Upcoming Events
20th Annual West Virginia Sexual Assault and Stalking Symposium
April 1, 2020
- The 2020 Annual Symposium has been cancelled.
- Please join us next year on March 25, 2021 at Stonewall Resort. All registrants should have received an email regarding refunds. (Please check your spam folder.)
About the Symposium:
Sexual Assault Awareness Month will begin in WV with the 20th Annual Sexual Assault and Stalking Symposium! This one-day training provides an opportunity to learn more about providing a trauma-informed response in sexual assault cases, as well as emerging issues related to sexual violence.
Who Should Attend:
The Symposium is essential for law enforcement, campus security, victim advocates, SANEs, medical personnel, prosecutors, SART members, college campus staff*, social workers, counselors, disability service providers and corrections staff.
*Please be advised, this training is limited to professionals currently working in the field. Student registrations will not be accepted.
IMPORTANT- Effective this year, FRIS will no longer offer scholarships for the Symposium.
Pre-Symposium sessions
This year we are also offering two Pre-Symposium sessions on March 31, 2020 from 1:00 p.m. to 4:30 p.m.!
Applying What We Know about Trauma to Investigative Strategies is for active law enforcement only. In this workshop, participants will gain an understanding of a trauma-informed approach can improve interview and investigations.
Healthy Masculinity and the Men and Boys in Our Communities is designed specifically for FRIS/Fairmont State Campus Grant Partners, Prevention Education Specialists, and other professionals who provide sexual violence prevention programming, particularly with adolescent males in the community. This training will present Men Can Stop Rape’s approach to healthy masculinity and to comprehensively engaging men in primary prevention through 8 core steps.
To attend the Symposium and ONE of the Pre-Symposium sessions, you must select each corresponding ticket in Eventbrite. (You cannot register for both Pre-Symposium sessions.)
Registration Information
- Registration Fee: $36.00 (plus $2.84 online registration fees)
Register for the 20th Annual Sexual Assault and Stalking Symposium online - Please Note: Registration will close when capacity is reached. Cutoff date for discounted lodging is March 8, 2020.
- Time: 8:30am - 4:30pm
- Location: Stonewall Resort, Roanoke, WV
For more information contact:
- Brittany Scott: bscott@fris.org or by phone at 304-368-9543.
- Debra Lopez-Bonasso: dlbonasso@fris.org or by phone at 304-366-9508
This project was supported by Grants #16-VAW-003 and 18-VAW-002 awarded by the WV Division of Administrative Services Justice and Community Services and the Office on Violence Against Women (OVW). OVW is a component of the Office of Justice Programs, which also includes the Bureau of Justice Statistics, the National Institute of Justice, the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention and the Office for Victims of Crime. Points of view or opinions in this training are those of the presenters and do not represent the official position or policies of the U. S. Department of Justice.