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EDUCATION about and PREVENTION against gender and relationship violence
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The Heartland Campus Safety Summit
About the Conference
The Heartland Campus Safety Summit is an affordable conference for college and university administrators, faculty, staff, advocates, Title IX officers, Campus Security and Police, and students interested in improving their campus efforts to prevent and respond to sexual assault, intimate partner violence, and stalking. The 2020 Summit will be Wednesday and Thursday, November 11-12, and will be held on the campus of Johnson County Community College in Overland Park, Kansas (in the greater Kansas City area). At the conference Jana's Campaign will host national experts, and encourages the sharing of best practices among participants.
The Summit is designed for key campus personnel from the states of North Dakota, South Dakota, Minnesota, Iowa, Nebraska, Kansas, Missouri, Oklahoma, and Arkansas. Those invited include: Title IX coordinators, college/university legal representatives, public safety officers, residential life and student affairs personnel, athletic directors, women’s center staff, student leaders, health and counseling professionals, and other campus and community representatives interested in campus safety.
Thanks to corporate and foundation sponsors and partnerships, we are able to keep Heartland Campus Safety Summit registration fees extremely affordable. Our rationale is to encourage campuses to send multi-disciplinary teams to attend, increasing the impact of the Summit on every campus represented. We are committed to hosting a wide range of regional campus safety representatives at every Summit, while maintaining the highest quality conference of its kind.
The Heartland Campus Safety Summit is the result of a collaborative relationship between Jana’s Campaign, Inc. and Johnson County Community College. Utilizing their expertise and knowledge of the field, both Jana’s Campaign, Inc. and Johnson County Community College provide conference coordination and facilitation for the Summit. Other colleges, universities and gender-based advocacy groups are participating as supporters and collaborators for this project.
The Summit is designed for key campus personnel from the states of North Dakota, South Dakota, Minnesota, Iowa, Nebraska, Kansas, Missouri, Oklahoma, and Arkansas. Those invited include: Title IX coordinators, college/university legal representatives, public safety officers, residential life and student affairs personnel, athletic directors, women’s center staff, student leaders, health and counseling professionals, and other campus and community representatives interested in campus safety.
Thanks to corporate and foundation sponsors and partnerships, we are able to keep Heartland Campus Safety Summit registration fees extremely affordable. Our rationale is to encourage campuses to send multi-disciplinary teams to attend, increasing the impact of the Summit on every campus represented. We are committed to hosting a wide range of regional campus safety representatives at every Summit, while maintaining the highest quality conference of its kind.
The Heartland Campus Safety Summit is the result of a collaborative relationship between Jana’s Campaign, Inc. and Johnson County Community College. Utilizing their expertise and knowledge of the field, both Jana’s Campaign, Inc. and Johnson County Community College provide conference coordination and facilitation for the Summit. Other colleges, universities and gender-based advocacy groups are participating as supporters and collaborators for this project.
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2020 Conference Information
Speakers, program information, and Presentations
More information coming soon.
More information coming soon.
More information coming soon.
Registration, hotels, and location
Registration for the 2020 Heartland Campus Safety Summit is now open. To Register, please click here.
Hotels near Johnson County Community College Include:
DoubleTree by Hilton Hotel Kansas City – Overland Park
Holiday Inn Express & Suites Olathe North
Hawthorn Suites by Wyndham Overland Park
DoubleTree by Hilton Hotel Kansas City – Overland Park
Holiday Inn Express & Suites Olathe North
Hawthorn Suites by Wyndham Overland Park
The summit will be held on the campus of Johnson County Community College in Overland Park, KS.
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Call for proposals
The call for proposals is now available here.
past summits
2013-2019 Heartland Campus Safety Summits
Sponsors/exhibitors
More information coming soon.
Proposed Summit Topics
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Summit Objectives
Campus leaders will be encouraged to develop a team of key campus stakeholders to create a comprehensive and integrated approach to preventing and responding to gender-based violence at their institutions. Furthermore, promoting a focused and coherent system of support that encourages respectful, non-violent relationships will also be addressed. The summit’s ultimate goal is to transform area colleges and universities to:
- Prevent abusive behaviors by engaging faculty, staff, and students in promoting healthy relationships;
- Ensure that the institution is prepared to respond promptly and effectively to incidents and reports of violence when they do occur; and
- Ultimately to change campus norms so that campus members hold themselves and each other to respectful and non-violent standards of interpersonal behavior.
The conceptual framework for this educational summit was developed with the assistance of the report Beyond Title IX: Guidelines for Preventing and Responding to Gender-Based Violence in Higher Education.
This document was developed by Futures Without Violence and the Avon Foundation for Women.
This document was developed by Futures Without Violence and the Avon Foundation for Women.
Summit CoordinatorsJana's Campaign Staff
Paul Kyle, Johnson County Community College |
Summit Sponsors
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2018 Summit Feedback
“Thank you! Please continue to have Husch Blackwell present on updates and compliance. Keynote speakers this year were the best so far." “It was insightful and certainly a worthy use of my time." “I LOVED both keynote speakers. That was my favorite parts of the day. I also loved the River of Cruelty presentation. It felt like a nice mix of topics. I appreciated presenters taking the topics to a deeper level than other conferences I have been to, which present basic information." “First time attending this conference and I loved it! I gained so much knowledge through the keynote speakers and sessions." |
“I realized that I knew very little about administrative practices with campus safety compared to what I thought I knew, and I was thankful for the opportunity to learn more.” “Very good conference, as always. A lot of good information. Love that all sessions are in the same area.” “This was a great conference, especially for Title IX personnel." “This was a great conference, largely due to the powerful speakers. Thanks for bringing in some ‘heavy hitters in this field’!" |
Regional Summits
The Heartland Campus Safety Summit has been the foundational Summit from Jana’s Campaign since 2013; its model has been expanded to the Rocky Mountain Campus Safety Summit (Denver, CO), the Midwest Campus Safety Summit (Muncie, IN), and the Campus Safety Summit in conjunction with the national Conference on Crimes Against Women (Dallas, TX). Together, these summits have attracted hundreds of participants from dozens of states across the United States.
Exhibitor Space
If you are interested in having a booth space at the summit, please contact us.
