Community of Practice on Interpersonal Violence (IPV) at Penn invites you and your colleagues to our first open meeting to learn more about current work and engage with us in enhancing our community’s shared work to prevent and respond to interpersonal violence on campus. 

The IPV Community of Practice Open Meeting will take place on Tuesday, March 24 from 2 to 4 p.m. at 3935 Walnut Street, Floor 2. In addition to sharing more about our work and opportunities to be involved, we are very excited to be joined by Sophie Maddocks from the Annenberg School for a participatory lecture, AI, Relationships, and Digital Harm: What Students Are Navigating, and How We Can Help. 

From deepfake nudes and sextortion to AI companions and incel culture, students navigate complex threats to their relationships, boundaries, and well-being in online spaces. In this interactive session, Dr. Maddocks will present an accessible overview of this landscape, giving particular attention to the ways AI systems facilitate harmful relationship dynamics, the “incel pipeline,” the role of AI in sex education, and healthy digital boundary-setting. Attendees will be encouraged to co-develop practical strategies for supporting students in navigating the digitization and automation of their intimate lives. Space is limited, so register in advance: IPV Community of Practice Open Meeting Registration

We hope this will be an energizing opportunity for us to exchange ideas and continue to build collaborative strategies toward preventing interpersonal violence on our campus. 

—Elise Scioscia, Penn Violence Prevention, IPV Community of Practice Co-Chair
—Pablo Miguel Cerdera, Restorative Practices @ Penn, IPV Community of Practice Co-Chair
—Jenn Mirel, Restorative Practices @ Penn, IPV Community of Practice Co-Chair