Facilitated by Leslie Devine, UMA's Project Coordinator to End Gender-Based Violence. Every 73 seconds, an American is sexually assaulted. More specifically, one in five Mainers will experience sexual assault at some point in their lifetime. 1 in 3 women, 1 in 5 men, and 1 in 2 trans folks will experience intimate partner violence. This presentation discusses facts & figures like that, but most of the presentation is about ending gender-based violence - why it happens, what to do when you see it, and who can actually stop it before it happens.
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