Sexual Offenses Prevention & Awareness Programs The University engages in comprehensive, intentional and integrated programming, initiatives, strategies and campaigns intended to end dating violence, domestic violence, sexual assault and stalking that: • Are culturally relevant, inclusive of diverse communities and identities, sustainable, responsive to community needs, and informed by research, or assessed for value, effectiveness, or outcome; and • Consider environmental risk and protective factors as they occur on the individual, relationship, institutional, community and societal levels. • Educational programming consists of primary prevention and awareness programs for all incoming students and new employees and ongoing awareness and prevention campaigns for students and employees that: • Create a caring environment that fosters education, support and dialogue. • Identify domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault and stalking as prohibited conduct; • Use definitions provided both by the Department of Education as well as state law as to what behavior constitutes domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, and stalking; • Define what behavior and actions constitute consent to sexual activity in the State of Pennsylvania and/or using the definition of consent found in the Student Code of Conduct; • Provide a description of safe and positive options for bystander intervention. Bystander intervention means safe and positive options that may be carried out by an individual or individuals to prevent harm or intervene when there is a risk of dating violence, domestic violence, sexual assault or stalking. Bystander intervention includes recognizing situations of potential harm, understanding institutional structures and cultural conditions that facilitate violence, overcoming barriers to intervening, identifying safe and effective intervention options, and taking action to intervene; • Provide information on risk reduction. Risk reduction means options designed to decrease perpetration and bystander inaction, and to increase empowerment for victims in order to promote safety and to help individuals and communities address conditions that facilitate violence. • Provide an overview of information contained in the Annual Security Report in compliance with the Clery Act. Throughout the course of an academic year, these programs are consistently presented to students and employees in order to improve awareness about sexual and relationship violence in all forms and provide ways in which each person can help reduce and/or eliminate both. The following delivery methods are utilized to present this information in manners that encourage and allow for maximum participation and account for a variety of learning styles of the participants: • Lectures are the primary delivery method for large groups. • Workshops are held in classes and for small groups. • A website designed to inform students, employees and others about sexual misconduct is available for review at https://www.kutztown.edu/about-ku/ administrative-offi ces/social-equity/title-ix.html. It provides information regarding support services, policy information, options for reporting, the student conduct process, and related matters. • Educational materials, such as fact sheets, brochures, and booklets are available at different locations on campus and at programming and information fairs. • Women’s Center Website: www.kutztown.edu/ womenscenter • Video presentation on dating violence and sexual assault presented to incoming students. Kutztown University utilizes these resources for multiple programs: university-developed programs, programs developed by PA Coalition Against Rape, online web-based programs used for student conduct 43
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