THE UC RIVERSIDE WOMEN’S RESOURCE CENTER
AND ITS CAMPUS AND COMMUNITY PARTNERS
PRESENT
THE WHITE RIBBON CAMPAIGN
OCTOBER 2009
Make a Donation:
To send a donation, please make a check payable to "Regents UC," with the notation Wms Res Ctr White Ribbon Campaign. Mail the check to UC Riverside, Office of University Advancement, 4128 Hinderaker, Riverside, CA 92521. If you have any questions or need additional information, please contact Mark Dunn at (951) 827-2267.
Thank you for your support!
Goal
The goal of the White Ribbon Campaign is to bring awareness to men and women around issues of women and violence during national Domestic Violence Awareness Month.
Purpose
The purpose of the Campaign is to engage individuals, as follows, in:
- Learning to identify, and seek help around, violence against women
- Analyzing how certain attitudes and behaviors may contribute to violence against women
- Rebuking jokes and sexist language against women
- Supporting women and women’s organizations, for example, rape crisis centers, domestic violence shelters, violence treatment programs, and other similar agencies
Background
The Campaign (http://www.whiteribbon.ca/about_us/) is an international venue with a focus on men's efforts to stop violence against women. Launched by a group of men in 1991 in response to the murders of 14 women by a male student at Montreal University in Canada, the Campaign prompts men to wear a white ribbon and participate in violence-prevention activities to strengthen and expand the network of programs dedicated to involving men in promoting gender equality and enabling them to demonstrate their commitment to ending men's violence against women.
Facts and Figures
1 in 4 women will experience domestic violence in their lifetime (National Coalition Against Domestic Violence)
85% of victims of domestic violence are women (NCADV)
92% of victims of sexual assault and rape are women (National Center for Victims of Crime)
98% of perpetrators of rape and sexual assault are men (NCVC)
96% of domestic violence offenders are men (US Department of Justice Bureau of Justice)
On-Site Activities
Wear a White Ribbon
Date: All of October
Time: 8 AM – 5 PM
Place: UCR Women’s Resource Center, 260 Costo Hall (951-827-3337)
DESCRIPTION: Pick up and wear a white ribbon as a pledge to help stop men’s violence against women, in line with the International White Ribbon Campaign.
Donate-A-Cell-Phone Campaign
Date: All of October
Time: 8 AM – 5 PM
Place: UCR Women’s Resource Center, 260 Costo Hall (951-827-3337)
DESCRIPTION: As a means for enabling battered women, our troops, etc., to stay in touch with their families, cell phones donated in October to the Women’s Resource Center for the annual Donate-A-Cell-Phone Campaign increase the amount of talk-time provided individuals. Phones donated to women’s shelters are refurbished and become lifelines for those experiencing domestic violence or another emergency situation, while those for US troops generate money that is given to Cell Phones for Soldiers, a registered 501c3 non-profit organization that has raised nearly $2 million in donations and distributed more than 500,000 prepaid calling cards to soldiers serving overseas. The goal of the Campaign is to improve the quality of life for those in an exigent circumstance. This year’s phones are earmarked for the Call to Protect Program through the Wireless Foundation. For more information, please call (951) 827-3337.
Clothesline Project
Date: All of October
Time: 8 AM – 5 PM
Place: UCR Women’s Resource Center, 260 Costo Hall (951-827-3337)
DESCRIPTION: The Clothesline Project addresses incidents of violence against women. By designing a paper T-shirt that they hang in their area, on a window, door, and/or bulletin board, individuals on campus display their heartfelt feelings toward violence as a testament to and voice for the problem. For more information, please call the Women’s Resource Center at (951) 827-3337. The Center plans to send out paper T-shirts at the start of October.
