Rebecca Kotz began speaking and educating on issues of men's violence against women since age 20. She has trained thousands of professionals and community members since.
She currently works at a victim services non-profit in Minnesota as a sexual assault counselor, advocate for victim/survivors, group facilitator, consultant, program and curriculum developer, professional trainer, and community educator.
Kotz created the Safe Harbor/trafficking program for youth and adult survivors of the sex trade in Central MN.
She also created and facilitates the court-ordered education/accountability program: Men Accountable for Sexual Exploitation (a.k.a. "John School") for male offenders convicted of soliciting prostituted/trafficked individuals.
In the past she has worked or interned for a variety of human rights organizations and centers providing services for survivors of trafficking, sexual, and domestic violence. These centers include the Central MN Sexual Assault Center, 360 Communities Lewis House Battered Women's Shelter, The Advocates For Human Rights, The Institute For Trafficked, Exploited & Missing Persons, and the Department of Social Concerns at Catholic Charities.
Rebecca co-founded an outreach to local exotic dance clubs. She also founded and chaired an interdenominational church coalition that takes action against trafficking, sexual, and domestic violence.
She is a member of the Minnesota Human Trafficking Task Force, multiple state, regional, and local county sex trafficking task forces, and is adviser for many Minnesota Department of Health Safe Harbor/No Wrong Door initiatives and sexual violence prevention efforts statewide.
Kotz has authored viral articles such as "Dear John: A Letter from an Advocate to the Men Who Buy Women for Sex" and "A Church in Crisis: Pornography and Patriarchy" that have tens of thousands of views and shares. She was a regular contributor for CBE International's blogs and is currently writing a chapter in an upcoming book on domestic violence for pastors and faith communities. She wrote on feminism, egalitarian relationships, ethical sexuality, eradicating patriarchy, and men's violence against women. Her blogs have also been featured in Bridging The Gap and Patheos.
She currently works at a victim services non-profit in Minnesota as a sexual assault counselor, advocate for victim/survivors, group facilitator, consultant, program and curriculum developer, professional trainer, and community educator.
Kotz created the Safe Harbor/trafficking program for youth and adult survivors of the sex trade in Central MN.
She also created and facilitates the court-ordered education/accountability program: Men Accountable for Sexual Exploitation (a.k.a. "John School") for male offenders convicted of soliciting prostituted/trafficked individuals.
In the past she has worked or interned for a variety of human rights organizations and centers providing services for survivors of trafficking, sexual, and domestic violence. These centers include the Central MN Sexual Assault Center, 360 Communities Lewis House Battered Women's Shelter, The Advocates For Human Rights, The Institute For Trafficked, Exploited & Missing Persons, and the Department of Social Concerns at Catholic Charities.
Rebecca co-founded an outreach to local exotic dance clubs. She also founded and chaired an interdenominational church coalition that takes action against trafficking, sexual, and domestic violence.
She is a member of the Minnesota Human Trafficking Task Force, multiple state, regional, and local county sex trafficking task forces, and is adviser for many Minnesota Department of Health Safe Harbor/No Wrong Door initiatives and sexual violence prevention efforts statewide.
Kotz has authored viral articles such as "Dear John: A Letter from an Advocate to the Men Who Buy Women for Sex" and "A Church in Crisis: Pornography and Patriarchy" that have tens of thousands of views and shares. She was a regular contributor for CBE International's blogs and is currently writing a chapter in an upcoming book on domestic violence for pastors and faith communities. She wrote on feminism, egalitarian relationships, ethical sexuality, eradicating patriarchy, and men's violence against women. Her blogs have also been featured in Bridging The Gap and Patheos.
In college, Rebecca was a student activist who founded Students Against Trafficking & Sexploitation (SATS), the first student organization in Minnesota to solely address these topics. She also worked with the university's women's center on sexual assault awareness and was the president of Chi Alpha campus ministries.
Rebecca earned her Bachelor's degree is in Political Science and Multicultural Studies. She earned multiple scholarships for her undergraduate work and was awarded the School of Public Affairs Honor's Graduate Distinction for her academic achievement and defending an additional graduate thesis, "Legal Practices, Policies, and Programs Curbing the Sex Trade." She is currently a graduate student at Prescott College (AZ), working on her Master's in Social Justice & Community Organizing.
Rebecca is a lead organizer for the Minnesota Safe Harbor for All Implementation Task Force to pass a law and statewide model to expand protections to adult survivors of the sex trade from criminalization (a.k.a. the Nordic/Swedish/Equality/Abolitionist model of partial decriminalization that continues criminalizing buyers, exploiters, traffickers, etc.). To learn more about the Minnesota research report that sparked the task force, please review the report HERE.
Rebecca has also been a lead organizer for the Stop Traffick & XXXploitation anti-porn protest, the Women's March, Take Back the Night, and other marches, demonstrations, and activist events in the community.
Rebecca has committed to use her voice as an activist, speaker, consultant, educator, writer, and community organizer to defend women's liberation, global social justice, and ending all forms of men's violence.
Kotz was the 2017 recipient of CBE International's Micah Award "for courage, creativity, and tenacity in opposing abuse and advancing justice for women and children."
Kotz, along with her husband, live in central Minnesota.
*Click HERE to see past speaking engagements.
Rebecca earned her Bachelor's degree is in Political Science and Multicultural Studies. She earned multiple scholarships for her undergraduate work and was awarded the School of Public Affairs Honor's Graduate Distinction for her academic achievement and defending an additional graduate thesis, "Legal Practices, Policies, and Programs Curbing the Sex Trade." She is currently a graduate student at Prescott College (AZ), working on her Master's in Social Justice & Community Organizing.
Rebecca is a lead organizer for the Minnesota Safe Harbor for All Implementation Task Force to pass a law and statewide model to expand protections to adult survivors of the sex trade from criminalization (a.k.a. the Nordic/Swedish/Equality/Abolitionist model of partial decriminalization that continues criminalizing buyers, exploiters, traffickers, etc.). To learn more about the Minnesota research report that sparked the task force, please review the report HERE.
Rebecca has also been a lead organizer for the Stop Traffick & XXXploitation anti-porn protest, the Women's March, Take Back the Night, and other marches, demonstrations, and activist events in the community.
Rebecca has committed to use her voice as an activist, speaker, consultant, educator, writer, and community organizer to defend women's liberation, global social justice, and ending all forms of men's violence.
Kotz was the 2017 recipient of CBE International's Micah Award "for courage, creativity, and tenacity in opposing abuse and advancing justice for women and children."
Kotz, along with her husband, live in central Minnesota.
*Click HERE to see past speaking engagements.