Changing the conversation around sexual violence | Keith Edwards | TEDxPSU

How can we be proactive in ending sexual violence? Prevention means understanding who perpetrates sexual violence and how we can reach them; unlearning how we are mis-educated about consent, sex, and hooking up; identifying the cultural roots mis-educating us; and being empowered to effectively create change in our communities toward ending rape.

Keith Edwards is a social justice educator, sexual violence prevention speaker, men’s identity scholar, and leadership coach.  He has spoken and consulted at more than 100 colleges and universities, presented more than 100 programs at national conferences, and written more than 15 articles or book chapters on these issues.  He is an affiliate faculty member in the Leadership in Student Affairs program at the University of St. Thomas in St. Paul, MN, where he teaches graduate courses on diversity and social justice in higher education.  He spends each day trying to be a great father who made the world better through those he touched and influenced.

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