PRESENTATION TOPICS
Other topics available, please contact for additional inquiries.
- Sex & Pizza: A discussion-based workshop to develop understanding of affirmative consent and gaining sexual communication skills
- Patriarchal violence and rape culture (exploring connections of power, gender, violence, culture, and systems of coercive control)
- The Revolution is Coming: Sexual Politics, Pleasure Equity, and Cliteracy
- The impact of pornography on relationships and culture
- Commercial sexual exploitation and trafficking 101
- Sexual violence 101
- Domestic, dating, interpersonal abuse 101
- Community organizing 101 (building power and creating change through community action)
- Prison/policing abolition & transformative justice 101
- Violence, abuse, and exploitation prevention 101
- Safe Harbor for All/Equality Model: The policy model to end the criminalization of survivors of the sex trade
- Trauma-informed response and how to support survivors of violence
- Preventing child sexual abuse and exploitation (for parents)
PROFESSIONAL TRAININGS
- Trauma-responsive care, supporting victim/survivors, and responding to student disclosures of violence/abuse in higher education settings
- Best practices for professionals working with survivors of commercial sexual exploitation, prostitution, sex trafficking, and the sex industry
- Impact of pornography on youth, adults, relationships, sexuality, society, the brain, and the user
- Men Accountable for Sexual Exploitation Program for Offenders: Our model + what you need to know about "john schools," and best practices for 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)
"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
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
"As a presenter, she was so thorough and clear in describing real life situations and the impact of systemic patriarchal violence on all of us... As an educator for over 37 years, teaching and school counseling from preschool through graduate school, I found this presentation to be one of the most significant and worthwhile in my career."
- Therese Olson, SCSU Professor
- Therese Olson, 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
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
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"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!" - St. John's University faculty member |
"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 |
Truth-Telling &
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HolisticI 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 interpersonal accountability. |
Root-ReachingToo 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. |