IN 2025, GNESA WILL BE DOING A HYBRID OF IN-PERSON TRAININGS AND ONLINE/VIRTUAL TRAININGS.
GNESA WILL FOLLOW THE RECOMMENDATIONS OF THE DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH AND THE CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND WILL MAKE CHANGES TO TRAINING IF/WHEN NECCESSARY.
PLEASE CONTACT GNESA WITH ANY QUESTIONS.
Welcome to GNESA's training page! We are currently working on scheduling trainings for advocates.If you do not see the training you are interested in below, please check back for updated training information. Once future training dates are set, further information and registration links will be posted here on our website:
Upcoming Events
Advocate Support Calls - Virtual
Meet with advocates from across Georgia who share the same experiences, challenges, and stress. Learn more about practicing self-care and how to manage the stress of helping surviviors of sexual assault.
Advocate Support Calls will be held on the following dates:
April 14 May 12 June 16
July 14 August 11 September 8
October 13 November 10 December 8
Time: 11 am - 12:00 pm
Flyers were sent to Georgia's Sexual Assault Centers with the zoom link.
Please contact Dottie Stafford (478-444-3424) if you have any questions.
Book Club - Know My Name by Chanel Miller
GNESA is hosting a book club. We will have the first meeting on May 30, 2025 at 3:00 pm. Please have the book at the time, but you don't have to have started reading on that date.
Writer, artist, and activist Chanel Miller shook the world when her victim impact statement regarding the Brock Turner sentencing for her sexual assault went viral. This book tells her story of sexual assault and her experiences as she goes through the system in an effort to get justice.
This book deals with the impact of sexual assault so please be aware it could be a trigger for other survivors.
Date: May 30, 2025
Location: Virtual
Host: GNESA - Dottie Stafford
Click the LINK to register and get the zoom link to participate.
Upcoming Training
Human Trafficking Training
This training will cover basic information on human trafficking, how to best work with victims of trafficking, current special projects from around Georgia, and resources to help you provide more comprehensive advocacy services.
Dates: May 28, 2025
Times: 10:00 am - 12:00 pm
Location: Virtual
Presenters:
Lindsey Cheatham, M.S., Human Trafficking Victim Advocate
Elina Acosta, Statewide Human Trafficking Task Force Coordinator
Click this Link to register for this training.
If you are having trouble with registration or did not receive an email confirming your registration or have questions, please call Dottie at 478-719-8808 or contact through email at dstafford@gnesa.org.
Multidisciplinary Teams - Response to Sexual Assault - ADVOCATES
Sexual Assault Response Teams are multidisciplinary teams that provide specialized immediate response to victims of recent sexual assault by implementing a comprehensive, sensitive, coordinated system of intervention and care for sexual assault victims. The team typically includes victim advocates, health care personnels, law enforcement representatives, and prosecutors. This training will include classroom discussion on advanced advocacy topics and participation as an advocate in mock forensic medical exams and mock law enforcement interviews.
Dates: June 9 - June 13, 2025
Times: 8:00 am - 5:00 pm
Location: Georgia Public Safety Training Center, 1000 Indian Springs Drive, Forsyth, GA 31029
Presenter: Dottie Stafford
There is no cost to participate in the training but accommodations will NOT be covered.
Each participant must cover the cost of hotel accommodation or mileage.
There are 12 slots available for advocates who wish to participate.
Click this LINK to register for training.
If you are having trouble with registration, did not receive an email confirming your registration, or have additional questions, please contact Dottie Stafford at 478-719-8808 or 478-444-3424 or by email at dstafford@gnesa.org.
Answering the Crisis Hotline - Virtual
Participants will learn important skills such as building rapport, utilizing healthy communication, creating a safety plan, assessing needs, providing education, mobilizing support and discussing resources.
The training will include opportunities for roll playing mock crisis calls.
Dates: July 16, 2025 from 9:00 am - 5:00 pm
Location: Virtual
Presenter: Dottie Stafford
Click the LINK to register for the training.
You will receive a DropBox link with materials for the training closer to the date of the class.
If you are having trouble with registration or did not receive an email confirming your registration or have questions, please call Dottie at 478-719-8808 or contact through email at dstafford@gnesa.org.
4 Day Sexual Assault Advocacy Training - Virtual
This FOUR day training will provide new sexual assault advocates and other participants with knowledge, skills, and abilities to address: what is sexual assault advocacy, realities of sexual assault, impact of sexual assault, procedures in common advocacy situations, recovery education and skills training, and compassion fatigue/self-care.
Dates: July 22 - July 25, 2025 from 9:00 am - 5:00 pm
Location: Virtual
Presenter: Dottie Stafford
Click the LINK to register for the training.
You will receive a DropBox link with materials for the training closer to the date of the class.
If you are having trouble with registration or did not receive an email confirming your registration or have questions, please call Dottie at 478-444-3424 or contact through email at dstafford@gnesa.org.
Additional trainings coming soon!
If you are enterested in hosting a training in your area or for special training requests, please contact GNESA.
Thank you for your interest.