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["Greco, Donna" <>]

I think a campus-rape crisis center partnership is really important in 
ensuring that students have both the campus-based support and information 
about policies/procedures as well as the highly skilled advocacy and 
counseling resources that a rape crisis center can offer (and in some states, 
in a privileged and confidential way). In my travels, I have not found gaps 
in "Title IX know-how" among rape crisis advocates. But I do think the more 
we can partner (campuses and rape crisis centers) and in that partnership 
provide cross-training on campus-specific policies/procedures/rights and 
resources as well as the impacts of sexual violence trauma and the needs of 
survivors, the better served students will be. We ultimately want students to 
get the best available information and support, wherever they turn. We also 
work together with the local rape crisis center on our prevention efforts. 

Donna

Donna Greco, MSW
Title IX Coordinator

Dickinson College
Student Life
28 North College St. 
Carlisle, PA 17013-2727
(717) 254-8316




-----Original Message-----
From: Brett Sokolow 
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Sent: Tuesday, November 24, 2015 8:14 AM
To: 

Subject: Re: Advocate's Role at a small college

This seems like a pretty common formula for smaller colleges. Because of the 
changes to VAWA (Section 304), outside advocates who support the 
victim/survivor initially are much more likely to also function as process 
advocates now, too. I¹m certainly interacting with outside advocates more 
often, and they seem to occasionally have gaps in their Title IX know-how, 
and don¹t understand the campus process as well as a process advocate should. 
I¹ve been asking my campus clients to do a short orientation class and 
produce some materials on Title IX for the advocates from their local 
agencies, and it seems to make a huge difference in the quality of how the 
outside advocate is able to advocate for the internal rights of the 
victim/survivor. It also can help to build trust, which can be lacking in 
some campus/community agency relations.


Regards,
Brett A. Sokolow

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On 11/24/15, 8:05 AM, "Greco, Donna" 
<>
 wrote:

>Hi Katherine,
>
>At Dickinson College (approximately 2,300 students), we partner with 
>the local rape crisis center to provide confidential, 24/7 advocacy and 
>counseling services. This is a wonderful partnership because their 
>advocates have extensive training in sexual assault dynamics and 
>prevention and in PA, rape crisis counselors have strong privilege and 
>confidentiality per statute.
>
>We provide their hotline number in the information we distribute to the 
>campus and we also established an "advocacy hotline" on campus that is 
>directly routed to them. We also have a wellness center on campus and 
>counselors who work there have confidentiality as well. I hope this helps!
>
>Donna Greco, MSW
>Title IX Coordinator
>
>Dickinson College
>Student Life
>28 North College St.
>Carlisle, PA 17013-2727
>(717) 254-8316
>
>
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: Katherine Desiere 
>[mailto:]
>Sent: Monday, November 23, 2015 4:34 PM
>To: 
>
>Subject: Advocate's Role at a small college
>
>Are there any small colleges out there that can provide examples of who 
>they use for advocates?  Do they all have formal training?
>As a staff member of a small college that has a relatively smaller 
>number of Title IX issues, I'm trying to put together at team of advocates.
>Obviously I need members who can remain confidential.  Can anyone 
>provide guidance as to
>(a) who their advocates are and (b) assuming there is no extra pay 
>involved, how you "voluntold" them they were going to be an advocate.