What Would You Do?
ABC News created a show that uses actors to depict various real-life scenarios, ranging from a couple fighting in a park to stealing a bicycle to a woman being beat up at a bar. The purpose of the show is to find out how/if real life bystanders intervene in the situations. Click on the videos below and decide how YOU would help.
Gender Justice Commission
Do you want to learn more about gender violence? Are you an activist? The Gender Justice Commission (formerly the Gender Violence Prevention Task Force) is looking for students, staff, and faculty to join in discussing the issue and educating the CU community. For an application, contact Davian Gagne email: davian.gagne@colorado.edu or 303.492.5951.
Addressing a Campus Epidemic: Preventing Gender Violence
[caption id="attachment_271" align="aligncenter" width="300" caption="Click Here Gender Violence Prevention List"][/caption] This piece was originally published in the Colorado Higher Ed News, October 2008, by our own Davian Gagne, MSW; Gender Violence Prevention & Education Coordinator in the Office of Victim Assistance in Boulder. I am often asked, "What exactly is gender violence?" Calling someone a slut or fag and any unwanted sexual activity are a few examples of behaviors that fall along the continuum of gender violence. According to the United Nations International Research and Training Institute for the Advancement of Women, gender-based violence takes many forms - physical, sexual, psychological, violence ...
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What Would You Do?
ABC News created a show that uses actors to depict various real-life scenarios, ranging from a couple fighting in a park to stealing a bicycle to a woman...
Gender Justice Commission
Do you want to learn more about gender violence? Are you an activist? The Gender Justice Commission (formerly the Gender Violence Prevention Task Force)...
Addressing a Campus Epidemic: Preventing Gender Violence
Click Here Gender Violence Prevention List This piece was originally published in the Colorado Higher Ed News, October 2008, by our own Davian Gagne,...
Campus & Beyond
GLBTQ & Race – What’s the connection?
ColorLines put together a video about the link between race and GLBTQ issues. So just what is it? Click here to view the video. Read More →
Military Sexual Trauma – Sexual Assault Left Out of PTSD Reform
The news source Color Lines recently did a piece on Military Sexual Trauma (MST) and the Post Traumatic Stress Disorder reform. Find out how MST may be...
The Tribal Law and Order Act of 2010: A Step Forward for Native Women
President Obama signed the Tribal Law and Order Act. Over 100 tribal leaders attended, including many Native women who have worked for years to change...
Intimate Partner Abuse – Signs of a potentially unhealthy relationship
Davian Gagne, Gender Violence Prevention & Education Coordinator, was recently interviewed about intimate partner abuse in college for the EmpoHER...
Gender Violence Prevention Plan
In the spring of 2009 the Gender Violence Prevention Plan was developed by the Sexual Assault/Sexual Harassment committee on campus. The plan includes...
