Ideas and Suggestions
- Tell a friend of yours that ending interpersonal violence is important to you.
- Add the phrase “Green Dot supporter” to your Facebook or MySpace profile.
- Using email, text, Facebook or MySpace – send a mass message out to all your friends that violence prevention matters to you.
- Visit the YWCA rape crisis center and volunteer for one hour.
- Participate in a 2-hour Sexual Misconduct First Responder Training to become a knowledgeable resource for victims.
- Believe that violence against men/women is unacceptable and say it out loud.
- Write an opinion piece for the Pio on ending sexual misconduct.
- Speak up when you hear comments that are offensive, derogatory or abusive.
- Don’t laugh at sexist or homophobic jokes.
- Design a Green Dot poster, button, t-shirt or bookmark.
- Attend a program or event designed to raise awareness about interpersonal violence.
- Refuse to fund sexist movies, music, books and magazines.
- Join the Whitman Green Dot Facebook page.
- Send a mass email to your contact list with a message like,
“The issue of interpersonal violence is important to
me and I believe in the goal of reducing sexual violence at Whitman.”
- Have a conversation with a younger man/boy or woman/girl who looks up to you about how important it is to help end violence.
- Write a check to a local domestic violence shelter or rape crisis center and write “Green Dot supporter” in the memo line.
- Change your email signature line to include the statement “Proud to be a Green Dot supporter.”
- Have a conversation with at least two different people in your life about Green Dot and why it is important to you.
- Ask at least one friend or coworker to contribute one Green Dot to the Whitman map.
- Share your Green Dot moment with at least one friend or co-worker.
- Request a Green Dot presentation at your next staff meeting, training or in-service.
- Make a contribution or host a fund-raiser for your local domestic violence shelter or rape crisis center.
- Challenge your friends or co-workers to contribute Green Dots to the Whitman map by having a “GREEN DOT DAY” (or any other creative challenge).
- Print off one of the posters/fliers under available on the Green Dot website and hang it in your room or office.
- Make one announcement to one group or organization you are involved in, telling them about Green Dot Whitman and give them the web site address.
- If you are concerned that a friend of yours might be a victim of violence, gently ask if you can help and respect their answer.
- Create a fund-raiser for a campus or community organization that works to address interpersonal violence.
- Wear a “Consent is Sexy” button.
- Ask for consent when you are in an intimate situation with another person.
- Participate in the 35-hour sexual assault/domestic violence training program at the Walla Walla YWCA.
- Empower sexual assault victims to shatter the silence and tell their stories.
- Attend the annual “Take Back the Night Rally and March.”
- If you’re going out drinking, designate someone to stay sober and ensure everyone comes and goes together.
- Work to bring an educational program on preventing violence to your class or student group.
- If you see a friend coming on too strong to a person who may be too drunk
to make informed decisions, distract, redirect or interrupt.
- If you see a friend who may be too drunk to make informed decisions,
check in and consider staying with them until you get them home.
- If you’re going out drinking and plan on hooking up, make decisions in
advance with your friends about how much you want to do with who – and then enforce them with each other.
- If you see someone at a party who looks like they are in trouble, ask if they are OK.
- If you see something unfolding at a party that is high-risk and you are
too embarrassed or shy to confront it – get someone else to.
- If you see a friend doing something shady, step in and say something to them.
- Intervene if someone is pressuring another student to drink or use drugs.
- Notice signs of potential abuse or violence and respond.
- Where appropriate, bring educational programming on interpersonal violence to your class.
- Where appropriate, include topics that address partner violence,
sexual assault and stalking – prevention and intervention – in your classes.
- Make it clear to your students that if they are dealing with violence you are a safe person to approach for support and referrals.
- Participate in a Sexual Misconduct First-Responder training program to learn about campus and community resources, and making referrals.
- Consider conducting research that furthers our understanding of violence prevention.
- Include a statement on your course syllabus that expresses support for victims of violence and intolerance of all forms of violence.
- Assign readings or papers or journal topics on the issue of power-based personal violence.
- Talk with faculty colleagues about the importance of prevention.
- Recognize risk factors associated with violence and ensure there is adequate policy and training to respond.
- Ensure adequate funding for prevention and intervention efforts.
- Talk with colleagues about your personal commitment to violence prevention and Green Dot.
- Integrate references to the Green Dot initiative and the importance of violence prevention into speeches and public addresses.
- Educate yourself and your staff about sexual violence, intimate partner violence, stalking and abuse.
- Bring Green Dot training to your next staff meeting or in-service.
- Ensure you have effective policies in place to ensure safety in the workplace and support victims of violence.
- Tell a woman in your life that sexual assault and domestic violence matters to you.
- Ask a woman in your life how the issue of sexual and physical violence has impacted her.
- Ask a woman in your life what you can do to help take a stand against violence.
- Have one conversation with one male friend or relative about the Green Dot initiative.
- Ask one male friend or relative what he thinks about violence against women and what men could do to help stop it.
- Visit the Jackson Katz website (www.jacksonkatz.com/) and read “10 Things Men Can Do To End Gender Violence.”
- Have a conversation with a younger man or boy who looks up to you about how important it is for men to help end violence.
- Google “men against violence” and read what men around the country are doing.
- If you notice symptoms or signs that make you suspect abuse or violence, always ask and provide resources.
- Ensure all your intake forms ask questions that screen for violence. Then follow up with referrals and resources.
- Have educational materials from your local domestic violence shelter and rape crisis center displayed in your office.
- Provide training to your staff from local experts to ensure competence in the area of power-based personal violence.
- Change your email signature line to include the statement “Proud to be a Green Dot supporter.”
- Write a check to the local YMCA rape crisis center and write “Green Dot supporter” in the memo line.
- Have one conversation with one co-worker about Green Dot Whitman and tell them that ending violence matters to you.
- Make one announcement to one group or organization you are involved in, telling them about Green Dot Whitman.
- Send a mass email to your contact list with a simple message like, “I believe in the goal of reducing interpersonal violence at Whitman.”
- Ask 5 women in your life how sexual violence and dating or domestic violence has impacted
them (directly or indirectly) and listen to their response.
- Think about the women and children in your life that you care most about, and consider that they have 1 in 3 odds of becoming
victims of violence in their lifetime. Tell one person how you would feel if she did become a victim.
- Educate yourself about the impact of violence on victims and those who love them.
