Program Descriptions
Purpose: Education, Prevention, Public Awareness Purpose: Education, Prevention, Public Awareness Program: Sexual Harassment in the Workplace Purpose: Education/prevention Definition: Unwelcome sexual advances, requests for sexual favors and other verbal or physical conduct of a sexual nature when:
Two type of sexual harassment:
Purpose: Education, Prevention, Public Awareness Definition of Acquaintance Rape: A sexual assault perpetrated by someone known to the victim, often a relative, could be a family friend, a next door neighbor, a trusted individual such as a religious leader or coach, a date, or could be a “brief encounter” such as someone met at a party or bar. Three out of four sexual assaults in the general population are acquaintance rapes. Nine out of every ten sexual assaults on college campuses are acquaintance rapes. Program: Sexual Harassment in School Purpose: Education, Prevention Extra protection is given under the law in school and in the workplace that is not afforded when the harassment occurs elsewhere. SH is unwanted sexual advances such as: grabbing, pinching, rubbing, body contact of sexual body parts. It is verbal or written comments of a sexual nature such as: references to sexual body parts; breast, buttocks, genitals, or reference to sexual activity or sexual orientation; graffiti, or obscene notes. It is inappropriate gestures such as: grabbing the crotch, “the finger”, lewd tongue movement, pantomime of sexual acts. Sexual Harassment is gender neutral, girls harass girls and boys, boys harass boys and girls. Program: Graduation Bound and Safe Purpose: Education, Prevention Program: Domestic Abuse & Sexual Assault Crisis Center Services Purpose: to raise awareness of services provided by Domestic Abuse & Sexual Assault Crisis Center What kind of community education programs do you offer? Domestic Abuse & Sexual Assault Crisis Center offers community education programs on: Domestic Abuse & Sexual Assault Crisis Center services, domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, sexual harassment and college safety. To whom do you offer these programs? Just about anybody who would like a program, businesses, schools, organizations, clubs, churches or other religiously based groups or any other gatherings. How much does a program cost? For the most part one time programs are free of charge. Who do I contact to schedule a program? You may call Malaika Berry, the Domestic Abuse & Sexual Assault Crisis Center’s Coordinator, at 908-453-4121 x300, to schedule a program. Probably the most frequently asked questions after explaining our services are questions concerning length of stay in the shelter (initial contract is for 30 days but can be extended and varies greatly with the needs of the client and the availability of space) and where clients go after they leave the shelter (some get retraining orders and are given possession of the home, some move on to new homes, or transitional housing, some return to their batterers). FREE and CONFIDENTIAL Services offered by the Domestic Abuse & Sexual Assault Crisis Center:
Green Dot is a single choice in one moment in time that makes the world safer. Green Dot is built on the premise that in order to measurably reduce the perpetration of power-based personal violence (PBPV), a culture shift is necessary. In order to create a culture shift, a critical mass of people will need to engage in a new behavior or set of behaviors that will make violence less sustainable within our Warren County community. The new behavior is a Green Dot. An example: Stopped at a red light, Juan notices a physical altercation in the car next to him. The driver is grabbing his passenger and yelling. When the light turns green, Juan pauses just long enough to let the car pull in front, writes down the license plate number, and calls the police to make a report. Another example: Using “Green Dots for Men”, as his guide, Alfred, a local police officer, strikes up a conversation with his son on the car ride home about men’s powerful role in preventing violence. Green Dots are individual choices that meet in a shared vision – creating the momentum of a social movement. In isolation, even the most determined single Green Dot can dissolve into silent resignation when faced with a task as daunting as changing our culture. The power of Green Dot is the momentum that can be sustained with a shared vision and common purpose. Green Dot is a social movement that harnesses the power of peer influence and individual bystander choices to create lasting culture change resulting in the ultimate reduction of power based personal violence. In short, Green Dot is getting a critical mass of individuals to become active bystanders. We must train ourselves and others to notice obstacles to engagement and actions so that we can assist with overcoming and eliminating these obstacles. For more information on Green Dot please see the Toolkit on our website. If you would like to attend a Green Dot training or have someone come to your place of business, school, or community meeting to talk about Green Dot please contact Malaika Berry at mberry@besafewc.org. |
