Sexual Assault

Most co-ops strive to be places of care, community, and consensus, but even in co-ops, boundary crossings happen. How do we handle them in a way that prioritizes safety while treating everyone with fairness and respect? How can we create cultures where consent is so normal that major incidents are rare? We want to hear what happens in your co-ops, cross-pollinate ideas, and share our experience running non-punitive Consent Teams that provide communities with education, emotional support, and mediation.

This presentation and workbook are from a workshop titled U"npacking Violence: Liberation Within Chaos" presented by the D.O.P.E. Collective Savion Mingo, Jason Cathcart, and Caitlin Blue at NASCO Institute 2017.

These resources are from a workshop titled "Confronting Sexual Violence in Cooperative Spaces" presented by Nia Daids and Wren Leader at NASCO Institute 2017.

This is from Philly Stands Up! at NASCO Institute 2010.

These guidelines were created by 2007 Action Camp participants and are very adaptable for your co-op meetings.

Flowchart from Berkeley Student Cooperative. "When a member feels harrassed," they should...

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An introduction to popular theater and Augusto Boal's "Theater of the Oppressed" (featured in NASCO's Anti-Oppression Action Camp)