Pick Your Presentation Style
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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 gender, relationship, and cultural revolution.

CATERED TO YOUR COMMUNITY
from college women's studies classes 
​to church community groups
to training law enforcement officers...

See past speaking engagements

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.)
• John schools and sex buyer accountability/education programs
• Demystifying/understanding the psyche of abusers, traffickers, buyers, and/or rapists
• Spiritual or clergy abuse
• Technology, social media, and internet dangers
• Bystander intervention training​
• Beyond Consent: Power, Context, and Ethics of Sexual Decision-Making

THE ROOTS

• Transforming rape/porn culture
• Healthy relationships, communication, and/or boundaries
• Authentic sexual wholeness, sexual integrity & ethics
• Radical feminist praxis of sexuality
• Gender revolution: bulldozing the masculinity/femininity box
• Patriarchy, male privilege, and sexism
• Media literacy and critical social theory
• Preventing child sexual abuse and exploitation
• ​Violence and abuse prevention (general)
• Radical/root/revolutionary feminism​
• ​Ending the demand for the sex trade

Specific to Christian audiences:

• Egalitarian relationships/marriages
• Jesus, the Gospel, and a gender theology of liberation
• Building a safe church for victim/survivors
• Confronting toxic church messaging
• Christian feminism​

For Professionals

Training

• Best practices for professionals working with survivors of commercial sexual exploitation, prostitution, sex trafficking, and the sex industry
• ​Debunking myths on sexual violence, domestic violence, trafficking, etc. 
• Impact of pornography on youth, adults, relationships, sexuality, society, and the user and user's brain
• Best practices and interviewing techniques for survivors of abuse, trauma, and violence (for law enforcement)
• 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​
• Countering sexism in the workplace
• Teaching healthy sexuality, consent, feminism, gender socialization, and/or media literacy to students

Technical Assistance & Consulting

Because "good intentions" are not enough...​ we must critically examine IMPACT..​​
How can we advance our messaging, programs, and policies to promote healing instead of harm?

inquiries

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 perspective that sees the whole picture; I have worked directly with both victim/survivors and offenders.

I integrate my professional experience, survivor voices, best practices, latest research, media literacy, and critical sociological analysis into every presentation.
 
I aim to help the audience understand how systems and social forces shape behavior while still emphasizing personal responsibility and social 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. 

​"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 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

​​"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... the speaker is dynamic!"
- Administrative 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