Relationship Remix, a two-
hour workshop required for
all
freshmen
and
transfer
students, got a makeover for the
2019-2020 school year.
Previously led by student
volunteers, the program instead
hired 20 students this academic
year as workshop facilitators.
The
program
also
updated
some of the language used in its
curriculum.
Relationship
Remix
is
a
program partnership between
the Sexual Assault Prevention
and
Awareness
Center,
Wolverine Wellness and First
Year Experience. FYE Program
Manager Danielle Dros wrote
in an email to The Daily that the
core curriculum of Relationship
Remix continues to engage
students in conversations about
the
importance
of
healthy
relationships in all parts of
their lives.
“As we do every year, we
have updated portions of the
Relationship Remix workshop
with
new
activities
with
student
feedback
helping
shape the workshop, as well
as
staying
up-to-date
with
the
latest
developments
in
the changing field of sexual
violence
prevention
and
healthy relationships work,”
Dros wrote.
Nursing junior Ayla Raye-
Leonard
began
facilitating
Relationship
Remix
as
a
sophomore.
She
said
she
noticed positive changes to the
program curriculum this year.
“(Relationship Remix) totally
revamped the script,” Raye-
Leonard said. “They added in
a lot more LGBTQ-friendly
language, and the dental dam
section is totally new, which is
super cool and inclusive.”
LSA
freshman
Jackson
Strause
participated
in
a
Relationship
Remix
session
Thursday evening. He said the
program emphasized personal
values while he expected it to
include more aspects of sexual
education.
“Compared to a lot of other
health classes I’ve had, the
focus was shifted dramatically
from more sexual related stuff
to more identity and values,”
Strause said.
The
20
paid
program
facilitator
positions
now
offered by Relationship Remix
last for the duration of the
workshop season.
“This
year,
our
student
facilitators
will
be
staff,
where before we had student
volunteers,” Dros wrote. “This
means we’ve got a strong core
team that can really focus
on the program, and we can
recruit great students earlier,
with
additional
training
and support throughout the
workshop season.”
In
previous
years,
Relationship Remix consisted
of about 80 volunteers. Raye-
Leonard
said
the
smaller
group
allows
facilitators
to
become
more
closely
acquainted and comfortable
working with each other.
“Now it’s just 20 people,
and so it’s such a small group,”
Raye-Leonard said. “It’s so
nice, and you know everyone’s
name and you can talk to them.
During training, we do a lot of
team building and continuing
(education) on different social
issues … which was super
nice, because you could work
with folks on a more intimate
level.”
Strause said he thought
the instructors who led his
session were very friendly to
the entire workshop.
“(The
instructors)
came
around and checked up on all of
us during the group sessions,”
Strause said. “They were good
instructors. They seemed to
be enjoying what they were
doing and they were really
passionate.”
Relationship
Remix
also
added a graduate coordinator
position
that
supports
the
program
throughout
the
academic year.
Students
interested
in
becoming
a
Relationship
Remix facilitator applied for
the position in the spring of
2019, according to Dros. Those
chosen
students
underwent
an
in-person
interview
that
included
a
facilitation
demonstration by applicants.
The 20 selected attended a
training
process
the
week
prior to the start of the fall
semester and began facilitating
Relationship Remix sessions
Sept. 4.
Relationship
Remix
looks
forward
to
learning
how
students and facilitators will
receive the changes that have
been made for the 2019 season,
Dros wrote.
“This
will
help
inform
changes
for
2020,
as
the
program is always evolving,”
Dros wrote. “We’ve already
heard from some facilitators
that they have appreciated
having a tighter-knit group of
colleagues to lean on and that
they have enjoyed the updated
training for 2019.”
This is LSA junior Caroline
Shoopman’s first year as a
Relationship Remix program
facilitator. She said becoming
a program facilitator this year
showed her ways to be a better
person.
“Relationship Remix is the
perfect example of what U of
M is like, just really socially
inclusive,” Shoopman said. “I’m
always adapting and trying to
make sure everyone is seen and
heard … The more I do these
things, the more I want to hold
myself accountable because I
want to be the model for other
people. So it’s cool to feel like
you’re starting with yourself in
the community and people will
follow.”
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Privatizing sexual health screenings will
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an inherent conflict there. I kind of just wanted to dive into it, and then I found
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Daily Staff Reporter
They added in a
lot more LGBTQ-
friendly language,
and the dental
dam section is
totally new, which
is super cool and
inclusive.