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[Angela DiNunzio Seguin <>]

Hi Dave,

 

1.  At Univ of Delaware, we have one student advocacy organization that addresses all 3 - stalking, intimate partner violence & stalking.  It started out in the 1970s just focussed on sexual assault and broadened to include the other 2 issues in the late 1990s.

 

2.  For many years they did awareness-raising programs and values clarification programs.  In the last few years, we have tried to make the shift to primary prevention programs.  But it's a struggle because the awareness-raising still has a place in the world, we believe, and primary prevention does not meet all needs.  Right now we use 2 primary prevention programs that we developed: (1) that has students use the snowball activity to anonymously share how they ask for sex/consent and we discuss each and place on a continuum from safe/clear/respectful to never ok in any situation.  And (2) a bystander intervention program that utilizes scenarios and has the audience brainstorm ways to intervene & then our volunteers set up & act out the skits with each group trying out their interventions in the skits, followed by audience discussion.

 

3.  Direct victim advocacy & crisis intervention on a 24 hour crisis service; cultural/community advocacy by commenting in the media when inappropriate headlines/stories appear or there is inappropriate community response - especially in the student media; and finally, campus advocacy as needed to address victim concerns on campus.

 

4.  I am the coordinator of the group, and I provide the follow-up crisis counseling through my office, Student Wellness & Health Promotion, for victims who interact with the crisis service or who just call/walk-in.  In order to be volunteer victim advocates, students must apply and go through an interview/screening process. 

 

Angela

Angela DiNunzio Seguin
Project Director, UD-DSU VAWA Grant
Coordinator, Sexual Offense Support
Student Wellness & Health Promotion
University of Delaware
(302) 831-3457
http://www.udel.edu/studentwellness

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Date: Fri, 23 Nov 2012 16:24:01 -0500
From: Dave Kennedy <>
Subject: Question about student advocacy groups on campus
To:

Hello all--

I am new to the list so if this has been discussed elsewhere I apologize. I was wondering a couple of things about any student advocacy groups for IPV issues that you have on campus:

1.  Do you have a single group that works on all these issues (stalking, sexual assault, etc.) or do you have a different group for each issue?

2.  What types of programs do they do?

3.  What type of advocacy do they do (i.e. do they have a line to upper administration, a voice in the student paper, etc.)

4.  Who advises the group and what position does that advisor have on campus (e.g. faculty, senior administration, wellness office, etc.)

Thank you, and I hope everyone had a wonderful Thanksgiving.

Best,

Dave

Dave Kennedy, JD
President, College Judicial Consultants
(617) 287-8782

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