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Addressing the Problem: Pull the WEEDS.
Presentations that address various forms of violence, exploitation, and abuse.

Addressing the Solution: Reach the ROOT. 
Presentations that promote violence abolition, gender, relationship, and cultural revolution.

THE WEEDS

• Commercial sexual exploitation and trafficking
• The sex(ual exploitation) industries 
• The impact of pornography on relationships and culture
• Sexual violence (sexual assault, child sexual abuse, intimate partner/marital rape etc.)
• Domestic violence/interpersonal abuse (verbal, emotional, mental, psychological, sexual, financial, spiritual, physical etc.)
• Pizza & FRIES: A conversation on consent and sexual communication
  
• John schools and sex buyer accountability/education programs
• Demystifying/understanding the psyche of abusers, traffickers, buyers, and/or rapists​
• Beyond consent: Power, context, and ethics of sexual decision-making​
• Making Minnesota a Safe Harbor for All (partial decriminalization model of prostitution)

THE ROOTS

• Transforming rape/porn culture
• Healthy relationships, communication, and/or boundaries
• ​Radical feminist praxis of sexuality
• Gender revolution: bulldozing the masculinity/femininity box
• Patriarchy, male privilege, and sexism
• Preventing child sexual abuse and exploitation
• ​Violence and abuse prevention (general)
• Radical/root/revolutionary feminism​
• ​Ending the demand for the sex trade​
• ​Community organizing 101: Justice, building power, and creating change through community action
• Patriarchal violence: Exploring connections of domestic violence and coercive control from the interpersonal to the systemic scale
  
• ​Prison/policing abolition 101

FOR PROFESSIONALS

Training

• Best practices for professionals working with survivors of commercial sexual exploitation, prostitution, sex trafficking, and the sex industry
• Trauma-informed care and working with survivors of interpersonal abuse
• ​Debunking myths on sexual violence, domestic violence, trafficking, etc. 
• Impact of pornography on youth, adults, relationships, sexuality, society, the brain, and the user
• Men Accountable for Sexual Exploitation Program for Offenders: Our Model
• Best practices for accountability programming, what you need to know about "john schools" and sex buyer accountability/education programs​
• Moving beyond social service models to reach the root: social change and community organizing in non-profits and professional organizations/agencies
• Making Minnesota a Safe Harbor for All: Building power and making change through community organizing to pass Safe Harbor for All (prostitution partial decriminalization legislation)

Truth-Telling &
​Myth-Busting

Men’s violence against women is a human rights emergency that cannot be sugar-coated.

I make it my priority to confront myths, demystify abusers, and break down complex topics in a digestible and deeply-informative way.

Holistic

I offer a unique and holistic perspective as a professional who has worked directly with both victim/survivors and offenders.

I integrate my personal, professional, political, and academic experience, as well as survivor voices, best practices, latest research, media literacy, and critical sociological analysis into every presentation.
 
I aim to empower audiences to understand how systems and social forces shape behavior while still addressing individual accountability.

Root-Reaching

Too often, we become aware of problems without understanding how these problems emerged or what we can do to enact change.

I believe in taking intersectional and preventative approaches that confront the roots and work towards holistic, long-term social justice solutions. 

​"She is able to pace her presentations with fastidious scholarship on these topics without alienating general audiences.  She handles questions effectively and steadfastly remains in her role as teacher and facilitator.

Evaluations of Kotz’s presentations by both undergraduate and graduate students indicate that
​attitudes and knowledge levels were profoundly changed in one 75 minute lecture." 
- Dr. Sudie Hofmann, SCSU Professor

​"Rebecca Kotz is providing critical leadership... [she] reveals the social norms contributing to violence and exploitation in ways that unveil the behaviors we often accept as “normal”, that are routinely invisible, right in front of our eyes.

​She creates “ah ha” moments as she connects these behaviors, attitudes, and beliefs, directly to women’s pain and social subjugation. Then… she presents solutions. She raises the hope and aspirations of audience members..."
- Chuck Derry, co-founder of the Gender Violence Institute

​"Your training was a deep drink of truth."
-Pastor Orleen Haseltine, Marantha Church in Forest Lake

​"I came to your talk with my communications class and, to be honest, I probably wouldn't have come otherwise... I didn't think it really affected me and the people I surrounded myself with. After hearing you speak though I realized just how much it does affect me... Thank you for helping me realize the ideas that I need to change in my own mind."
- College of Saint Benedict student

"Very powerful... this speaker is dynamic!"
- University of St. John's/College of St. Ben's faculty and staff

"Your vision is contagious. Your presentation turned me into an activist."
- Saint Cloud State University student

​​"My eyes were opened to many things about our culture and how I fit into it. I was very interested in the story of our rape culture. Now I understand how I was apart of it and moving forward how I can change it.”  
- Male sex offender

"An amazing presentation that went by so fast with all your information... I have raved about your presentation!"
- Laura Smith,  Clinic Manager at the Central MN Mental Health Center

Speaking at a multi-church event on the impact of pornography

"Take Back The Night" rally keynote speech on the importance of radical and intersectional feminist activism

Community training on commercial sexual exploitation & trafficking​

Central MN Sexual Assault Center Benefit Dinner