Transcript Men Talking To Men - Binghamton University

Fraternity Men Talking to Fraternity Men
about Sexual Assault: A Peer Education
Approach
Presented by:
Jack Causseaux, MS
Greek Advisor
Juan Rosario, MPA
Academic Counselor
Education Opportunities Program
and
Dara Raboy-Picciano, LCSW
University Counseling Center
of
Binghamton University
Fraternity Men Talking To
Fraternity Men About Sexual
Assault
Binghamton’s Program:
What works: How we did it
Recruitment of members
Using our expertise only when
necessary
 Late night meetings
 Building Relationships
 Letting the Peer Educators take
ownership of the program
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Composition of Students:
23 Fraternities/18 Sororities
*IFC Fraternities: Fourteen
*Pan-Hellenic: Six
*Multicultural Fraternities/Sororities:
*Seven Asian Fraternities
*Five Latino Fraternities
*Seven Multi-Cultural Fraternities/Sororities
*Four Nat’l- Pan-Hellenic Council Members
20:1 Members represent IFC and Cultural Fraternities
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 FRATERNITY FOCUS GROUP:
 Focus Group Goal:
 To plan a sexual assault education program for
Fraternities that is meaningful to Fraternity Men
and to gain an understanding of the Fraternity
male perception of the sexual assault problem
on this campus.
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 FOCUS GROUP QUESTIONS:
 Do you think sexual assault is a problem on BU
campus? How is it a problem and how pervasive?
 How do you believe the idea of consent is
understood?
 How do members of a fraternity express
dissatisfaction with one another? How do they
stand up to each other?
 If you were to design an effective sexual assault
prevention program what would it look like?
 Do you think men can play an important role in this
process?
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 WHAT WAS LEARNED:
 Fraternities want to address bystander
behavior
 Fraternity men will listen to fraternity men,
especially fraternity leaders
 Educate in small groups
 Keep fraternities separate, to promote in-depth
conversation.
 Men don’t understand consent
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Recruitment of members
Fraternity Leaders
Role of Greek Advisor
Meeting the Fraternities more than half
way.
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 DEVOLOPING THE PEER EDUCATION
PROGRAM:
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Training Members
Choosing a Model
Planning the Education
Signing up Fraternities
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 THE MODEL:
 Consent: Alan Berkowitz and Bret
Sokolow
 Bystander Behavior: Alan Berkowitz
 The Men’s Program: John Foubert;
William and Mary, Men talking to Men
about Sexual Assault
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 Challenges For Leaders:
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Feelings about Fraternities
Consent
To Mandate or Not to Mandate
Other Training Concerns
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 Initial Positive Outcomes:
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Fraternities receptive to 20:1
Fraternities educated
New member education fall/spring
Consent addressed in meaningful way
Relationships Built
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 COMMENTS FROM FRATERNITIES:
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“Challenged Perspective on Consent”
“Gained Awareness about Sexual Assault”
“New Understanding about Consent”
“Eye Opening Presentation”
“Made me Think about Sexual Assault in a
Different Way”
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 20:1 Members Take Ownership of Program:
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Recruit New Members
Developed Application/Mission Statement
Interview Process
Public Service Announcements
Present at National Conference
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 Unexpected Outcomes:
 The tremendous commitment the men
felt to the program
 20:1 members as first responders
 20:1 members as bridge in cases:
example; date rape drugs at fraternity
houses.
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 Challenges For 20:1 Members:
 Recruiting from different fraternities
 Expanding?
 Keeping perps out. How 20:1 dealt with
this issue and took ownership of the
problem.
 Keeping commitment going
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 MISSION STATEMENT:
 Founded out of Binghamton University in 20042005, 20:1 is a group of fraternity men on campus
that voluntarily educate other fraternity men and
other men as well, on issues regarding sexual
assault. Our main goals are to: bring about
awareness of possible sexual assault situations,
define and explore consent, explore bystander
behavior, provide information on how to handle and
support victims, and provide resource information,
both on and off campus.
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 TIER EDUCATION PROGRAM FOR
FRATERNITIES:
 Tier I: The Original 20:1 Program
 Tier II: Consent Training: The Consent Game:
Utilized in New Member Education
 Tier III: Bystander Behavior
 This is a three year Sexual Assault Prevention
Program for Fraternities
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 For Your University:
 Initial Commitment of Staff on the Front
End of things
 Willingness to listen and devote
tremendous time and energy.
Bu will consult throughout the year and
help with questions and challenges.
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QUESTIONS?
COMMENTS!