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Eastern Mennonite University is gearing up for implementation of Green Dot, a proactive bystander training. Five staff will attend a multi-day instructor training this month.<\/p>\n

The phased roll-out will begin with faculty and staff in spring 2019, while students \u201cwill begin to see signs of the program on campus in fall 2019,\u201d said Leda Werner<\/a><\/u>.<\/p>\n

She manages a multi-year grant EMU received through the U.S. Department of Justice <\/a>Office on Violence Against Women<\/a><\/u> (OVW) to combat sexual assault, domestic violence, dating violence and stalking on campus. The first year of the grant, 2017-18, was devoted to needs assessment and planning.<\/p>\n

The bystander training is one of several initiatives to be implemented in the next two years.<\/p>\n

Empowerment to act<\/strong><\/h3>\n

The imagery of the Green Dot program is simple: If a red dot on a map represents an individual act of sexual violence, a green dot can represent any individual choice that builds community safety and cultivates intolerance for sexual violence. That could mean actions such as defusing a situation through distraction, showing concern for someone who is being harmed, or asking someone who is causing harm to move away.<\/p>\n

A key difference from other programs is that it goes beyond typical awareness-raising measures. The training empowers participants with \u201cnew actions and new ways of seeing and engaging that can enhance a community\u2019s capacity for response and change,\u201d said associate dean of students Jonathan Swartz<\/a><\/u>.<\/p>\n

\u201cTo keep people safe, it is necessary to widen the circle of responsibility,\u201d Swartz said. \u201cTo me, that\u2019s basically a call to all of us for active involvement in the safety and well-being of all of us.\u201d<\/p>\n

Equipping members of the campus community to step up in harmful situations is key, as \u201ca lot of the time, the reason people don\u2019t intervene to prevent or deescalate a situation of sexual harm is because they\u2019re not sure what to do or say,\u201d said Werner. \u201cThrough Green Dot trainings, confidence to step up in these situations will increase.\u201d<\/p>\n

Launched in 2006 at the University of Kentucky, the Green Dot curriculum has been used in more than 300 colleges (including James Madison University), 50 middle and high schools, 50 communities and across other entities on four continents.<\/p>\n

Initiative begins with faculty and staff<\/strong><\/h3>\n

The five staff attending the training include counseling services director Tempest Anderson<\/a><\/u>, housing and residence life assistant director Matt Hunsberger<\/a><\/u>, applied social sciences associate professor Carolyn Stauffer<\/a><\/u>, Swartz and Werner.<\/p>\n

The group will help to anchor further efforts on campus with faculty and staff in spring 2019. These discussions will include strategizing about\u00a0 ways to bring Green Dot to life on campus through, for example, course content, awareness campaigns and programming.<\/p>\n

Later in the semester, bystander trainings will be extended to all faculty and staff. Participants will learn how to recognize warning signs, identify barriers to action, and reinforce social norms that are intolerant of sexual violence and foster \u201ca community of safety and respect,\u201d Werner said.<\/p>\n

Beginning in fall 2019, the process will start over with students. By fall 2020, all incoming students will receive Green Dot\u2019s bystander training.<\/p>\n

\u201cOur overarching goal is to shift the campus culture around response to and prevention of sexual violence,\u201d said Werner. \u201cWe look forward to working with faculty and staff this spring on creating a strong foundation for that goal.”<\/p>\n

For more information or to find out how to get involved, contact Leda Werner at leda.werner@emu.edu.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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