Our Safer Leadership Training is a 9-week extracurricular course about gender- & power-based violence prevention & response. This training is offered quarterly during the academic year!

By taking this training you are taking the first step in becoming a campus leader to end all forms of gender- and power-based violence, including sexual assault, sexual misconduct, dating violence, domestic violence, exploitation, and stalking. Learn how to be an ally to survivors, as well as engage in campus- and community-wide prevention efforts! This course is taught through an intersectional social justice & public health lens.

After completing our Safer Leadership Training (SLT), you will:

• Contextualize the movement against violence within broader movements of anti-oppression, anti-supremacy & de-colonization
• Have extensive knowledge of topics regarding sexual assault, intimate partner violence, and stalking
• Understand dynamics of healthy relationships, healthy sexual experiences, boundaries, communication and roots of equity
• Gain confidence responding to disclosures of gender- & power-based violence
• Learn the neurobiology and psychology of trauma
• Demonstrate positive bystander intervention behaviors & pro-social norm setting
• Articulate public health models and frameworks for violence prevention
• Differentiate various reporting and justice pathways (law enforcement, Title IX, legal system, restorative/transformative justice)
• Learn from on- & off-campus resources
• Present an Action Project that could turn into a volunteer opportunity!

Our Safer Leadership Training is interactive and discussion-based, conducted by Safer professional staff in collaboration with our student peer leaders, as well as on-campus and off-campus community resources. 

Fridays ∙ 10am-12pm
9 Class Sessions (Weeks 1-9): 1/10, 1/17, 1/24, 1/31, 2/7, 2/14, 2/21, 2/28, 3/7
Optional Volunteer Orientation: 3/14

*All sessions are mandatory if seeking a volunteer or staff position with Safer. Excused absences can be discussed on a case-by-case basis and must be made up within the following week.*

 

Applications for Winter 2024 are due Friday, December 13th, at 5pm.

“SLT is hands down the best experience I've had at Cal Poly. Everyone around me was incredibly supportive and I learned how to be a better person and advocate for the people around me.” 

“This is a place you will want to be, and an organization you will want to be a part of.” 

“Caring about the community is one thing. Taking actions to affirm the community’s wellbeing is another. SLT is a catalyst in harnessing your care into action.” 

“I feel like the skills and information I've learned through SLT will serve me for a lifetime.” 

“SLT helped me feel more comfortable knowing there are people on campus who will truly look out for you.” 

“Safer changed the way I viewed violence prevention at Cal Poly. We are all capable of implementing change to make our campus safer.” 

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After completing Safer Leadership Training, you are eligible to volunteer, intern, or work with Safer! click here for more information about each of these opportunities.