Join NCSAC and Consent is Key in our dinner & consent workshop, facilitated by Marlee Liss:

Within the context of sex-negativity, homophobia, transphobia and rape culture, it’s all too common to hold shame and confusion around sexuality. In this interactive program, Marlee shares her personal journey of questioning sexuality after trauma and coming out as a proud lesbian.

Participants will learn about: Sex education from a queer lens, societal scripts verses authentic desires, safer sex and STI prevention, trauma-informed intimacy, queer and gender inclusive language within intimacy, compulsory heterosexuality, and somatic approaches to notice and communicate boundaries and desires.

Instead of letting silence and stigma persist around taboo topics, Marlee creates a safe and lighthearted environment to break through shame and claim empowerment. Participants will gain more skill in building more safe, pleasurable and caring communities.

Please view more important info below:

• The workshop will take place on September 13 in the Armoury at the Daniel J Patterson Campus (Niagara on the Lake).
• Dinner begins at 6 p.m.
• Workshop begins at 6:45 p.m.Students who attend will have a chance to win amazon gift cards at the event.
• Register here to save your spot.

More about Marlee Liss:
Marlee Liss (she/her) is a somatic educator, award-winning speaker, author, restorative justice advocate and lesbian Jewish feminist. She made history in the justice system when her sexual assault case became the 1st in North America to conclude with restorative justice through the courts. Since then, she has coached hundreds of women and non-binary folk in healing shame and transforming trauma. Marlee’s work has been featured in Forbes, Huff Post, Buzzfeed, the Mel Robbins Show and more. As an award-winning speaker, she’s delivered talks for: The US Military SAPRO, Vanderbilt University, University of Toronto, Trauma & Recovery Conference, Women’s Mental Health Conference at Yale and more. Marlee was 1 of 25 survivors on an elite panel for the National Action Plan to End Gender Based Violence informing federal policy and her story is currently being made into a documentary directed by Kelsey Darragh.