2026 Annual Sexual Violence Prevention Summit

This is a professional conference dealing with sensitive and sometimes difficult subject matter that may not be appropriate for all audiences. Content of individual workshop may include explicit references to topics such as sexual abuse, harassment, self-harm, violence, and more in the form of images, video clips, audio clips or text. We are mindful that some individuals may have a difficult time with the subject matter. Please see a staff member if you need assistance or support. 

When attending West Virginia Foundation for Rape Information and Services (WVFRIS) training events or meetings, we welcome individuals with service or emotional support animals to attend.  We follow the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) guidelines, using their definition of a service animal: any dog that is individually trained to do work or perform tasks for the benefit of an individual with a disability, including a physical, sensory, psychiatric, intellectual, or other mental disability. Emotional support animals, comfort animals, and therapy dogs are not service animals under Title II and Title III of the ADA. For the protection of other event attendees, we therefore require participants with an emotional support/comfort animal to obtain documentation from their medical or mental health professional and submit it prior to the event.  Because of liability limitations, no lodging will be paid for attendees with animals other than those qualifying as service animals under the ADA.