Rebecca Kotz began speaking and educating on issues of men's violence against women at 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 developed the Safe Harbor/trafficking program for youth and adult survivors of the sex trade in Central MN.
She also developed and facilitates the court-ordered education/accountability group: Men Accountable for Sexual Exploitation (a.k.a. "John School") for male offenders convicted of soliciting commercial sex.
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. Some of these centers include 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 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 local county sex trafficking task forces, and is adviser for many Minnesota Department of Health Safe Harbor/No Wrong Door 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 regularly writes for Arise, the official blog of CBE International. She writes on Christian radical feminism, egalitarian relationships, 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 developed the Safe Harbor/trafficking program for youth and adult survivors of the sex trade in Central MN.
She also developed and facilitates the court-ordered education/accountability group: Men Accountable for Sexual Exploitation (a.k.a. "John School") for male offenders convicted of soliciting commercial sex.
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. Some of these centers include 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 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 local county sex trafficking task forces, and is adviser for many Minnesota Department of Health Safe Harbor/No Wrong Door 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 regularly writes for Arise, the official blog of CBE International. She writes on Christian radical feminism, egalitarian relationships, 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 sexual slavery. She also worked with the University's Women's Center on sexual assault awareness and was the president of Chi Alpha campus ministries. She frequently lobbied to state legislators for multiple human rights issues (including the passing of the Safe Harbor for Sexually Exploited Youth law).
Kotz graduated Magna Cum Laude from SCSU in Political Science and Multicultural Studies. She earned multiple scholarships for her undergraduate work. Her senior thesis was titled, "Social Forces Grooming the Demand for the Sex Trade." She 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."
Rebecca was the organizer for the Stop Traffick & XXXploitation on Film anti-porn protest held in Saint Cloud, MN in January of 2018.
Rebecca has committed to use her voice as an activist, speaker, consultant, educator, and writer to defend women's liberation, global social justice, and ending all forms of men's violence.
Kotz, along with her husband, are certified facilitators of Prepare/Enrich relationship and pre-martial counseling. They currently live in Central Minnesota.
*Click HERE to see past speaking engagements.
Kotz graduated Magna Cum Laude from SCSU in Political Science and Multicultural Studies. She earned multiple scholarships for her undergraduate work. Her senior thesis was titled, "Social Forces Grooming the Demand for the Sex Trade." She 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."
Rebecca was the organizer for the Stop Traffick & XXXploitation on Film anti-porn protest held in Saint Cloud, MN in January of 2018.
Rebecca has committed to use her voice as an activist, speaker, consultant, educator, and writer to defend women's liberation, global social justice, and ending all forms of men's violence.
Kotz, along with her husband, are certified facilitators of Prepare/Enrich relationship and pre-martial counseling. They currently live in Central Minnesota.
*Click HERE to see past speaking engagements.
People That Inspire Me.
2017 recipient of CBE International's Micah Award
"for courage, creativity, and tenacity in opposing abuse and advancing justice for women and children."
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Victim/survivors:
Thank you for inviting me into your life and sharing your pain, joy, and brilliance with me. I carry your experiences with me in everything I do. YOU made me an activist. Activists, feminists, writers, and theologians: Andrea Dworkin, a warrior who deserves a line of her own. Dee Graham, Catharine MacKinnon, Gail Dines, Sheila Jeffreys, Lierre Keith, Julie Bindel, Meghan Murphy, Kate Millet, Allan G. Johnson, Lundy Bancroft, Janice Raymond, Katharine Bushnell, Mary Daly, bell hooks, Rachel Lloyd, Audre Lorde, Alice Walker, Judith Herman, Melissa Farley, Shane Claiborne, and Jackson Katz. |
Stop Traffick & XXXploitation on Film anti-pornography protest in Saint Cloud, Minnesota on January 26th, 2018