Creating a Culture of Safety
Thank you for taking the time to help! Finding a way to integrate the green dot into your daily lives just goes easier with this handy tool kit. The tool kit outlines many different ways you can live the green dot in your community, your school, your business or your place of worship.
In this tool kit you will find a host of creative ways to incorporate the green dot into your daily life and make a difference.
We understand that your lives are tremendously busy and for that reason (among others) we appreciate your willingness to partner with us to help reduce violence, improve safety and thereby improve our communities. In an attempt to minimize the stress that can be associated with pledging your time or effort to an organization we have compiled this tool kit in the hopes of offering simple suggestions that you can refer to or implement throughout the year that will allow for you to actively help spread green dots across the Warren County community without ever having to leave your community, school, business, or place of worship.
Download the Bystander's Pledge
Include one of these statements in the signature line of your email:
“Green Dot supporter”
“Live the Green Dot. Keep our campus safe.”
“No one has to do everything, but everyone has to do something. Live the Green Dot.”
“So, what’s your Green Dot?”
“Green Dot is the new black.”
“Do you know about Green Dot?”
“Find out how you can help stop sexual abuse, partner abuse, and stalking. Live the Green Dot.”
“What kind of community do you want? Live the green dot and help end violence”
“Green dot…it’s us.”
“Green Dot…Live it!”
“Add a Green Dot to our Warren County map”
Include this statement on your electronic materials
“Rape, partner violence, and stalking are serious issues in our community. The violence will stop ONLY if you do your part. Learn about Green Dots and get involved.”
These Green Dot Endorsement statements could be added to printed or electronic materials on a rotating basis
- Violence against women is a serious problem in our community.
- Most men aren’t violent – the few who are commit violence over and over.
- When we are going to party, always have some plan in place to look out for each other.
- If I know I’m getting drunk, I have worked out with a friend I trust how I’m going to get home.
- We don’t ever leave a friend behind.
- I thought it was totally unrealistic to think guys would actually intervene with another guy if they saw something high risk – but I see it all the time now.
- Everyone is saying that intervening in situations that are high risk for violence is the expectation for all of us.
- Most people check in on other people that might be in a bad situation - and don’t worry about feeling embarrassed. They figure being a little embarrassed is nothing compared to leaving someone in a situation where they could get hurt.
- Doing my part to keep this community safe helps me sleep at night.
- I just can’t think of a good reason not to look out for people who are at risk for getting hurt – whether I know them or not.
- Students on this campus are feeling great about the reality of reducing violence on our campus.
- I plan to intervene whenever I see a situation that is high risk for violence.
- I plan on making a regular point of talking about how important it is to take responsibility for safety in our community.
- I plan on being supportive of any victim who I hear about or who approaches me.
- At first, it seemed really embarrassing to intervene in a situation, especially if I wasn’t exactly sure what was going on. But, then I got used to it and realized I would rather intervene and be wrong – than not intervene and have someone get hurt.
- It is possible to stand up to another guy who is doing something high risk and get support from other men. After all, most of us are not violent.
- I thought it would be difficult to be a man speaking out against violence against women. But once I started, I realized there were other men who believed like me – and it seemed easier to stand up for things I believed in.
© Dorothy J. Edwards, Ph.D., 2007
