Transcript Sexual violence and sexual misconduct prevention

Sexual
Violence and
Sexual
Misconduct
Prevention
Arkansas Tech University
Demetrice Baskerville, Tera
Simpson , Elizabeth Wilson,
Zac Perry
Why do we need a Sexual Violence and
Sexual Misconduct Prevention Program?
Because “as many as 20%–25%
of women and 3% of men are
sexually assaulted during their
college Careers” (Rothman &
Silverman, 2007).
Presentation Outline
 Introduction
[See Slide 4]
 Goals for the program [See Slide 5]
 Debunking the myth’s of Sexual
Misconduct [See Slide 8]
 Define Consent
 Bronfenbrenner’s Theory [See Slide 6]
 Sexual Misconduct Prevention [Tactical
Overview]
 Accommodating
Survivors Needs [HOPE]
Introduction
 It
is our belief that in order to prevent
Sexual Assault and Sexual Misconduct on
university campuses we must construct a
prevention program utilizing
Bronfenbrenner’s developmental ecology
model.
 Our presentation will outline our plan and
key initiatives for changing the paradigm
of Sexual Assault and Sexual Misconduct
Prevention on university campuses.
Goals for the program
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Reduce occurrences of sexual violence acts
by 25% by May 2015
Change negative student perceptions of
sexual misconduct and survivors of sexual
assault
Increase students’ knowledge of sexual
violence prevention methods by 100% by
August 2014
Increase awareness of incidents of
underrepresented student populations
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LGBT
Bronfenbrenner’s Theory
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Bronfenbrenner’s Theory is composed of four main components
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Process
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Person
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College student
Context
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Forms of interaction between the student and environment.
Outlines the model, and how all parts work together. [See slide 7]
Time
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We will focus on macrotime or the changing of expectations and
events in the larger campus community.
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“These four components interact in ways that promote or inhibit
development..” (Evans, Forney, Guido, Patton and Renn, 2010).
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It is our premise that if we create a plan around this model, we will
be able to change the perceptions of individual students through
changing the areas that affect their development.
Components of Bronfenbrenner’s Theory
•
Macrosystem
Exosystem
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•
Mesosystem
Microsystem
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Individual
•
Individual
• College student
Microsystem
• Friends, family, activities, developed in
face to face settings.
Mesosystem
• Links and process that take place between
two or more settings that include the
individual. (Ex. Social Media Campign)
Exosystem
• Institutional decision makers (Ex. Housing
and Residence Life, or University
Administration)
Macrosystem
• Campus culture at large, culture,
subculture or extended social networks.
(Ex. The University and all students,
faculty and staff).
Defining “consent”
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Constitutive definition:
 According to Webster's dictionary “to give assent or
approval” or to be in “concord in opinion or
sentiment”
Operational definition:
 The assent or approval of what two consenting
parties are willing to do (i.e. physical touching). Must
be knowing and continuing. Students must
understand that consent that is given at the
beginning of a romantic session can be withdrawn.
(See notes section.)
Changing sexual misconduct
myths to facts
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To change myths to facts we must:
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Survey the student body to identify what the
trending myths of Sexual Misconduct are.
[See slide16]
Hold intergroup dialogues, so that students are
able to learn about the complexities of consent
and debunk the myths and stereotypes of
sexual misconduct and sexual violence.
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Empower to take ownership of the complex
issue of sexual violence and sexual misconduct.
XYZ Prevention Program
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See notes section.
Educating the campus community
to ensure all parties consent to
sexual activity:
A Tactical Approach
Tactical Overview
 Tactics
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suggested in this plan:
Creation of a campus Trauma Services office
Creation of a registered student organization
designed to unite students in educating their peers
about sexual violence.
Sexual Violence Module completion as a condition
for class registration.
