How U Kentucky Is Trying to Stop Campus Sexual Assault

• Published in: Women in higher education Vol. 24; no. 1; pp. 6 - 7
• Main Author: Bessette, Lee Skallerup
• Format: Journal Article Magazine Article
• Language: English
• Published: Abingdon Blackwell Publishing Ltd 01.01.2015; John Wiley & Sons, Inc
• Subjects: Behavior; Campuses; Child Abuse; College Administration; College campuses; College students; Community Responsibility; Crisis Intervention; Cultural Influences; Females; Intervention; Population Distribution; Presidents; Resistance (Psychology); Retention; School violence; Sexual Abuse; Social Psychology; Social Theories; Student Motivation; Studies; Victims of Crime; Violence; Violence against women; Women; Jordan (country)
• ISSN: 1060-8303; 2331-5466
• DOI: 10.1002/whe.20152

Coker is the lead researcher on a number of studies seeking to assess the effectiveness of the Green Dot strategy.\n Funded by the Center for Disease Control, her study, "Green Dot Across the Bluegrass: Evaluation of Primary Prevention Intervention to Reduce Sexual Violence in High Schools," is working to curb the violence before the students even reach the college campus. The VIP Center website at the University of Kentucky has some tips and advice for those who want to work toward becoming a Green Dot campus (you can find the full list at http://www.uky.edu/StudentAffairs/VIPCenter/leam_ greendot.php). * Send an email to your contact list with a simple message: "This issue is important to me and I believe in the goal of reducing violence." * Tell a woman in your life that power-based personal violence matters to you. * Have a conversation with a younger man or boy who looks up to you about how important it is for men to help end violence. * Talk to a guy friend of yours about the importance of men getting involved in prevention. * Ask five people in your life how power-based personal violence has impacted them (directly or indirectly) and listen to their response.