Please see the Sexual Assault Awareness Month 2016 flyer for a list of events happening at UConn.

Monday, April 11
1:30 – 3:30 PM
Fairfield Way

Join us, along with our many campus partners,
at Residential Life’s third annual UConnsent Day.
Activities featured at the event will offer skills for
creating and fostering healthy relationships and
preventing sexual violence on campus.

Thursday, March 24, 2016 12:00pm – 1:30pm

Rainbow Center; Student Union 403, Storrs Campus

The Out to Lunch Lecture Series continues the semester with a presentation by Tameka Gillum, entitled, “Perceptions and Consequences of Dating Violence among Sexual Minority Youth.”

Synopsis: Research reveals a disturbingly high prevalence of dating violence among American youth, with sexual minority youth demonstrated to be at increased risk. This is of concern as studies have shown that individuals who experience such violence are at increased risk for adverse mental and physical health outcomes, including increased risk of HIV infection among LGBT populations. Research also indicates that individuals who are victimized as adolescents are at increased risk for victimization during their young adult years. Results will be presented of a mixed-methods study that 1) assessed past and current dating violence (physical, sexual, and psychological aggression – perpetration and victimization) and its relationship to mental health outcomes among a sample of 109 college-enrolled sexual minority youth, and 2) qualitatively explored perceptions of dating violence among a sub-sample of those youth.

Biography: Dr. Tameka L. Gillum is an Associate Professor in the Department of Health Promotion and Policy, adjunct with the Women, Gender, Sexuality Studies Department at the University of Massachusetts Amherst. Dr. Gillum’s research interests are in exploring and addressing intimate partner violence/dating violence (IPV/DV) within racial/ethnic minority and sexual minority populations, development of culturally specific prevention and intervention efforts, health clinic based IPV interventions and the health effects of IPV/DV victimization. Most recently, her work has involved exploring gender-based violence in Kenya, East Africa. She is a member of the steering committee for the national Institute on Domestic Violence in the African American Community (IDVAAC), a member of the board of directors of Men’s Resources International (MRI) and board president for the New England Learning Center for Women in Transition.

Attendees are encouraged to bring their lunches.

For the list of upcoming speakers and themes, please visit http://rainbowcenter.uconn.edu/out-to-lunch-lecture-series/

Take Back the Night
7:00 PM
SU Ballroom

Take Back the Night is an annual event held each April that seeks to raise awareness about gender-based violence affecting members of our community and to provide support for survivor empowerment and healing.

The evening begins with a short program in the Student Union Ballroom where invited speakers and performers highlight the importance of a community response to this issue. Students then lead a candlelight march through campus, followed by a survivor speak-out. During the speak-out members of our community will have the chance to share their personal stories surrounding gender-based violence. A coffee house takes place at the conclusion of the event at the Women’s Center.

Project Unbreakable
11:30 AM – 2:00 PM (Monday – Friday)
Homer Babbidge Library

UConn Project Unbreakable is part of a larger national photography project that aims to encourage the act of healing through art. Our annual display features photographs of gender-based violence survivors quoting their attackers as well as paintings, drawings and poetry written by survivors or those who love them.
Please note that anyone can choose to submit anonymous work. If you or someone you know would like to be photographed or submit a work of art, please contact projectunbreakable@uconn.edu.

Broken Promises
7:00 PM
Student Union Theatre

Amidst the backdrop of urban Latin hip hop music, rhyme, and choreography, Broken Promises reveals the shocking truth of how quickly and easily young women are ensnared in the world of sex trafficking. Desperate for money, four young women gamble their lives on internet porn and prostitution. Before they know it, they’re trapped in a life from which they cannot escape.
This bilingual play is written by Olga Sanchez and directed by Francisco Garcia.

Sponsored by Violence Against Women Prevention Program (VAWPP)in partnership with PRLACC

Tony Porter
7:00 PM
Laurel Hall 102

Tony is an educator, activist and lecturer who has been working in the social justice arena for over twenty years. Co-founder of a leading national violence prevention organization, A CALL TO MEN, Tony is internationally recognized for engaging men in gender-based violence prevention through the promotion of healthy masculinity. He is a consultant and trainer with the NFL and NBA and has worked extensively with the U.S. Military and Naval Academies.
His lecture will address the social construction of masculinity and the acceptance of violence in America. Porter will challenge participants to examine individual attitudes and behaviors that negatively impact our campus culture and invite everyone to join the movement to end gender-based discrimination, harassment and violence here on campus and beyond.

Co-sponsored by Student Activities Leadership Office, Fraternity & Sorority Life and Athletics

Protect Our Pack Initiative Logo Designs Needed

We are reaching out to you as the UConn Protect Our Pack Bystander Intervention Committee through the Division of Student Affairs. The Protect Our Pack committee has begun training students on how to be an engaged active bystander to help protect fellow members of the Husky family.

Here is where we need your help. We have launched a competition for the student body to create a logo for Protect our Pack. This competition is open to all students and we request that you help spread the word about this incredible opportunity.

Protect our Pack Logo Design Competition Details:
◦Eligibility: All UConn students (undergraduate and graduate regardless of campus)
◦Deadline: Sunday, February 14, 2016 at 11:59 p.m.
◦Prize:◾Two (2) tickets to each of the following:◾UConn Women’s Basketball Game
◾UConn Men’s Basketball Game
◾SUBOG Spring Concert

Submission Guidelines:
1.The design must consider contemporary trends in logo design, but remain timeless. The logo will be used online, in print, on merchandise and other uses the University deems appropriate. Flexibility is a key requirement, including the need to resize easily and to look good in black & white as well as color.
2.The design must be submitted in JPG, PNG, or PDF format and not too vertical or horizontal in orientation. The final version of the logo will need to be suitable for high quality printing and web publication.
3.No more than three (3) entries may be submitted by any one student.
4.All entries should be submitted to Nate Gordon, nathan.gordon@uconn.edu by the deadline.

Copyright and Disclaimer:

The University will register the winning logo as a trade/service mark. Because of this, Entrants should take care to ensure that their design submission is not any way similar to existing logos or other copyrighted images. A logo that cannot be registered, no matter how well crafted, cannot be used by the University. The Committee reserves the right to reject any or all logo submissions and to extend or cancel the competition at its discretion.

All entry materials become the exclusive property of the University of Connecticut and will not be returned. Any and all intellectual property rights and ownership of the winning submission will be deemed transferred, without any compensation or consideration to the University of Connecticut at the time of submission. If considered necessary by the Committee, the winner will be required to sign an affidavit of eligibility and transfer to the University of Connecticut the intellectual property rights and ownership to the winning logo entry.
For more information, contact: Nathan Gordon at nathan.gordon@uconn.edu

Join us for an evening with Michael Kimmel, one of the world’s leading experts on men and masculinities. “Man Up!” is an event that will provide students, of all gender identities, an opportunity to explore masculinity through Dr. Kimmel’s talk. The event aims to provide people with the information they need to understand societal expectations of men, why they can be harmful, and what we can do to help change them, thereby helping everyone. Masculine ideals harm both men and women in society, and their perpetuation can cause a lot of trauma in those that do not fit the ideal “masculine” traits.

Co-sponsored with USG.

Tuesday, February 16, 2016

7 p.m. in Laurel Hall 102
For more information, contact: The Women’s Center at 860-486-4738