Training & Education
Prevention and Education Team
- Chelsea Hennan and our Peer Ambassadors Lead our Education Team, contact prevention@sonoma.edu to bring us into your class/group or to be involved!
Red Zone Events 2026
The beginning of the fall semester is an exciting time—new classes, new friendships, new experiences, and new opportunities to get involved. It is also an important time to talk about how we can work together to create a campus community where everyone feels safe, respected, and supported. The first several weeks of the fall semester are sometimes referred to nationally as the “Red Zone,” a period when college students may be at increased risk of experiencing sexual assault and other forms of interpersonal violence. At Sonoma State, we use the Red Zone as an opportunity not only to raise awareness, but also to build community, strengthen connections, talk about consent and healthy boundaries, practice bystander intervention, and make sure students know about the resources available to them.
Prevention is something we all have a role in. Throughout the next several weeks, the Residential Education and Campus Housing (REACH) and the Office for the Prevention of Harassment and Discrimination (OPHD), along with our campus and community partners, will be hosting events designed to help you meet other Seawolves, have some fun, learn new skills, and help us build a culture of care and respect.
Join the campus community for the following events:
Kick Off: Red Zone Campaign/Self-Care Fair - Tuesday, August 25 | 11:00 a.m.–2:00 p.m. | Person Lawn
Stop by Person Lawn as we kick off our Red Zone campaign with a Resource and Self-Care Fair! Enjoy crafts, connect with on-campus and community resources, learn more about support available to students, and start the semester with a little self-care.
Kick Off: Be Smart Before You Start! - Thursday, August 27 | 5:00–7:30 p.m. | Sauvignon Green
Celebrate the start of the semester with a lawn party featuring yard games, food, music, and more! Join REACH, Student Health, OPHD, Campus Recreation, and our campus partners for an evening of fun and connection.
Bevs & Bystander Intervention - Monday, August 31 | 6:00–7:00 p.m. | Barrel Room
Join REACH and OPHD for a fun night of community building featuring games, mocktails, and more. Come meet other students while learning how Seawolves can look out for one another.
Bevs & Bystander Intervention - Tuesday, September 1 | 6:00–7:00 p.m. | Beaujolais Meeting Room
Another chance to join REACH and OPHD for games, mocktails, community building, and conversations about how we can safely step in and support one another.
Family Feud: Transfer Edition - Wednesday, September 9 | 6:30–7:30 p.m. | Beaujolais Meeting Room
Survey says...it's game night! Test your knowledge and compete to see which team knows their fellow Seawolves best. Top teams will win prizes—and bragging rights. All students are welcome!
Billiards & Boundaries - Monday, September 14 | 6:00–7:00 p.m. | Campus Recreation
Grab a cue and join us for an evening of billiards, connection, and conversation about boundaries, communication, and respect.
Glow Run - Monday, September 21 | 7:00–9:00 p.m. | Beaujolais Meeting Room
Help us kick off Safety Week 2026 with the return of the Glow Run! Join your fellow Seawolves for a run around campus featuring giveaways and prizes. All abilities and experience levels are welcome.
IMPACT: 90-Minute Empowerment 101 - Thursday, September 24 | 6:00–7:30 p.m. | The Cooperage
Empowerment 101 introduces students to a spectrum of self-defense strategies, beginning with trusting your intuition and progressing to verbal and physical skills. Students will practice using their self-defense voice, setting verbal boundaries with strangers and peers, and two physical strikes. The program is designed to help participants build skills and confidence.
Peer Ambassador Workshops
OPHD staff and our Student Ambassadors are available to work with your class or group. We provide interactive workshops on a variety of topics, including bystander intervention, consent education, healthy relationships, policy and procedure overview, and more.
Workshops include:
- Consent and Bystander Intervention 101
- Learn more about the resources at SSU, and how you can be an Active Seawolf
- Transform It for Community - Bystander Intervention Card Game (T.I.C)
- “Transform It is a group based game where players take turns providing scenarios in which a bystander intervention may be necessary and the players submit the most appropriate response they see to it.”
- What Would You Do? Dating Game (W.W.Y.D)
- “What Would You Do? Is a collection of scenes from life in and around relationships. Players use the prompts provided to stoke their own creativity in figuring out how to navigate the world of relationships”
- Decoding Dating: Green, Yellow, & Red Flags Game (D.D).
- “Decoding Dating tests your intuition and observation as you read through 60 dating scenario cards and decide if your partner's actions give you a positive Green flag, a negative Red flag, or a more neutral Yellow flag.”
- Relationships: What Do You Think? (W.D.Y.T)
- “What Do You Think? Asks players to consider the kinds of things they themselves want out of a relationship, the kind of person they want to spend time with, and their own role in all of it.”
- Sexual Assault Survivor Barriers Activity (S.B.A)
- “The Sexual Assault Survivor Barriers Activity shines light on factors that can keep people in unhealthy relationships, helping players to better understand intersectionality in this complex topic”
To Request a Presentation - Please email the Education team or call 707-664-2688
More Information
Learn more about:
Annual Student Training
The CSU Nondiscrimination Policy requires that all new and returning students receive yearly, ongoing training in sex discrimination, sexual harassment, sexual misconduct, dating and domestic violence, and stalking. The "Not Anymore" online training modules are provided yearly for all students. For questions pertaining to the Title IX Online Training or related hold, please email OPHD with your ID number.
Annual Employee Training
The CSU Nondiscrimination Policy mandates that all incoming and current employees receive yearly, ongoing training in sex discrimination, sexual harassment, sexual misconduct, dating and domestic violence, and stalking. Yearly training for employees is provided through CSU Learn. For more information contact Human Resources.
Meet the Peer Ambassadors
