A Statewide Approach to Prevention on College Campuses NASPA Region 1, 11/12/2018

A STATEWIDE APPROACH TO PREVENTION ON COLLEGE CAMPUSES

The RI Cross-Campus Learning Collaborative for Sexual Violence Prevention

(‘Collaborative’) was established in September 2015 to coordinate violence prevention
efforts across higher education institutions in the state. We have established streamlined
means of communication to facilitate shared learning, information and resource-sharing,
and partnership building between the 11 institutions of higher education in the state and
community partners.

Our MISSION is to exchange, explore, and evaluate prevention initiatives and issues
addressing power-based interpersonal violence (PBIPV) through an intersectional
lens. We seek to achieve this by address issues of PBIPV such as sexual violence, dating
violence, stalking, and sexual- and gender-based harassment; uniting efforts across RI
college and university campuses; and being inclusive of all faculty, staff, students, and
visitors. Our VISION is to foster and sustain trauma-informed violence-free campuses.
(Updated 08/2018, draft – to be finalized).

Collaborative VALUES, our work is:

- Collaborative - Contributing to collective
- Evidence-based intelligence
- Innovative - Flexible
- Student-centered - Grounded in social justice
- Assessment-focused

Expectations of Members/Job Description

- Active participation in monthly meetings, which includes a combination of attendance,
hosting, and facilitation or nomination of discussion topics
- Consistency/continuity in institutional representation
- Contributing to an inclusive, collaborative environment
- Two-way dissemination of information - from individual campuses to the Collaborative and
from the Collaborative to individual campuses

Benefits to Institution & Individual

- Shared information and resources regarding best practices
- Ongoing professional development
- Sharing and monitoring of trends and climate throughout Rhode Island, higher education,
and nationally
- Connections to community resources and expertise
- Credibility
- Contributing to protective environments
- Opportunities for self-care and peer-support
- Professional networking
- Platform for celebrating/acknowledging/recognizing successes of individual(s),
campus(es), and the Collaborative
A Statewide Approach to Prevention on College Campuses NASPA Region 1, 11/12/2018

Collaborative Presentation TOPICS:

• Strategic Planning & Documentation
• Intersectionality & Working with Marginalized Populations
• Process & Outcome Evaluation Training (multi-session)
• Strengths-Based Prevention & Healthy Relationships/Sexuality
• Navigating Sexual Violence Work in our Political Climate
• Working with Academics to Evaluate and Support Sexual Violence Prevention
Initiatives
• Healthy/Non-Toxic Masculinity
• Sexual Assault Prevention: Intersection with ‘Sugar Babies’ and Commercial Sexual
Exploitation on College Campuses
• LGBTQ Inclusion in Sexual Violence Prevention
• Self-Care

Collaborative Discussions:
• Setting and revisions of Mission/Vison
• Support and Coordination of RISC
• Collaborative Group Evaluation
• State-wide Campus Prevention Assessment
• Conference Preparation and Outcome Sharing
• Sustainability, Marketing/Promotion
• Expectations & Values
• Governance Structure: Decision Making & Sustainability

Rhode Island Student Collaborative (RISC)

Initiated in 2016, RISC’s MISSION is to empower students across Rhode Island campuses to
strengthen sexual & relationship violence-prevention efforts and support survivors
through advocacy, awareness, and education to create safer communities. Our VISION is to
eliminate violence on college campuses and increase accessibility towards services and
support. (Updated 10/2018).

RISC VALUES:
• Inclusivity • Communicative
• Research & evidence based • Understanding
• Safe & welcoming • Open-minded
• Trauma-informed

RISC Subcommittees:
• Support, Advocacy & Education • Event Planning
• Research • Marketing & PR