Consent Conversations at the Berg

Department of Prevention Education - Muhlenberg College

Consent Conversations at the Berg is a multilayered approach to engaging the Muhlenberg Community in education, prevention, and dialogue around the concept of consent and how to have hard conversations around topics like healthy relationships, boundaries, sexuality, intimacy, desires, wants, needs, harm, prevention, assault, trauma, healing, self-love and all the things that come with those topics. Led by Jennifer Storm, the Director of Equity & Title IX, and Karmen Brown, the Associate Director of Prevention Education, Consent Conversations offers a space for tough conversations with the goal of preventing future harm and empowering people to ask, think and process. read less

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Sexual Assault Awareness Month

Sexual Assault Awareness Month

Join Karmen Brown and guest co-host, Rachel Knoblauch from the Crime Victim's Council of the Lehigh Valley, this month as they discuss the upcoming Sexual Assault Awareness Month. Take some time to learn more about this year's SAAM theme, "Building Connected Communities" and the many events taking place at Muhlenberg College and the Lehigh Valley throughout the month of April to honor and recognize survivors and their healing, as well as prevention efforts.

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Sexual Assault Awareness Month

Sexual Assault Awareness Month

Join Karmen Brown and guest co-host, Rachel Knoblauch from the Crime Victim's Council of the Lehigh Valley, this month as they discuss the upcoming Sexual Assault Awareness Month. Take some time to learn more about this year's SAAM theme, "Building Connected Communities" and the many events taking place at Muhlenberg College and the Lehigh Valley throughout the month of April to honor and recognize survivors and their healing, as well as prevention efforts.

National Stalking Awareness Month

National Stalking Awareness Month

Welcome back and listen in as we're joined by Rachel Knoblauch from Crime Victims Council of the Lehigh Valley! This January marks the 20th annual National Stalking Awareness Month. Join us to learn more about what stalking is, who it affects, how you can watch out for yourself and others, and what resources and support are available.

Handling the Holidays

Handling the Holidays

Listen in as Aliya Kenyatta from Counseling Services joins us to talk about spending time with friends and family over break! We’ll discuss everything from how to keep up your self-care habits to handling conflict.

Domestic Violence Awareness Month

Domestic Violence Awareness Month

October is Domestic Violence Awareness Month and we are in conversation with Panayiota Papadopoulos, Training & Education Advocate of Turning Point of Lehigh Valley, discussing ways students can create and maintain healthy relationships and what to do when relationships become unhealthy.

Welcome to a new semester! Join us for our first episode of the academic year where we discuss how, as individuals and as a community, we can craft a campus culture that is inclusive, supportive, and accepting. Listen in as we talk about recognizing biases, defining your own boundaries, and communicating around sex and sexuality, including how to express your wants, desires, likes, and dislikes.

Sexual Assault Awareness Month

Sexual Assault Awareness Month

Join Jenn and Karmen this month as they discuss the upcoming Sexual Assault Awareness Month. Take some time to learn more about the history of Sexual Assault Awareness Month, and one of the biggest awareness movements around sexual violence, Take Back the Night. Jenn and Karmen will also highlight the many events taking place at Muhlenberg College throughout the month of April to honor and recognize survivors and their healing, as well as prevention efforts.

Using the right words

Using the right words

Join Jenn and Karmen as they discuss how to appropriately use language around those who commit harm. Terms such as assailant, predator, and rapist, are valid terms in describing people who have assaulted people, who have intentionally preyed upon multiple victims and those who have raped others. However, we want to ensure these terms are used in ways that are healing, impactful to survivors and also ensure we are not misusing or inflaming language that will then do harm to others.