System-wide Collaboration on Violence Prevention Programs

Spring
2015
Resolution Number
13.01
 
Assigned to
Equity and Diversity Action Committee
Category
General Concerns
Status
Completed
Status Report

The April 2022 Rostrum Article titled Someone in Your Classroom Needs You: Supporting College Sexual Violence Prevention Programs, was written that addresses the request to assist with developing effective anti-sexual assault and violence prevention programs. 

Whereas, The provisions in both the federal Violence Against Women Reauthorization Act of 2013 and California Education Code §67386 require California Community Colleges to “implement comprehensive prevention and outreach programs addressing sexual violence, domestic violence, dating violence, and stalking” with the outreach programming to be included in every incoming student’s orientation;

Whereas, Many California community colleges are currently in the process of developing programs to meet the guidelines of the Violence Against Women Act and the Campus Sexual Violence Elimination Act, as well as trying to determine the most effective ways to implement them; 

Whereas, A significant number of students transfer back and forth among multiple campuses within the California Community College System; and

Whereas, Adopting shared orientation materials that assert a united, system-wide stance against violence and that could be customized by the addition of unique, campus-specific information might be more effective than colleges or districts developing and implementing materials independently;

Resolved, That the Academic Senate for California Community Colleges work with the Chancellor’s Office and other system partners to develop and distribute guidelines to assist with developing and implementing effective anti-sexual assault and violence prevention programs at their colleges.

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