Walk a Mile
Date: October 6 (Indio), October 7 (Riverside), October 8 (Southwest)
Time: All events start at noon
Place: Larson Justice Center (Indio 10/6), Riverside Historic Courthouse (10/7), Sam Hicks Monument Park (Temecula, 10/8)
DESCRIPTION: Led by the Riverside County District Attorney, professionals, law enforcement and community members, and students participate in a walk, symbolizing the journey undertaken by victims of domestic violence. The walk is followed by a program including remarks from the District Attorney, a speaker representing the victim perspective and a law enforcement speaker. In addition to displays depicting the prevalence of domestic violence in Riverside County, various community agencies will be hosting booths and providing information. For more details, please contact Tamera Blankenship at the Division of Victim Services, (951) 955-5512.
Walk a Mile Event and Hopeline Project with DA’s Office
Date: October 7
Time: 12 Noon
Place: Downtown Riverside
DESCRIPTION: The Riverside County Probation Department is joining the Victim Witness Advocates/Family Justice Center/District Attorney’s offices at the Walk a Mile Event to bring awareness to the cycle of violence. Several Probation Officers are participating in the walk. We have placed seven boxes throughout our offices to collect used cell phones for the Hopeline project with Verizon. For each phone donated, Verizon provides a new phone with 3,000 free minutes to victims of domestic violence.
Mimi's Restaurant
Date: October 7
Time: 11:30 AM - 10 PM
Place: 12580 Day Street, Moreno Valley (Costco Shopping Complex)
DESCRIPTION: With your Mimi's flier in hand, please bring your associates for fun, food, and friends day at Mimi's. A portion of the proceeds will go toward the White Ribbon Campaign. For a flier, please drop by the front desk at the Women's Resource Center, 260 Costo Hall. To contact the restaurant, please dial 951-653-2511.
Healthy Vs Unhealthy Relationships in the LGBTQ Communities
Campus and community
Date: October 14
Time: 2 – 4 PM
Place: HUB 269
DESCRIPTION: Certified Domestic Violence Counselor Mary Case will provide an overview of intimate partner violence within the lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender community. Case’s workshop will cover terminology associated with LGBT IVP, the impact of oppression on LGBT IPV victim/survivors, issues and challenges LGBTQ victim/survivors may face, and strategies for safety. For more information, please visit http://events.ucr.edu/cgi-bin/display.cgi?comp_id=30337:20091014140000&unit=31.
Healthy Vs Unhealthy Relationships in the LGBTQ Communities
Lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer, and questioning students are encouraged to attend
Date: October 14
Time: 6 – 7:30 PM
Place: UCR LGBT Resource Center, 245 Costo Hall
DESCRIPTION: The interactive workshop helps lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer, and questioning students support LGBTQ individuals in understanding the impact of unhealthy relationships and what healthy relationships look like in the LBGTQ community. The presenter, Mary Case, is one of only a handful of counselors in the world who works in an LGBT batterers’ group, providing LGBT-specific domestic violence trainings to over 50 mainstream shelters in Southern California and organizations throughout the country. For more information, please visit http://events.ucr.edu/cgi-bin/display.cgi?comp_id=30338:20091014180000&unit=31.
Self—Defense Class for Women and Men
MUST BE A UCR STUDENT AND REGISTER IN ADVANCE
Date: October 15
Time: 6 – 9 PM
Place: UCR Recreation Center, Multipurpose Room A (951-827-3337)
Description: The self-defense class for women and men is an interactive session that engages enrollees in learning and practicing ways to identify dangerous situations and people for self-preservation against muggings, carjackings, rape, and other such crimes and infractions. To register in advance, individuals must call (951) 827-3337. Participants should wear comfortable clothing.
Healthy Relationships and Rape Prevention Education
Date: October 17
Time: 10 AM - 3 PM, Workshops
Noon – 1 PM, Lunch
1 – 3 PM, Self-Defense
Place: YWCA, 8172 Magnolia Avenue, Riverside, CA 92504
Description: For females aged 13 and up, the YWCA, Riverside Area Rape Crisis Center, and Planned Parenthood are co-hosting three activities: 1.) workshops on healthy relationships and rape prevention education; 2.) classes on self-defense; and 3.) lunch. For more information, please contact the YWCA at (951) 687-9922.
