Fraternity Men Talking to Fraternity Men about Sexual Assault: A Peer Education Approach

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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

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Fraternity Men Talking To Fraternity Men About
Sexual Assault

• Binghamtons 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 Natl- Pan-Hellenic Council Members
• 201 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 dont 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
• 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 Mens Program John Foubert William and
  Mary, Men talking to Men about Sexual Assault

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• Challenges For Leaders
• Feelings about Fraternities
• Consent
• To Mandate or Not to Mandate
• Other Training Concerns

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• Initial Positive Outcomes
• Fraternities receptive to 201
• Fraternities educated
• New member education fall/spring
• Consent addressed in meaningful way
• Relationships Built

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• COMMENTS FROM FRATERNITIES
• 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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• 201 Members Take Ownership of Program
• 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
• 201 members as first responders
• 201 members as bridge in cases example date
  rape drugs at fraternity houses.

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• Challenges For 201 Members
• Recruiting from different fraternities
• Expanding?
• Keeping perps out. How 201 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
  2004-2005, 201 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 201 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!