2024年10月17日

浩博体育app has been awarded $375,000 to continue its work to p牧师ent sexual assault and relationship violence on campus.

The funding is a continuation of the university’s 2018 and 2020 来自美国的资助.S. Department of Justice’s Office on Violence Against Women.

“This grant gives 浩博体育app a large platform to build upon all of the promising work we’ve undertaken since the Violence Intervention and P牧师ention Center我们于2018年成立，”他说 永利菲利普斯 ’20, director of violence p牧师ention.

The three-year funding will allow the university to:

• Provide all students with training opportunities to understand consent and how to be an active bystander, identify signs and behaviors of unhealthy or abusive relationships, and know their resources on campus.

• Broaden the reach of the VIP Center’s 绿点 bystander intervention programming.

• Create 教育al resources for students navigating processes such as 第九条.

• Increase culturally specific programs to better serve students of color, 国际学生, 以及LGBTQ+学生.

• Provide employees with resources and training to feel confident in reporting and modeling a culture of consent for campus community members.

• Continue its partnership with Transitions of PA, providing for an on-campus advocate for up to 20 hours per week.

永利菲利普斯 ’20, director of violence p牧师entionAfter graduating from Susquehanna with a degree in 心理学, 菲利普斯 continued to Widener University, where she earned two master’s degrees — one in human sexuality with a focus in sex 教育 and another in counseling 教育. She joined the staff at Susquehanna in 2023.

“我认为 I was going to be a school counselor in a high school, but I quickly realized that parents weren’t ready for their children to be having what can be difficult conversations around body autonomy and consent,菲利普斯说. “When my position became available at Susquehanna, 我认为, ‘What would be better than to bring this 教育, 我知道这很重要, to the community where I learned so much about myself?’”

自从她上任以来, the VIP Center and its sponsored programs have interacted with more than 2,000 members of the campus community through training and programming on topics ranging from understanding consent to explaining sexual misconduct and gender-based violence.

In addition to the funding 菲利普斯 secured from the Department of Justice, 她还获得了37美元的奖金,100 grant from the Pennsylvania Department of Education’s 这是在我们PA campaign in January 2024 to combat campus sexual assault and violence.

除了资金, 菲利普斯, 谁是幸存者, has reinvigorated the VIP Center as a safe place any campus community member can visit, whether they need access to 教育al resources, decompress in the center’s wellness room or seek support after a troubling experience.

“In a diverse and dynamic environment like a university, students are not only building academic knowledge and life skills but also shaping their values and interactions,菲利普斯说. “By teaching students about the importance of consent and addressing the realities of gender violence, we empower them to advocate for themselves and others, fostering a community where healthy relationships and personal boundaries are respected.”