See Tess in Action!

Browse some previews of Tess’s work as a trainer, panelist, and content expert.

I May Destroy You Discussion

A discussion of the first half of television show I May Destroy You, as part of the Center for Women & Gender Equity’s Sexual Assault Awareness Month Programming in 2021.

Please note that this video contains references to sexual assault, sexual exploitation, coercion, and stealthing.

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Training Content Previews

Intersectionality for Supervisors

Intersectionality is a lens through which you can see where power comes and collides, where it interlocks and intersects. This training is a conversation about understanding identity, power, and privilege as a supervisor.

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Yes, No, Maybe So: Understanding Consent, Refusal, & Rejection in the workplace

This workshop is intended to give individuals in helping professions a space to practice the skills needed to create boundaries, respect the boundaries of others, and grow their capacity for compassion for themselves and others. This interactive training works to build capacity to ask for meaningful consent, lean into discomfort, understand limits, set boundaries and stick to them, and put these skills into practice.

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Uplifting Our Communities: Creating a Pathway of Nurturance Amongst the LGBTQIA+ Community

The past few years have seen unprecedented legislative, legal, and structural challenges to LGBTQ rights. These external challenges highlight divisions that exist within the LGBTQ community. This workshop aims to build community among LGBTQIA+ participants and their allies using a lens of collective liberation.

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Residents As Sexual Citizens

Based on the work of Dr. Jennifer S. Hirsch and Dr. Shamus Khan, this training invites Resident Assistants (RAs) to explore the prevalence of sexual violence on college campuses through the concepts of sexual projects, sexual geographies, and sexual citizenship.

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Exploring Gender Justice

Exploring Gender Justice invites examination of the ways gender shapes our social world. This training recognizes the multitude of ways that gender-based oppression intersects with other forms of oppression, and invites understanding of how social identities are constructed and how we can work to create a world that is more just.

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Harm Reduction Introduction

This interactive training provides an overview of the principles of harm reduction and its necessary role in public health approaches to addressing health disparities in populations who inject drugs.

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