Movie and Dinner Night with Q&A
Date: October 20
Time: 4 6:30 PM
Place: UCR HUB 355
Description: Participants will have the opportunity to view Take My Eyes by Iciar Bollain and starring Laia Marull, Luis Tosar, Candela Pena, and Rosa Marie Sara. A winner of seven Goya Awards, the movie compellingly explores the subject of domestic violence while simultaneously avoiding simplistic characterizations. A Spanish film, it depicts a real life example of an intimate relationship that turns abusive, as it shows the complexities of human relationships around the issue of domestic violence. Following pizza and refreshments, Liz Mondragon, PsyD at the Counseling Center, and Sarah Pemberton, LCSW in Student Affairs, will facilitate discussion.
RAD: Riverside Against Domestic Violence
Date: October 22
Time: 8:30 - 10:30 PM
Place: UCR, The Barn
DESCRIPTION: RAD is a vehicle for enabling students and others to speak out against domestic or relationship violence. Included in the activity are the spoken word, poetry, and stories. For those who offer stories and want their stories heard, but choose not to read or relay them, there is the option of having someone else read/relay them on their behalf. Contact Giselle Sorial at <
mailto:gsori002@student.ucr.edu>gsori002@student.ucr.edu for specific information.
One Bad NightDate: October 27
Time: 4 – 6 PM
Place: UCR HUB 302 North
Description: The evening will include a documentary about the life of Denny: a young man and Iraq veteran who overcomes domestic violence that he experienced as a child. As One Bad Night is especially thought-provoking, Denny will discuss the effects of domestic violence and lead a question and answer period after the film concludes.
Law Enforcement Town Hall
Date: October 27
Time: 6:30 – 8:30 PM
Place: UCR HUB 302 North
DESCRIPTION: In a town hall forum, a judge, District Attorney, police officers, and other law enforcement personnel associated with domestic violence (DV) proceedings and/or issues in Riverside will respond to DV-oriented questions submitted in advance by members of the campus and community. The panelists charge in the forum is to bring the audience up to date regarding their roles and activities around the DV queries. To submit questions now, please email adrienne.sims@ucr.edu. If you have any concerns or need additional information, just call 951-827-6225.
Bruising for Besos
Date: October 28
Time: 6:00 – 8:00 PM
Place: UCR HUB 302 North
DESCRIPTION: Bruising for Besos is a one-woman show from Chicana performer Adelina Anthony. Tempered with doses of good humor and reflection, Bruising for Besos explores domestic violence in queer and non-queer relationships. Presented with her trademark originality and humor, the play gazes deeply into a mirror that reveals uncharted landscapes of experience and understanding. For more information, please call 951-827-2267.
'Til Domestic Violence Do Us Part
Date: October 29
Time: 3 – 5 PM
Place: Center on Deafness Inland Empire, 3576 Arlington Avenue, Suite 211, Riverside
DESCRIPTION: 'Til Domestic Violence Do Us Part promotes an understanding within the deaf and hard of hearing in the Riverside/Inland area that it is better than not to be well prepared for any incident of domestic violence or sexual assault. Not only does the workshop cover what victims will need from the Center on Deafness Inland Empire (CODIE), but it avails a Sign Language and Voice Interpreter. For more information, please contact Gloria Moriarity: TTY 951-275-0640; voice 951-275-5000, or email gmoriarty@codie.org
Life Without Parole
Date: October 29
Time: 4 – 6 PM
Place: UCR HUB 302 North
Description: Life Without Parole is a play based on the dissertation research of a UCR alumnus. The research, published in the book, Convicted Survivors, has been turned into a play about women who are convicted of life without parole for the killing of their batterers. The play is performed by a mix of student and staff/community actors.
