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What is a Green Dot?
“Green Dot, etc.” is a five year strategy designed to engage ALL community members in the effort to decrease violence. It uses awareness, education and skill-practice to encourage proactive behaviors that establish intolerance of norms that support violence. The goal is for individuals and groups to engage in a basic education program that will equip them to integrate moments of prevention and intervention within their existing relationships and daily activities. It reinforces the community members that they CAN make a difference. Perhaps more importantly, it engages them actively in norm changing behavior that ultimately will lay the groundwork for a culture within our community that does not tolerate violence. The…
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It’s Not Just a Woman’s Issue
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The Walk
I walk “The Walk” so she never has to. When we opened our doors for services in 2002, we knew there were compelling reasons to have services based in Cave Junction. These community-based services have saved lives and provided crisis and long-term support to over 6,000 survivors. Over the course of the twelve years we’ve worked hard to educate our community, our partners and funders that survivors need accessible services. We’ve made progress, but there is still work to be done. Alliance staff and some close friends and family plan to walk the 30 miles into Grants Pass to get the word out, we all need to walk the walk…
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Training Opportunity
On March 31, 2014, the Alliance will be offering a three hour training for volunteers, community partners and anyone interested in improving their response to victims of abuse. The topics to be covered will be: The Batterer as Parent – including how a batterer interacts with his children and the other parent as a victim. Domestic Violence and Children- what happens to a child when exposed to domestic violence? Sexual Assault- an overview including statistics, effect on the victim, drug facilitated rape. Drugs, Alcohol and Domestic Violence– does drinking cause violence? How victims cope and how it increases lethality. The training will begin at 9:00am and end at 12:00pm and…
