Event Details
This session explores Social Event Success Plans (SESPs) as restorative, education-based alternatives to social suspension. Developed through campus and national organization collaboration, SESPs offer a phased framework that supports chapters in rebuilding trust, strengthening accountability, and safely returning to hosting events with alcohol. Attendees will gain practical tools to develop their own success plans, centered on partnership and long-term culture change. This innovative approach shifts the focus from punitive responses to purposeful engagement, meeting students where they are and guiding them toward sustainable success. Chapter outcome data from a yearlong pilot of SESPs at an SEC university will be provided.
As a result of attending this program, attendees will…
- Identify the core components of a Social Event Success Plan (SESP) and how they align with restorative justice principles and student development theory.
- Analyze strategies for effective collaboration between campus professionals and national organization partners in creating and implementing SESPs.
- Evaluate how SESPs can serve as an alternative to social suspension by fostering trust, accountability, and safer chapter events.
Continuing Education
Certified Student Affairs Educators (CSAEd) may obtain CE credits for attending this program. This program is eligible for Core, Fraternity Sorority Life specialty (FSL), or Student Conduct administration specialty (SC) credit [1 credit]. AFA has been approved by the Higher Education Consortium for Student Affairs Certification to provide CE credit for Certified Student Affairs Educators (CSAEd). Programs that qualify for CE credit in this program will be clearly identified. AFA is solely responsible for all aspects of this program.
About Annual Meeting Reload
The Annual Meeting Reload which provides participants the opportunity to catch the most popular and best reviewed educational sessions from the most recent AFA Annual Meeting. Participants will be able to access 15+ live virtual sessions covering topics such as program development, prevention and intervention, organizational growth, equity, diversity and inclusion (EDI) and more. The Annual Meeting Reload is open to members and non-members of AFA. More information, including how to register, is available at https://afa1976.org/education/reload/.
The Annual Meeting Reload is made possible through a generous gift from the AFA Foundation.
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