Thursday, 11/5
8:00 - 9:00
Registration & Continental Breakfast
9:00 - 10:00
Keynote Speakers
Zoe Ridolfi-Starr
Zoe is the Deputy Director of “Know Your IX”, a survivor-run and youth-driven organization working to end
gender-based violence on college campuses. During her undergraduate studies at Columbia University, she
founded the activist group “No Red Tape” and was the lead complainant in a prominent Title IX complaint
against her school. She has also led legislative advocacy efforts on city, state, and federal levels to strengthen
campus options for survivors and to reduce reliance on the criminal justice system as a response to violence.
Marta Miranda
Marta is the CEO for the Center for Women and Families in Louisville, Kentucky and former Chair of the
Women and Gender Studies Department at Eastern Kentucky University. While at EKU, Marta was coinvestigator for a grant from the Department of Justice that funded EKU-SAFE, a campus violence prevention
program focused on bystander training. A licensed social worker, Miranda has been actively engaged in
ending sexual violence in Kentucky since 1996, when she first joined the Bluegrass Rape Crisis Center as a
psychotherapist.
10:00 - 11:30
Legal Responsibilities of Administrators v. Legal Rights of Students
Joint Session for Students and Administrators
Elizabeth Howell, Diana L. Skaggs & Partners, PLLC
11:30 - 1:15
Lunch and Panel Discussion
Joint Session for Students and Administrators
Led by representatives from the legal field, student life, public safety, counseling, campus advocacy
centers, and student organizations
1:15 - 2:45
Concurrent Sessions
"Who's Missing? Recognizing the Impact of Intersectionality on Survivors of
Interpersonal Violence
Carol Taylor-Shim, Social Justice Educator, Violence Intervention and Prevention Center,
University of Kentucky
Housing Rights On and Off Campus
Astarre Gudino, Community Relations Coordinator, Lexington Human Rights Commission
Reporting & Confidentiality
Gretchen Hunt, Staff Attorney, Kentucky Association of Sexual Assault Programs
2:45-3:00
Break
3:00 - 4:30
Concurrent Sessions
Victim-informed Grievance Procedures, A Lawyer's Perspective
Elizabeth Howell, Diana L. Skaggs & Partners, PLLC
Campus Accountability Proceedings: Merging Compliance & Therapeutic Jurisprudence
Dr. Laura Johnson, Vice President of Student Life, Georgetown College
Mike Brown, Associate Dean of Students/Deputy Title IX Coordinator, Georgetown
College
4:30 - 6:00
Networking Reception
Friday, 11/6
8:00 - 9:00
Continental Breakfast
9:00 - 11:30
Special Concurrent Sessions
Students
Our Rights, Our Campus: Learning the law, developing demands, and reclaiming our campuses
Zoe Ridolfi-Starr, Deputy Director, Know Your IX
Administration
A Trauma-Informed Approach for College Administrators
Jennifer Johnson, Advocacy Coordinator, Bluegrass Rape Crisis Center
11:30 - 12:45
Networking Lunch & Best Practices Exhibit
12:45 - 2:15
Concurrent Sessions
All About Campus Climate Surveys
Dr. Diane Follingstad, Director, Center for Research on Violence Against Women,
University of Kentucky
College Prevention Models Around the Country
Taryn Henning, Prevention Coordinator, Bluegrass Rape Crisis Center
Haley Skeen, Student, Berea College
Anais Decquir, Student, Berea College
Working Together to End Violence: How Title IX Coordinators, Public Safety, and
Victim Advocate Services Come Together on a Small Campus
Ashley Hinton-Moncer, Director of Health and Wellness/Title IX Coordinator,
Transylvania University Ashley Gutshall, Coordinator for Interpersonal Violence
Prevention Programming, Transylvania University
2:15 - 2:30
Break
2:30 - 4:30
Joint Collaboration Session
Administrators and Students
Walking the Walk: This session aims to bring students and administrators together at
the same table for a shared experience, discussion, and collaborative action planning to
create a culture of safety and respect on campuses. Walking the Walk is a participatory
exercise designed to allow participants to experience the issues and emotions survivors
of sexual violence may face. Facilitated by Mae Suramek, Executive Director, Bluegrass
Rape Crisis Center and Jennifer Johnson, Advocacy Coordinator, Bluegrass Rape Crisis
Center.