HOPE Social Media Campaign
HOPE Sexual Violence Awareness Week
Stroll Safely
Creating a Trauma Services Office:
Rationale
 Creating
an office of Trauma Services would
allow the university a central point from which
to address sexual violence. The office would
also be able to:
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Provide counseling for victims of sexual violence
Implement the campus awareness campaign
Advise student interest groups
Foster collaboration across groups of students, faculty,
staff, and community members
Creating a Trauma Services Office:
Implementation
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The committee suggests that the Trauma Services be made up of at
least one Student Affairs professional that is also a trained counselor
and one administrative support personnel.
The office would be organized under either the campus Counseling
Center or the Student Services Division.
Estimated yearly budgeted expenses:
 Payroll - $62,000 (2 positions)
 M & O - $20,000
 Supplies
 Events
 Catering
 Promotional Materials
 Total - $82,000 per year
HOPE
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Helping
Our
Peers
Educate
Tactic three involves chartering a new registered student
organization designed to unite students in fostering a campus
culture that does not tolerate sexual violence.
This student organization, HOPE, or Helping Our Peers Educate,
will:
 Produce their own events to educate the campus
community about sexual violence issues
 Provide a safe space for sexual violence victims
 Sponsor the Stroll Safely program, a student-ran safe walk
initiative
Sexual Violence Module:
Rationale
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To educate the entire university student population about sexual
violence, a Blackboard module (or other online program) will be
mandatory for all students to complete prior to course registration.
This will insure that the information reaches every student from
incoming freshmen to graduate students.
The module will use a combination of text, photos, and videos to
educate to teach students about:
 What constitutes sexual violence
 Seeking and giving consent
 Best practices for avoiding sexual violence
 How to report instances of sexual violence
 The university’s expectation that students uphold the campus
culture of mutual respect.
Sexual Violence Module:
Implementation
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When each student logs into campus Blackboard
portal, a link to the sexual violence module will be
displayed along with a timer for how much time is
left for them to complete it.
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Incoming freshmen will have from the day they
receive their portal login information until the day of
their first advisor meeting.
Current students will have from the first day of
classes until the day registration opens for the next
semester.
Sexual Violence Module:
Implementation
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Students begin the module by taking a survey
designed to ascertain their awareness and
perception of sexual violence.
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The results from this survey are used by the Trauma
Services office for assessment purposes.
After the survey, students watch an introductory
video that defines sexual violence and explains
why it is problem on college campuses.
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Students will then complete a short quiz over the
material covered in the video.
Sexual Violence Module:
Implementation
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Next, the students will read a list of previous
students’ definition for “consent”.
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This is used to show students that consent is
defined differently by every possible partner and
to encourage students to seek understanding
from potential romantic partners.
After defining consent, students will watch a
video that explains different ways to exit
potentially violent situations and ways to avoid
sexual violence.
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Students complete another short quiz after this
video.
Sexual Violence Module:
Implementation
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To finish the module, students will read instructions for
reporting sexual violence to campus authorities, and
watch a video from the Vice President for Student
Services that outlines the university culture of mutual
respect for students, faculty, staff, and community
members.
At the end of the module, students are presented
with the Trauma Services contact information,
electronically sign a commitment to end sexual
violence on our campus, and are then encouraged
to share their commitment via Twitter and
Facebook.
Social Media Campaign:
Stroll Safely
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Stroll Safely is a Facebook group
designed to provide students with a safe
escort anywhere on campus grounds
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The goal is reduce sexual assault attacks
at night time and in secluded areas by
encouraging safety in numbers.
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Designated escorts come from Registered
Student Organizations (RSOs) and
members of Public Safety
 Escorts are displayed as the current
administrators of the group.
 Anyone uncomfortable with
displaying a public message can
private message an admin for
assistance.
Social Media Campaign:
Stroll Safely
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Group events are geared towards spreading awareness
about sexual assault prevention, safety tactics, and the
group itself.
The goal is to eventually have every student on campus a
member of this group
Social Media Campaign:
Stroll Safely
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Events are advertised
with pictures on
Facebook as well as flyers
on campus to attract a
larger audience.
