be support available to you if you need to process.

Information on reporting to Title IX will be available as well as reporting for criminal processes through Emory Police Department.

Sexual Citizens offers considerations for space, economics, identity, substances, and power differentials on college campuses. This includes how we think of parties, institutional resource gaps, and gender dynamics as students learn of their own sexual projects (what is sex for?), sexual geographies (how are we setting students up for safety?), and sexual citizenship (how are we caring for self and others?).