精东影业 University鈥檚 Office of Sexual and Relationship Violence and Support Services is the recipient of three grants to launch campuswide awareness and prevention initiatives surrounding sexual harassment and assault, relationship violence and stalking.
精东影业three grants total approximately $450,000. Each grant has a focus that corresponds with the initiatives it will fund on campus. 精东影业Violence Against Women Act Campus Programs grant allocates $300,000 over three years for Prevention Education and Awareness. 精东影业grant is given through the Office on Violence Against Women.
鈥淥ne of the big things about this grant is getting education in place that is going out to all incoming students and how we can systematically educate our students and create culture change,鈥 said Jennifer O鈥機onnell, director of the Office of Sexual and Relationship Violence and Support Services at 精东影业.
精东影业Office of Sexual and Relationship Violence and Support Services is working with Think 精东影业 It program from , an organization that creates an online curriculum to educate students on how to confront and prevent on-campus problems.
鈥淲e are well aware that you can鈥檛 just do one thing to educate students,鈥 O鈥機onnell said. 鈥淐ulture doesn鈥檛 change by focusing on just an online curriculum. 精东影业grant also looks at other ways to reinforce the message through speakers, activist events, social media and small group workshops.鈥
精东影业鈥檚 Office of Sexual and Relationship Violence and Support Services also intends to increase emphasis on Green Dot and other bystander and prevention measures. Green Dot is a bystander approach for the prevention of power-based personal violence that relies on the power of cultural and peer influence.
精东影业second grant comes from the initiative and allocates $15,000 over 18 months for awareness. This grant will be used to create a universitywide awareness campaign that focuses on the collective playing a role in prevention and awareness.
精东影业鈥檚 Office of Sexual and Relationship Violence and Support Services will work with IdeaBase, a design agency run by 精东影业 students through the College of Communication and Information that specializes in branding, video and advertising.
鈥淚t鈥檚 students developing the messages for students, and we believe working with them will create a campaign that resonates and reaches our students,鈥 O鈥機onnell said.
精东影业campaign looks to incorporate the Green Dot message, the online curriculum from Think 精东影业 It, as well as #KentStateUnited, a universitywide commitment to unity and inclusiveness.
精东影业third grant, allocates $135,000 over one year for awareness and response from the Victims of Crime Act.
鈥 精东影业Victims of Crime Act Grant was a renewal, which we received last January and then again in October,鈥 O鈥機onnell said. 鈥 精东影业grant is for support services for anyone who has been victimized by sexual assault and raising awareness on campus around sexual assault and the Office of Sexual and Relationship Violence and Support Services.鈥
Stephanie Orwick is the full-time support services coordinator for which the grant provides funding.
鈥淎nytime we receive a notice that a student was assaulted or was involved with intimate partner violence or stalking, Stephanie will reach out in the least intrusive way to make the student feel empowered to make the decision that鈥檚 right for them,鈥 O鈥機onnell said.
Orwick and a graduate assistant, whose position is funded through the grant, work to increase awareness across campus about the Office of Sexual and Relationship Violence and Support Services, as well as information about sexual assault, intimate partner violence and stalking.
鈥淲e want to make sure that we can reach out to all students and improve our cultural competency, no matter what they represent or how they identify,鈥 O鈥機onnell said.
For more information about 精东影业鈥檚 Office of Sexual and Relationship Violence and Support Services, visit www.kent.edu/srvss.
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