Social Media Campaign:
#Respexy
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A comprehensive social media campaign is
essential to facilitate an ongoing campus
dialogue about sexual violence.
It gives students the ability to publicly commit
themselves to the cause, as well as encourage
each other to uphold the campus culture of
mutual respect.
The campaign will utilize:
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YouTube
Twitter
Campus news outlets (newspaper & radio)
Social Media Campaign:
#Respexy
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YouTube
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Create a YouTube account co-administrated by
Trauma Services and the HOPE student organization
named “XYZ_Respect”.
Make Blackboard module videos available on
YouTube channel
Produce a series of man-on-the-street interview
videos around XYZ’s campus asking students about:
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What is their personal definition of consent?
What steps do they take to avoid sexual violence?
What message would you give to a victim of sexual
violence?
Social Media Campaign:
#Respexy
 Twitter
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Create a YouTube account co-administrated by
Trauma Services and the HOPE student
organization named “@XYZ_Respect”.
Create and popularize the hashtag #respexy in
the campus mesosphere
 #respexy
is a descriptive term for when one observes
another person behaving in a mutually respectful
and responsible way to others
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Example: “I think it is #respexy when my partner asks me
what I am comfortable with doing.”
Social Media Campaign:
#Respexy
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Twitter, continued:
 Using the #respexy hashtag, students can submit shout
outs to people they see behaving in a mutually
respectful manner around campus via the
@XYZ_Respect Twitter account.
 Example tweet: “Hey @XYZ_Respect, just saw a
member of ABC fraternity carry a girl out of a party
and call her a cab. #respexy
 Once per week, the office of Trauma Services will select
one tweet at random from all the tweets mentioning
#respexy that week to win a t-shirt. The students can
pick up their shirt at the Trauma Services office.
Social Media Campaign:
#Respexy
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Twitter, continued:
 @XYZ_Respect will also tweet anti-sexual violence
information, links to the program’s YouTube videos, retweets
from other anti-violence groups, and information on HOPE
events around campus. Example tweet:
@XYZ_Respect:
Grumpy Cat
knows what’s
up. #respexy
Social Media Campaign:
Campus News Outlets
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This portion of the social media campaign takes
place offline. To bring wider attention to the social
media campaign, a representative of the office for
Trauma Services and a representative of the HOPE
campus student organization, should seek to secure
an interview with the campus newspaper and
campus radio station.
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Talk about what #respexy means
Educate the campus about sexual violence
Point students toward the social media campaign
By being featured in campus media, the social
media campaign will gain legitimacy and a wider
audience.
HOPE Week
Sexual Violence Awareness Week
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HOPE Week is a set of events co-sponsored by the office for Trauma Services and the HOPE
student organization designed to educate the campus community about preventing and
overcoming sexual violence. HOPE Week takes place annually in April. The following are the
2014 events:
 “She Fears You”: Men Ending Rape – Monday, 7:00pm, Student Center 123
 A forum aimed a changing male perceptions of sexual violence, Free Admission, Snacks
Provided
 Coffee Shop Dialogues – Tuesday, 6:30pm, Student Center Ballroom
 A series of inter-group dialogues covering consent, defining sexual violence, myths and
stereotypes, and rape culture. Students, faculty, and staff are welcome. Free coffee.
 Project Unbreakable – Wednesday, 10:00am, Student Center Quad
 Photobooth available for students to show their stance on sexual violence. Select
pictures will be tweeted by @XYZ_Respect.
 Walk a Mile in Her Shoes – Thursday, 1:30pm, President’s Home Lawn
 Join the male campus community in a one mile walk around campus in women’s shoes
to raise awareness for sexual violence.
 Rock Against Rape: A Benefit Concert – Friday, 8:30pm, The Soundstage
 Davion, Shining Lights, and Allied Alliance headline this concert to benefit Helping Our
Peers Educate. $5 at the door and every guest receives a drink straw that changes color
if a date-rape drug is present in the drink.
References
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