2026 Lake County SART Conference

Breaking the Silence: Supporting Men Who Have Experienced Abuse
About this Event

Please join fellow professionals, educators, and industry leaders for the 2026 Lake County SART Conference on September 11 from 8:30 a.m. - 5 p.m. This year's theme is Breaking the Silence: Supporting Men Who Have Experienced Abuse and presentations will include topics such as:

• Preventing and responding to the sexual abuse of boys
• Engaging boys and men in the movement to end sexual violence
• Challenging toxic masculinity
• Human trafficking in boys and men
• Supporting BIPOC boys and men
• Supporting queer and trans men

Agenda

🕑: 08:30 AM - 09:00 AM
Welcome and Introductions

Info: Yarimar Soto, Director
Nicole McKinney-Johnson, CRCC CEO
Representative from Signature Health

🕑: 09:00 AM - 10:30 AM
Becoming Clark Kent: Helping Male Survivors Overcome Abuse and Trauma

Info: Kevin McNeil, Transformational Speaker, Victim Advocate, author and Founder/CEO of Kevin D. McNeil Consulting and the non-profit, The Twe12ve Project, Inc.

🕑: 10:30 AM - 10:45 AM
Break
🕑: 10:45 AM - 12:15 PM
From Boys to Men: Breaking the Silence of Molestation & Incest

Info: Rashan Legard, International Motivational Trainer & Poet, Rashan Legard Speaks LLC

🕑: 12:15 PM - 01:15 PM
Lunch
🕑: 01:15 PM - 02:45 PM
Violent Online Networks

Info: Leslie Santos, Child/Adolescent Forensic Interviewer (CAFI) for the
FBI’s Victim Services Division

🕑: 02:45 PM - 03:00 PM
Break
🕑: 03:00 PM - 04:30 PM
Violent Online Networks Cont’d

Info: Leslie Santos, Child/Adolescent Forensic Interviewer (CAFI) for the
FBI’s Victim Services Division

🕑: 04:30 PM - 05:00 PM
Closing Remarks
Host: Yarimar Soto