LMU CARES offers a number of trainings covering a broad range of topics, including sexual assault prevention, alcohol and drug education, personal responsibility, cross-cultural dialogue, resilience and more. If you are a student interested in hosting one of these workshops for your student organization, please email the LMU CARES office at lmucares@lmu.edu.
Required Education
Incoming students must register for a section of ORNT 1000 (First-Year students) or ORNT 2000 (Transfer students) in order to complete the required education from LMU CARES.
Voices for Change
Voices for Change by Get Inclusive is an online educational program that addresses topics such as responsible and legal use of alcohol and other drugs, consent and sexual misconduct prevention, identity and inclusion, Excellent Infectious Control Behavior (EIBC), and hazing and intimidation. Each of these issues offers a unique challenge to college students of all ages, and this educational series has been developed to be interactive, intuitive and relatable programs for adults committed to considering healthy relationships and positive life choices.
LMU Pregame
LMU Pregame is a 90-minute interactive program discussing responsible alcohol and drug consumption and personal accountability, asking individuals to own the actions of their mind, hand and heart.
This program is the first in a series of six required programs for all incoming first-year and transfer students, and is facilitated by a trained staff member.
LMU CARES: Code Certified
Code Certified is a 90-minute interactive program about the climate of sexual and interpersonal misconduct, the definition of consent and how to ask for it/revoke it, the importance of bystander intervention, and the LMU support services and resources for students who experience misconduct.
This program is the second in a series of six required programs for all incoming first-year and transfer students, and is facilitated by a trained staff member.
You've Got This!
You've Got This! is a 90-minute interactive program designed to assist students in learning about the factors that make up resilience and strategies to build these skills. In addition, this program helps students identify campus health and wellness resources.
This program is the third in a series of six required programs for all incoming first-year and transfer students, and is facilitated by a trained staff member.
Courageous Conversations
Courageous Conversations is a 90-minute interactive program designed to empower students to acknowledge and understand their biases, learn strategies to mitigate the unintentional, spontaneous judgments we have been wired to make and build skills pertaining to intercultural dialogue and respect creating proficiency in controversy with civility.
This program is fourth in a series of six required programs for all incoming first-year and transfer students, and is facilitated by a trained staff member.
Ongoing Education
Step Up & Step In: The Importance of Bystander Intervention
Step Up & Step In is an interactive workshop that further discusses the challenges to bystander intervention and the importance of stepping in. Participants are shown scenarios and asked to discuss what factors discourage them from intervening and challenges them to create action plans on how they can effectively intervene. Participants are also asked to create environments where their peers feel empowered to step in on their behalf.