Developed to lead a conversation with audiences who self-select to attend open dialogue on becoming an agent/advocate of change focused on gender-based violence prevention.
1. HOW DO I CREATE CHANGE?
CHANGING CULTURE TO END GENDER BASED VIOLENCE
2. OVERVIEW OF CONVERSATION
Aligning our frameworks
Understanding points of impact to effect change
Getting on the same page- what is available already
An outline of what is already being undertaken (focusing on our campus)
Moving forward
Dialoging about what new steps we can take or improvements we can make moving forward
3. FRAMEWORKS OF CHANGE
Understanding culture to dismantle rape
culture
Individual
Relationship
Community
Societal
Public health models as our best models for
institutional change- culture is institutional/an
institution
4. FRAMEWORKS OF CHANGE, MEET SPHERES OF INFLUENCE
Individual- attitudes of beliefs
Relationship- interpersonal and peer groups
norms
Community- systems of social capital in context
Societal- social and cultural norms
Societal
Community
Relationship
Individual
7. FRAMEWORKS FOR CHANGE: ITS PERSONAL
Best Practices- evidenced based ways of doing work effectively
Awareness Raising (Educational)
Bystander Intervention
Risk Reduction- focused on perpetrator behavior
9. GETTING ON THE SAME PAGE
What do you know about the opportunities to educate yourself and
others or be a part of advocating for change on campus or in this
area?
10. PREVENTING SEXUAL VIOLENCE ON OUR CAMPUS
HAVEN Online education model (CAPC)
Community of Hokies orientation conversations (NSFP)
Parents- families as partners conversation (NSFP)
Resource fair presence (WC & SC)
Passive programming via letters and resources in residence halls (SA)
Red Flag Campaign (WC)
The Clothesline Project (Womanspace)
Take Back The Night (Womnaspace)
White Ribbon Campaign (Echo Company)
Tittle IX & Policy 1025 Trainings (Human Resources)
HEAT Peer Educators: Helping Friends In Distress (Shifert)
11. FROM THE WOMEN’S CENTER
SAVES
Peer educators available through most of the year to facilitate educational conversations
MVP (Mentors in Violence Prevention)
Bystander Intervention presentations and trainings provided by faculty and staff volunteers for students
Guest Lectures
By the GBVPC or another member of the WC staff for classrooms
12. IN DEVELOPMENT WITH & FROM CAMPUS PARTNERS
SafeZone: Safe Dating and Healthy Relationships (MPS)
Second tier Bystander Intervention Training (Athletics)
Regular dialogues on campus (HI!!! Thanks for coming)
Student Summit (Womanspace & WC Student Interns)
13. BYSTANDER INTERVENTION
What does it mean to be an active bystander?
In the moment?
When someone discloses an experience of sexual violence to you?
In YOUR ongoing relationships?
In the groups and small communities you are a part of
But first, lets take a break and get to know each other a bit…A/D/U
Start with a couple safe ones, no talking, then ask 1 or 2 mid tier and ask for discussion
After, process a little bit about what we observe about how we communicate from these exercises…
Lets map out what your social environments look like
Identify where we have agency
We will come back to this a few times
Cue the MJ- We are starting with the person staring back at us in that mirror…
We need to educate ourselves on these issues beyond just the news media narratives
Evidence tells you and I that most victims know their attacker: this debunks the idea that, in MOST cases, sexual violence is being perpetrated by strangers
In fact, when it comes to crimes of a sexual nature
Just a selection. Focused on students.
We offer SAVES to any group, and we only need about 2 weeks of lead time…we are working to provide open sign-up education opportunities
We do MVP with ALL 1st year athletes, All 1ST year cadets throughout the University
We offer these, with a little more lead time (AT LEAST 2-3 weeks of lead time…)
Talk about a frame of mind that goes along with being a bystander.