Presenter Bio - Taylor Jones

Taylor Jones currently serves as the Prevention Coordinator, Sexual Assault Prevention & Education Center at the University of Kansas and Battering Intervention Group Facilitator, Family Peace Initiative. She is the lead on masculinities engagement, accountability, and Violence Prevention through Environmental Design (VPTED) initiatives on campus. 

As Prevention Coordinator at the University of Kansas Sexual Assault Prevention & Education Center, she educates students on gender-based violence, power-based violence, prevention as leadership and consent. She is the lead on masculinities engagement, accountability, and Violence Prevention through Environmental Design (VPTED) initiatives on campus. These initiatives were the focus of her Masters studies through University of Kansas School of Social Welfare.

She has served her community through time with AmeriCorps before working at The Willow Domestic Violence Center, serving survivors of domestic violence, sexual assault, human trafficking, and stalking through its emergency shelter. As the Director of Community Services, she oversaw most community-based programs including Court Advocacy, Rural Advocacy, Work Program (DCF) support, and peer support in the communities of Douglas, Franklin and Jefferson Counties. Along her journey through advocacy, she found her niche in trauma-informed support group facilitation for victim/survivors through The Family Peace Initiative’s Art of Facilitation. From there, she found a new passion for trauma-informed intervention services for those who cause harm and took a group facilitation position at Satori Counseling Services in effort to bridge many gaps in services for folks in the community. 

Taylor is a board member for the SHINE with Joy Foundation and has served in a couple of other capacities including Chair to the 4th District Community Corrections Advisory Board and the Criminal Justice Coordinating Council for Douglas County KS. She previously served on the Douglas County Resiliency Coalition, Douglas County Decriminalizing Poverty Work Group, and Douglas County Coordinated Entry group.