by Mackayla Cox | Aug 23, 2017 | DV Awareness, DV/SA Collaborative
According to the National Sexual Violence Resource Center, 1 in 5 women and 1 in 16 men are assaulted during their time in college. With this knowledge and the visibility of high profile sexual assault cases in the news, the campus in our area realized that resources...
by Mackayla Cox | Aug 16, 2017 | Bystander Intervention
Knowing how to intervene in a situation is essential to becoming an active bystander. Even if you do not directly get involved because of safety concerns (which is completely okay), bringing attention to the situation could be life saving. You can learn how to...
by Mackayla Cox | Aug 14, 2017 | DV Awareness
The amount of awareness campaigns is increasing. Along with this we see more awareness months, and days more than ever. This begs the question, what is awareness? And why does it matter? At The Shelter, we care about awareness a lot, there are many things we do to...
by Mackayla Cox | Aug 2, 2017 | Bystander Intervention
Bystander Intervention is a philosophy and strategy for prevention of various types of violence. The types of violence includes; bullying, sexual harassment, sexual assault, and intimate partner violence. Bystander Intervention is an active role in the community...
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