2. #GOALS
• Engage in large and small group discussions about consent
• Encourage personal reflection surrounding the way that we
think and talk about consent
• Provide concrete examples of how to engage in consent
conversations in our communities and one-on-one
• Do some personal goal setting surrounding consent
programming
3.
4. SMALL GROUP DISCUSSIONS
[BARRIERS TO TALKING ABOUT CONSENT]
• No mandated conversations
• Fear of triggering someone’s trauma (or
maybe our own)
• Fear of using the wrong vocabulary
• Fear of not knowing all the answers
9. • Trigger warnings
• Acknowledge that this is a gender-
based issue
• Create a safe space for open
dialogue
• Prepare your follow up
questions/comments (practice in
your mirror!)
10. • It’s interactive and fast-paced
• It allows residents to learn
with and from each other
• Lead questions foster
conversation
• It can be adjusted to fit your
floor’s needs and your topic
of choice
11. What you’ll need:
• Big wall
• Something to create a spectrum line
(rope, ribbon, thin paper, etc.)
• Something to stick on the spectrum
(clothes pins, stickers, etc.)
• Printed out scenarios
• “Totally Okay” and “Totally Not Okay”
print-outs
• Tape
• Food. Because… well… it makes
people stop.
12. Scenario 1
Scenario 3
Scenario 2
Example Scenario: About a month ago, you started talking to Alex on Tinder. There
was obvious mutual attraction, so you decide to meet up in the Market for drinks. There
is immediate chemistry. Afterwards, it’s pretty late, so you invite Alex back to your place
since you live closer to campus and you both have early morning classes. When you
get home, Alex takes of all their clothes and gets into bed naked.
13. Scenario 1
Scenario 3
Scenario 2
Example Scenario: About a month ago, you started talking to Alex on Tinder. There
was obvious mutual attraction, so you decide to meet up in the market for drinks. There
is immediate chemistry. Afterwards, it’s pretty late, so you invite Alex back to your place
since you live closer to campus and you both have early morning classes. When you
get home, Alex takes of all their clothes and gets into bed naked.
14. • Provides a casual way for you to talk
to your residents about boundaries
and consent
• Gives residents time and space to
reflect on their own personal
boundaries
• Purposefully vague information
prompts questions
• Creates a visual representation that
facilitates conversation about
everyone’s boundaries being
different
• It’s an active and a passive
15.
16. RUNNING THE ACTIVITY
Source: University of North Carolina Student Wellness Cent
Goals: Emphasizing the fact consent is an ongoing process, and that
consent must be given anew at each step of a sexual interaction.
17. • Emphasize that asking
for consent is not dorky
or awkward
• Talk about ways to ask
• Talk about verbal (the
necessary ones) and
non-verbal consent cues
