WISEr conversation, connection, community

Jess Chayes wraps up our second season by talking with recent Dartmouth graduate Brandon Zhou about the role students play in making college communities safer by spreading awareness and openly communicating about gender based violence. Later, Jess highlights her biggest take-away from this season of interviews: the message that all of us can create change and a more peaceful world by paying attention and being curious.

Jess Chayes hosts a free-flowing conversation with members of the Dartmouth College community and WISE. Kianny Antigua, a senior lecturer of Spanish, Brianna Perry, Theater Department Production Manager and WISE volunteer, and Bailey Ray, Campus Advocacy Manager touch upon supporting college students in their different campus roles and the little changes we can make in our own lives to shift our culture. We learn about the power of language, slowing down, listening, and what we can learn from young people today.

In this episode, our host Jess Chayes takes a deeper dive into Forensic Experiential Trauma Interviews (FETI) with MITC Director Abby Tassel and WISE Advocacy Manager Bailey Ray. We learn how FETI interviews work, providing opportunities for survivors to share their experiences more fully on their terms. Abby and Bailey also talk about the distinct roles of facilitating FETI interviews and providing advocacy in supporting survivors.

In our third episode, our host Jess Chayes chats with WISE Program Director Kate Rohdenburg about the evolution of WISE’s prevention programming, the moments when awareness becomes understanding, and how awareness leads to change. Listen in as we explore how curiosity and critical thinking are key elements in prevention and building resilience in our families and communities.

In this episode, we meet some of the partners involved in WISE’s groundbreaking Multidisciplinary Interview and Training Center (MITC). MITC is a case study in how strong relationships lead to change and how one new approach can lead to a host of positive outcomes. Jess Chayes hosts MITC Director Abby Tassel, Windsor County State's Attorney Ward Goodenough, Victim Advocate Meghan Place, and Detective Sergeant Scott Moody from the Hartford Police Department.

Our first episode sets the stage for the arc of the WISEr conversation, connection, community podcast. We explore how WISE creates community relationships, collaborates with community partners, and responds to the needs of people who have experiences of gender-based violence. WISE enters relationships through listening, discovering needs, and forming connections. In this episode, our host Jess Chayes chats with WISE Executive Director Peggy O’Neil and WISE Board member Jenny Levy.