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1
Creating a Coordinated Campus Approach to Ending
Sexual Violence
Colleen PettersonProgram CoordinatorWomens
Resource CenterGeorgia Institute of Technology
Yvette UptonAssistant Dean/DirectorWomens
Resource CenterGeorgia Institute of Technology
2
Womens Resource Center historical overview
  • Formed in 1998 through vision and persistence of
    many GT women - faculty, staff and students.
  • Jennifer Orr and Vicky Pickens.
  • Invented Womens Student Union.
  • More than 4,000 attended programs in 06-07.
  • From one graduate student to
  • Two full-time professionals
  • 4 to 7 students workers
  • More than 40 student leaders
  • 30-member Advisory Board
  • Faculty, staff and alumnae.

3
Womens Awareness Month
  • Womens Awareness Week developed into Womens
    Awareness Month.
  • Annual celebration in March
  • Take Back the Night - raise awareness/honor
    survivors.
  • Over 600 people gather to participate.
  • Eve Enslers The Vagina Monologues - raise
    money/awareness of violence against women and
    girls.
  • Raised over 25,000 in donations to local
    community organizations.

4
Establishment of Sexual Violence Task Force
  • Founded in 1995 by Dean of Students, Gail
    DiSabatino.
  • Made up of students, faculty and staff.
  • Housing, Greek Life, Student Health Center,
    Wellness Center, WRC, Dean of Students, Police,
    Alumni Association, Counseling Center and
    community organizations.
  • Drafted and disseminated a consistent campus
    policy addressing sexual harassment and
    misconduct.
  • Worked collaboratively to offer workshops on
    sexual violence when no staff to take on
    responsibilities.
  • Instrumental in the hiring of a permanent,
    full-time Program Coordinator.

5
VOICE
  • VOICE is a campus-wide initiative founded on the
    premise that everyone has the right to live and
    learn at Georgia Tech, free of violence or the
    threat of violence. This initiative seeks to
    empower students, faculty, and staff to confront
    the significant but largely hidden problem of
    sexual violence on campus.

6
Educational Outreach
  • A 50-minute consent/policy overview for classes
    such as HPS 1040/GT1000.
  • Ally Level Training
  • I would be better able to help victims, and I
    feel prepared to at least give good information
    about what happened throughout the process.
    Comment from Ally Training
  • Safe Sister
  • Advocate Training
  • I will educate my friends to help them
    understand their options should something happen
    to them. Comment from Advocate Training
  • More than 350 were trained at the Ally, Safe
    Sister and Advocate levels in 2006-2007.

7
Mens Program
  • We will continue to build our mens education
    programs with particular emphasis on leadership,
    consent, bystander mentality and on reducing
    victim-blaming actions.
  • The new Violence Prevention Coordinator in the
    Department of Health Promotion will take the lead
    on developing this program with the input of
    colleagues and students across campus.

8
Training Highlights
  • 2006-2007
  • More than 2,200 students and GT community members
    were reached.
  • 1,720 through TBtN, HPS and Fraternity
    presentations,
  • 134 were TAs on sexual harassment, and
  • 353 trained on basic information about how to
    assist a sexual violence survivor.

9
Student Code of Conduct
  • January 8, 2007 new Student Code of Conduct
    adopted.
  • (20) Sexual misconduct including but not
    limited to
  • (a) non-consensual sexual contact including but
    not limited, to intentional and/or forcible
    touching,
  • (b) non-consensual sexual intercourse including,
    but not limited to, anal, oral, or vaginal
    penetration, however slight,
  • (c)sexually related offenses including, but not
    limited to, obscene, indecent behavior and/or
    exposure.
  • High level case
  • Typical sanctions
  • Disciplinary Probation,
  • Suspension Held in Abeyance or
  • Expulsion

10
Theoretical Framework
  • Expansion on college campuses to address SV.
  • DOJ funding - important in order to jumpstart
    initiatives on campus.
  • GT grant ended and proposal for additional
    funding was not approved.
  • Dept. Health Promotion secured a full-time
    position but it was vacant and difficult to fill.

11
Theoretical Framework - contd
  • Advocate position not funded and the only WRC
    staff member took on responsibilities to maintain
    level of trainings offered to GT community.
  • January 2006 VPSA approved a new position based
    on a senior staff leaving mid-year.
  • Position focuses primarily on SV advocacy and
    training.
  • As of May 2007 we now have a full staff to review
    goals and set next steps to continue our efforts
    to end SV at GT.

12
Toolkit to End Violence Against Women, (2001)
  • Extremely useful paper not available when we
    first began our efforts on this work.
  • Developed by the National Advisory Council on
    Violence Against Women.
  • Chapter 7 suggests several ways to enhance
    womens safety and well-being on campus.
  • GT SVTF and VOICE initiative implemented many of
    these recommendations.

13
Creating a Comprehensive Campus Plan
  • Establish buy-in from constituents.
  • Push for the resources you need.
  • Establish a baseline of the issue on your campus.
  • Prepare a Violence Against Women Act (VAWA)
    grant.
  • Find allies in the decision-making realm.
  • Avoid finger-pointing.
  • Strengthen prevention efforts - and response
    efforts
  • Reach out to students in leadership roles.
  • Meet regularly to share data/concern to
    collaborators to ensure a coordinated approach
    and encourage accountability at the institutional
    level.

14
Works Cited
  • Barone, R., Wolgemuth, J., and Linder, C. (2007).
    Preventing Sexual Assault Through Engaging
    College Men. Journal College Student
    Development. p. 585-59.
  • Fisher, B., Sloan, J.J., III, and Cullen, F.T.
    (1995). Final report Understanding crime
    victimization among college students
    Implications for Crime Prevention (NCJ 175503).
    Washington, DC, U.S. Department of Justice.
  • National Advisory Council on Violence Against
    Women (2001). Toolkit to end violence against
    women (NCJ 206041). Rockville, MD.
  • Penny, S.W., Tucker, L., Lowery, J.W. (2000).
    National baseline study on campus sexual assault
    Adjudication of sexual assault cases. College
    Station, TX Association for Student Judicial
    Affairs.

15
Works Cited
  • Security on Campus (2004). Campus Sexual Assault
    Victims' Bill of Rights. Retrieved on February
    17, 2006 from http//www.securityoncampus.org/vict
    ims/billofrights.html
  • Security on Campus (2004). The Jeanne Clery
    Act. Retrieved on February 17, 2006 from
    http//www.securityoncampus.org/schools/cleryact/c
    leryact.html
  • Security on Campus (2004). Letter from U.S
    Department of Education to Georgetown University.
    http//www.securityoncampus.org/reporters/releases
    /degioia071604.pdf
  • Skelton-Hayes, K. (2006). Examining Approaches to
    the Campus Judicial Process in the Cases of
    Sexual Assault Student Experiences, Peer
    Institutions and Recommendations for Change.
    Internal white paper. Atlanta, GA.
  • VOICE website. Retrieved from http//www.voice.gat
    ech.edu/site_content/1_voice/index.php on October
    12, 2007.
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