Women’s Herstory Month: Where the Line Resides: Surviving The Cycle of Sexual Harm

Have you experienced a sexual encounter you can’t quite categorize and are confused about where the line is?

Or maybe you don’t identify as a survivor of sexual violence because “it wasn’t really that bad” or “they didn’t mean what they did”?

Perhaps, you are wondering if you might have done harm, you want to figure it out but you’re terrified of being labeled a predator/rapist/perp?

If any of these questions feel familiar or spark curiosity, join us as we discuss “the line”, navigating the culture of sexual violence, and how we can heal as survivors and harm-doers (and often both) without relying on carceral responses. We will learn about common ways of dismissing our harmful and traumatic sexual experiences and challenge assumptions around suffering and causing sexual harm. Participants will be encouraged to engage in personal and political work to break out of the cycle of sexual harm and to envision a future in which everyone can access sustainable accountability and transformative justice for healing and growth.

Sponsored by the BMCC Center for Belonging and Inclusion and the Counseling Center. Facilitated by Ignacio Hutía Xeiti Rivera from The Heal Project. 

Registration is required: https://bmcc-cuny.zoom.us/meeting/register/LtUmXzuRRKGl_9ni8uHR2w#/registration

CCT: Co-Curricular Transcript (CCT) credit approved.

See a list of all Women’s Herstory Month Events.

See a list of all Asian Heritage Month Events.

For more information, contact the Center for Belonging and Inclusion at (212) 220-8165 or wrc@bmcc.cuny.edu

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