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 a regional and affordable conference for college and university administrators, faculty, staff, and students interested in improving their campus efforts to prevent and respond to sexual assault, relationship violence, and stalking. The Heartland Campus Safety Summit will be held on November 17-18, 2021.
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.
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.
2021 Conference Information
Speakers, program information, and Presentations
More information coming soon.
More information coming soon.
More information coming soon.
Registration, hotels, and location
More information coming soon.
Due to COVID-19 the 2020 Heartland Campus Safety Summit will be held virtually.
Due to COVID-19 the 2020 Heartland Campus Safety Summit will be held virtually.
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sponsors/exhibitors
For sponsorship and exhibitor information, please click here.
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.
2019 Summit Feedback
“The speakers were very knowledgeable in their fields. I learned a lot and took away lots of techniques and ideas to bring back to my organization. “It was good to keep myself appraised of Title IX and campus safety policy, as well as to learn about some interestingly related issues. “This was my first year attending and I thoroughly enjoyed it. I will attend in the future! |
“Great information. Very important to the work we do on a college campus. “Good tools to take back as we consider barriers, supports, strategies and our overall aspirations. “Jana’s Campaign and JCCC do a great job of providing relevant and affordable professional development experiences |
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 (Chicago, IL), and the Gulf Coast Campus Safety Summit (Houston, 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.