LUNCH & LEARN SERIES
Each semester, The Phoenix Center at Auraria hosts lunch and learn workshops free to Auraria Campus.
Workshops either cover the PCA’s core prevention curriculum or custom prevention curriculum. Free food is provided to attendees of the in-person workshops. Learn more about the upcoming Spring 2026 workshops below.
If you have any questions about our lunch and learn series, please email our Violence Prevention Education Program Manager at Racheal.reed-maloney@ucdenver.edu.
REPRODUCTIVE COERCION
Join us to learn about what reproductive coercion is, who is most impacted, barriers survivors face when looking for support, and how to support survivors who disclose surviving this form of violence.
This training will be hosted on Tuesday, February 3rd from 12:30PM-1:45PM in Tivoli Multicultural Lounge (261).
Free food will be provided to attendees
SUPPORTING SURVIVORS (VIRTUAL STAFF & FACULTY TRAINING)
Join The Phoenix Center at Auraria to learn about your role as a responsible employee, why students on campus may choose not to disclose being a survivor of interpersonal violence, and how to best support students who disclose being a survivor.
This training will be hosted on Thursday, February 5th from 12:30PM-2PM on Zoom.
Once signing up, you will receive a calendar invitation with the Zoom Link for the workshop.
While the content in this training is targeted towards staff & faculty members, anyone is welcome to attend.
RSVP for this training by selecting the button below.
HEALTHY RELATIONSHIPS: WITH YOURSELF AND OTHERS
This interactive workshop will educate folks about communication styles, boundary setting, and how to develop healthy relationships (with ourselves) and others. Folks will also learn how to differentiate between an unhealthy and abusive relationship.
This training will be hosted on Monday, February 16th from 12:30PM-1:45PM in Tivoli Multicultural Lounge (261).
Free food will be provided to attendees.
PSYCHOLOGY OF VICTIM BLAMING (VIRTUAL)
This educational workshop will examine victim blaming through the lens of psychological theories to understand the manifestations of victim blaming, its impacts, and strategies to reduce victim blaming behaviors.
This training will be hosted on Monday, February 23rd from 2PM-3:15PM on ZOOM.
RSVP for this training by selecting the button below.
RESTORATIVE JUSTICE & INTERPERSONAL VIOLENCE
This workshop will be hosted on Monday, March 3rd from 12:30PM-1:45PM in Tivoli Multicultural Lounge (261).
Free food will be provided to attendees.
MEDIA LITERACY
Join the PCA to develop media literacy skills around identifying harmful and healthy representations of relationships and identity in media. Attendees will have a chance to practice their newly developed skill during the workshop
This workshop will be hosted on Monday, March 16th from 12:30PM-1:45PM in Tivoli Multicultural Lounge (261).
Free food will be provided to attendees.
FAITH, CULTURE, AND SUPPORTING SURVIVORS
Join The PCA in learning how to better support survivors whose faith or cultural background shapes how they interpret abuse, disclosure, and help‑seeking.
This workshop will be hosted on April 7th from 12:30PM-1:45PM in Tivoli Multicultural Lounge (261).
Free food will be provided to attendees.
PSYCHOLOGY OF VICTIM BLAMING
This educational workshop will examine victim blaming through the lens of psychological theories to understand the manifestations of victim blaming, its impacts, and strategies to reduce victim blaming behaviors.
This workshop will be hosted on April 14th from 12:30PM-1:45PM in Tivoli Multicultural Lounge (261).
Free food will be provided to attendees.