2023-24 Training and Education Report

Live Training & Education 

To support the Office of Civil Rights and Sexual Misconduct's ("OCRSM") main mission of fostering learning and working environments free from all forms of discrimination and harassment, OCRSM conducts compliance training presentations, both in person and virtually, on a variety of topics for offices, departments, and student groups across campus. Click on the dropdown menu below to view a list of OCRSM's compliance training and presentation topics. 

From July 1, 2023 to June 30, 2024, OCRSM conducted a total of 205 compliance training presentations and trained an estimated number of 7,131* students, staff, and faculty across campus on topics related to Title IX and civil rights education and response.

* This number is related to customized live, in-person/virtual trainings and does not include the completed mandatory online trainings.

* Presentations and training topics ranged from OCRSM overview, UMD Title IX/Civil Rights overview, supportive measures overview, pregnant and parenting student resources, and others. These presentations were hosted for a variety of students, staff, and faculty through graduate student orientations, faculty, and staff meetings, and others.

** OCRSM facilitated a variety of trainings and presentations for groups on campus on topics such as healthy/unhealthy relationship signs, setting boundaries and practicing open communication, navigating difficult situations in the workplace, and others, upon request. This number includes presentations OCRSM facilitated for UNIV100 courses in Fall 2023.

Campus-Wide Awareness Events 

As part of its educational and outreach initiatives in the last year, OCRSM hosted, sponsored, and/or participated in a total of 53 campus-wide events. This included tabling at resource fair events, co-sponsoring campus-wide initiatives, and facilitating workshops. These initiatives reached an estimated number of 11,450+ students, staff, and faculty. 

* OCRSM participated in and/or sponsored events with campus partners such as the Sexual Assault Prevention Committee (SAPC), Campus Advocates Respond and Educate to Stop Violence (CARE), Title IX Student Advisory Board (TIXSAB), Bias Incident Support Services (BISS), Graduate Student Government (GSG), One Love UM, Rights & Responsibilities (R&R) in the Department of Resident Life, and others.

** OCRSM participated in campus-wide initiatives such as Maryland Day, My Maryland Fair New Student Orientations, and campus resource fairs hosted by a variety of colleges and departments at the beginning of both the Fall 2023 and Spring 2024 semesters. OCRSM also participated in the New Faculty Orientation Information Fair, Graduate Student Welcome, Fall Welcome FreeFest, First Look Fair, Quelcome, Self-Care Fair, and others.

Sexual Assault Awareness Month (SAAM) April 2024

Sexual Assault Awareness Month (“SAAM”) is an annual national campaign that occurs in April to raise public awareness about sexual assault and educate communities and individuals on how to prevent sexual violence. The Sexual Assault Prevention Committee ("SAPC"), which is co-chaired by Campus Advocates Respond and Educate to Stop Violence ("CARE") and OCRSM, leads and gathers representatives from student organizations and departments across campus to come together and create a calendar of events for this campus-wide initiative. The theme for SAAM in April 2024 was TEAL, which stands for Togetherness, Empowerment, Advocacy, and Learning. Each event that was part of SAAM 2024 had a TEAL campaign theme. Click on the arrows of the slideshow below to browse the advertisement flyers that were utilized during SAAM in April 2024.

*Instagram was the main social media platform that was utilized to post advertisements around SAAM. OCRSM partnered with organizations and departments such as the Office of Diversity and Inclusion, CARE, One Love UM, Preventing Sexual Assault (PSA), Student Government Association (SGA), and others to post advertisements around the events via social media. 

**Campus newsletters hosted by departments and organizations were mainly utilized to post advertisements around SAAM. These departments and organizations included, but were not limited to: the Office of Diversity and Inclusion, CARE, Department of Fraternity and Sorority Life (DFSL), Fostering Terps Success, the LGBTQ+ Equity Center, the Department of Resident Life, the Department of Transportation Services, and others. 

Domestic Violence Awareness Month (DVAM) October 2023

Domestic Violence Awareness Month (“DVAM”) is an annual national campaign to unite advocates across the nation in their efforts to raise awareness of the potential signs of domestic violence. The SAPC, which is co-chaired by CARE and OCRSM, leads and gathers representatives from student organizations and departments across campus to come together and create a calendar of events for this campus-wide initiative. 

Workshops Hosted by the OCRSM

OCRSM hosted a series of hour-long lunch & learn workshops for the campus community during the fall and spring semesters of the 2023-2024 academic year.

Each lunch & learn workshop focused on a different theme, and the interactive workshops allowed for conversations around healthy and unhealthy signs for different types and aspects of relationships. Click on the arrows of the slideshow below to browse the variety of themes for the lunch & learn workshops that were a part of this series. 

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