The Green Dot Strategy is an innovative approach to violence prevention. Green Dot harnesses the power of individual choices to shift social norms, resulting in broad-based culture change. Green Dot is based on a wealth of interdisciplinary research including social change theory, diffusion of innovation, communication, marketing, bystander intervention, and perpetration patterns. Visit our website to learn more about the Green Dot curriculum. The Green Dot Institute for Professionals is a 4-day training that enables attendees to implement the Green Dot Violence Prevention Strategy.
This Institute will have two tracks 1) Green Dot for Colleges and 2) Green Dot for Communities. Participants may choose one of these and, upon completion of the training, will be able to implement the Green Dot Strategy within their particular role and target population.
Components of the training include:
l A comprehensive review of the research and theories which inform the Green Dot Strategy.
l Elements of the Green Dot Strategy and curriculum.
l Developing an implementation plan.
Attendees at the Green Dot Institute experience an interactive and personally challenging training that is designed to inspire renewed hope and a vision for a safer world.
College:
To maximize the potential for real change on a college campus, a team approach to Green Dot is required. If you are coming from a campus that is already implementing Green Dot, you are welcome to attend the training solo or with other team members. If your campus is new to Green Dot, we require a team of at least 2-3 participants from your campus, with a strong recommendation for teams of 5 or more. An exception can be made if an individual is simply "scouting" the program to see if it would be a good fit for their campus. If you attend to scout the program, you may not implement until additional members of your campus/community are trained. One person cannot single-handedly create the sustained changes that an issue like power-based personal violence requires. We recommend that team members include not only designated prevention/intervention staff, but also professionals across your institution like faculty, student affairs staff, and administrators. Finally, any participants from agencies outside of a campus are required to attend in partnership with a local campus team. While off site agencies can provide much needed support and expertise, Green Dot is a campus mobilizing effort and must be led from within the institution.
Community:
To maximize the potential for real change in a community, a team approach to Green Dot is required. If you are coming from a community that is already implementing Green Dot, specifically in the community setting, you are welcome to attend the training solo or with other team members. If your community is new to Green Dot, we require a team of at least 2-3 participants from your community but strongly recommend 5 or more. At least one of these participants must be from an agency other than a Domestic Violence or Rape Crisis Center. An exception can be made if an individual is simply "scouting" the program to see if it would be a good fit for their community. If you attend to scout the program, you may not implement until additional members of your community are trained. One person cannot single-handedly create the sustained changes that an issue like power-based personal violence requires. We recommend that team members include not only designated prevention/intervention staff, but also professionals from educational institutions, hospitals/clinics, law enforcement, faith-based organizations, local businesses and community leadership. It is required that a community team consists of partners from more than one agency or organization to begin to build an effective and collaborative community implementation team.
Breakfast will be served from 7:30-8:30am and training will promptly follow starting at 8:30am until 5:00pm daily.
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