Project CLEAR Update
Since 2017 RECLAIM has been in a valued partnership with Saint Paul Public Schools, Ramsey County Public Health, and the Sexual Violence Center to facilitate Project CLEAR, a program focused on supporting queer and trans youth with identifying, preventing, and healing from sexual violence and unhealthy relationships. Our three-year grant from the Department of Justice for Project CLEAR came to an end in September 2021, and RECLAIM has decided not to renew our funding to continue this project. We are grateful to our partners and to the young people we worked with throughout Project CLEAR, and we look forward to deepened connections and new partnerships to serve our Twin Cities community.
Trainings and Workshops
Project CLEAR staff/therapists and High School Peer Educators have developed a number of trainings and workshops for a wide range of audiences and durations, and we would love to come facilitate and present to your school/organization!
We can train Gender and Sexuality Alliance (GSA) advisors, counselors, social workers and teachers at Middle Schools and High Schools; youth between the ages of 12-24 at schools, extracurriculars, and youth programs; staff of nonprofits who work with youth; college and university students, staff, and faculty; and religious organizations who have relationships with Queer and Trans youth. The trainings can be led and presented by Project CLEAR Staff/therapists, or by High School Peer Educators with the support of Project CLEAR staff.
These trainings and workshops are being offered through virtual platforms including Zoom or Google Meet through the end of August 2021.
Trainings and Workshops being offered for Spring/Summer 2021
For Adults Who Work With Queer and Trans Youth
Seeing and Interrupting Queer & Trans Youth Relationship Violence
A 3-hour training or an 8-hour full day with workshop activities and break out workgroups during the process
Topics include:
- Language and Terminology when working in Queer and Trans community
- Healthy Relationships Foundations: Consent, Boundaries, and Accountability
- Modeling and Creating Consent Culture
- Overview of Types of Violence and How to Recognize Them
- Intimate Partner Violence, Sexual Violence, Trafficking, Stalking, Harassment
- How We Care for Ourselves and Others: Mental Health, Risk Management and Trauma Exposure for Professionals Working with Youth
- Developing A Culture of Consent: Healthy Relationships as a Prevention Tool
- Interventions, Referrals, and Resources
Supporting Healthy Relationships and Mental Wellbeing with Queer and Trans Youth
A 2-hour workshop
Topics include:
- Language and Terminology when working in Queer and Trans community
- Risk Factors and Mental Health
- How We Care for Ourselves and Others: Mental Health, Risk Management and Trauma Exposure for Professionals Working with Youth
- Developing A Culture of Consent: Healthy Relationships as a Prevention Tool
- Interventions, Referrals, and Resources
Developing a Culture of Consent: Healthy Relationships as a Mental Health Prevention Tool
Can be either 60 minutes or 90 minutes with more activities and reflection built in
Topics Include:
- Healthy Relationships Foundations: Consent, Boundaries, and Accountability
- Modeling and Creating Consent Culture
- Applying this to work as Educators/Youth Workers/Social Workers & Counselors
- Referrals and Resources
For Queer and Trans and Ally Youth
Middle School, High School and College/University students, youth in extracurricular and community settings, in groups ranging from 5 to 500 people
Facilitated by High School-Aged Project CLEAR Peer Educators
(2-3 High School aged- youth trained by Project CLEAR to be Violence Prevention Peer Educators, accompanied by 1 staff person)
The Power of Accompaniment - 60 min
The Power of Accompaniment is an interactive workshop taught by high school Peer Educators that explores how to be an ally and how to support others in being allies. In it, the Peer Educators share tools such as the Bystander Intervention and consider the roles of intersectional identities and power dynamics in acts of allyship, through a presentation that includes activities and discussion throughout.
Consent, Boundaries and Oobleck - 45 min
Consent, Boundaries and Oobleck is an interactive workshop taught by high school Peer Educators, for learning about aspects of healthy relationships including consent and boundaries, using the scientific properties of oobleck to illustrate the learning. There are opportunities for audience participation and discussion throughout.
Journey to Self Confidence - 45 min
Journey to Self Confidence is an interactive workshop taught by high school Peer Educators, for learning about how improved self confidence helps us to form healthier relationships and builds protective factors against relationship violence. This workshop uses creative activities and has opportunities for participation and discussion throughout.
Facilitated by Project CLEAR Staff/Therapists
Healthy Relationships Educational Workshops
Each topic can be a stand-alone presentation of 45-60 minutes; a complete coverage of them all can occur in either 3-hours or an all-day 6-jour workshop with numerous breakout activities; or they can be combined in a variety of ways to customize material per requested lengths of time and themes
- Accountability
- Consent and Boundaries
- Anti-oppression and Values
- Expectations and Negotiations
- Conflict
- Community Connections