Online Activities
- White Ribbon Online Pledge, http://www.uvm.edu/~mac/pledge/pledge.html
- Goods through We-Care - http://www.we-care.com/ (a percentage of every purchase goes to the White Ribbon Campaign)
- White Ribbon Twitter - https://twitter.com/whiteribbon
- White Ribbon Guestbook: http://www.whiteribbon.ca/guest_book/default.asp
- White Ribbon Products: http://www.whiteribbon.ca/secure/products.asp?catID=1
- (Student) Registration for the College Sexual Assault Policies Database - http://database.safercampus.org/drupal-5.5/7
- Say Something When Confronted WIth Men's Violence Against Women
- Statement of Principles Breaking Men's Silence to End Men's Violence
- What Every Man Can Do - Our Future Has No Violence Against Women
- Frequently Asked Questions About the White Ribbon Campaign
- These People Want to Put An End to Violence Against Women
- UC Riverside Sexual Assault Resources
General Safety Services
General Services for Well-Being and Addressing Assault
- (Off-Campus 24/7) Alternatives to Domestic Violence, 951-683-0829 (http://www.alternativestodv.org/)
- Campus Health Center, 951-827-3031 (http://campushealth.ucr.edu/)
- Counseling Center, 951-827-5531 (http://counseling.ucr.edu/)
- Housing Services, 951-827-4252 (http://housing.ucr.edu/)
- Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual & Transgender Resource Center, 951-827-2267 (http://out.ucr.edu/)
- (Off-Campus 24/7) National Domestic Violence Hotline, 800-799-7233 (http://www.ndvh.org/)
- Ombudsperson, 951-827 (http://conflictresolution.ucr.edu/ombudsperson.html)
- (Off-Campus 24/7) Riverside Area Rape Crisis Center, 951-686-7273 (http://rarcc.org/main/)
- (Off-Campus 24/7) Riverside County Regional Medical Center, 951-486-5650 (http://rcrmc.org/home/)
- Student Affairs Case Manager, 951-827- 9354 (http://deanofstudents.ucr.edu/)
- Student Conduct, 951-827-4208 (http://conduct.ucr.edu/)
- Title IX/Sexual Harassment, 951-827-7070 (http://conflictresolution.ucr.edu/titleix.html)
- The WELL (Well-being, Empowerment, Life, and Learning), 951-827-9355 (http://well.ucr.edu/)
- Women’s Resource Center, 951-827-3337 (http://wrc.ucr.edu/)
Links to Resources Regarding Sexual Violence and Self-Defense
http://wrc.ucr.edu/Resources/Sexual+Violence+and+Self-Defense.htm
COMMITTEE FOR THE WHITE RIBBON CAMPAIGN
Adrienne Sims, Jeanette Bradeen, Doug Everhart, Colleen Boddy,
Elizabeth Mondragon, Sarah Pemberton, Judith Velasquez, Stephanie Dauria,
Nella Juma, Jessica Yamane, Maria Grigorian, Giselle Sorial
PARTNERS
UC Riverside ASPB, UC Riverside Title IX Office, University of California Police Department, YWCA,
Riverside Area Rape Crisis Center, Alternatives to Domestic Violence, California Baptist University, Riverside County Family Justice Center; Riverside County District Attorney's Office, Riverside County Adult Probation, Domestic Violence Unit; California Parole, Riverside Division; Prevent Child Abuse Riverside County, Riverside County Commission on Women, Riverside Commission on Disabilities, Center on Deafness Inland Empire, Riverside County Sheriff's Department, Riverside Police Department, St. Andrews Newman Center
COSPONSORS (to date)
Mimi's, Shakey's Pizza, UCR Athletics, UCR ASPB, The UCR WELL, UCR Title IX/Sexual Harassment Office, UCR Housing, UCR Student Life, Lesbian Gay Bisexual Transgender Resource Center
http://wrc.ucr.edu/ (951) 827-3337 adrienne.sims@ucr.edu