{"id":1227,"date":"2021-10-20T16:29:01","date_gmt":"2021-10-20T20:29:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/officeofequityandinclusivity\/?p=1227"},"modified":"2021-11-04T11:43:20","modified_gmt":"2021-11-04T15:43:20","slug":"red-flag-campaign-during-domestic-violence-awareness-month","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/officeofequityandinclusivity\/2021\/10\/20\/red-flag-campaign-during-domestic-violence-awareness-month\/","title":{"rendered":"Red Flag Campaign During Domestic Violence Awareness Month"},"content":{"rendered":"

\u201cOver half of all college students (57%) say it\u2019s difficult to identify dating abuse\u201d (https:\/\/www.thehotline.org\/stakeholders\/domestic-violence-statistics\/<\/a>).<\/p>\n

At Dickinson College this month, we participate in the national Red Flag Campaign that runs in October in recognition of Domestic Violence Awareness Month. In 2005, the Red Flag Campaign was created by the Virginia Sexual & Domestic Violence Action Alliance. This campaign works to prevent sexual assault, dating violence, and stalking on college campuses nationwide (The Red<\/em>). Students and members of each campus community are encouraged to speak up if they see warning signs or \u201cred flags\u201d<\/a> for potentially harmful and dangerous behavior in their relationships and those around them. They promote this campaign using the hashtag #SaySomething<\/a>. The campaign helps students identify unhealthy attributes in their own relationships and works to improve bystander intervention skills. On the official website<\/a>, free printable handouts are available as further resources for students and campus community members. Topics for handouts include, \u201cHealthy vs. Unhealthy Relationships\u201d, \u201cHelping a Friend Who is Being Abused\u201d, \u201cExamining Your Relationship\u201d, \u201cBystander Intervention Strategies\u201d, and much more. Based on the statistics from the National Domestic Violence Hotline<\/a>, \u201con average, more than 1 in 3 women and 1 in 4 men in the U.S. will experience rape, physical violence, and\/or stalking by an intimate partner.\u201d The Red Flag Campaign works to combat these statistics and offers students resources to make their campus experiences safer.<\/p>\n

Around Dickinson\u2019s campus, students will see physical red flags placed in central locations, such as the academic quad, Morgan Field, and Britton. These flags will be up for the entire month of October. Additionally, red posters have been distributed around campus to provide students with even more resources and information on many crucial topics, like gaslighting, characteristics of unhealthy relationships or partners, and indications for abusive relationships. Around Dickinson\u2019s campus and in the Carlisle community, students may see large wooden silhouettes painted red, known as Silent Witnesses \u00a0This project was created by artists and writers in Minnesota and is locally acknowledged through efforts by the Domestic Violence Services of Cumberland and Perry Counties<\/a>. These Silent Witnesses commemorate people who have been killed due to domestic violence. This initiative hopes to acknowledge these atrocities and promote healing for all those who have suffered.\"\"<\/p>\n

Alongside the Red Flag Campaign and Domestic Violence Awareness Month, students can attend on-campus events to learn even more.\u00a0 The Women\u2019s and Gender Resource Center, Office of Sexual Respect and Title IX, and the Wellness Center hosted an event during October: \u201cHealthy and Unhealthy Relationships: Building a Spectrum\u201d on Wednesday, October 13. You can register for the \u201cOne Love Escalation Workshop\u201d on Thursday, October 28 (lunch is provided; please register in EngageD). Both events discuss healthy and unhealthy or abusive behaviors and relationships and inform students on how to practice safe habits on campus. Students are encouraged to use the resources provided and reach out if they have experienced relationship violence themselves or know someone who is in an unhealthy and harmful relationship.<\/p>\n

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