Ending Violence Against Women
Executive
Summary
The Ending Violence Against Women (EVAW) Project at Western Washington
University prioritizes four goals:
- Improve and strengthen the coordination
of a multidisciplinary response to victims by
(a) increasing the seamlessness of campus/community care through
a contract with the local non-profit victims services agency
for after-hours services; (b) increasing the capacity of an interagency
team of on- and off-campus service, enforcement, and medical professionals
through a Sexual Assault Response Team to study and disseminate "best practice models"
to increase victim-centered approaches; (c) increasing services to underserved students
through a collaboration with the Ethnic Student Center, disAbility Services,
and LGBTQ Alliance to train a Peer Violence Prevention Student Leader; and (d)
increasing access to services by establishing a trained voluntary group of faculty
and staff referral agents (Campus Safety Advocates).
- Improve and strengthen mandatory prevention and education for incoming students by expanding current print-based delivery strategies with diversified year-long calendar of prevention and education strategies including (a) multiple interventions in the Residence Halls that are timed to occur during highest risk periods, presented in a dynamic student performance format during orientation, and subsequently repeated and reinforced throughout the year; (b) publishing WWU's Sexual Misconduct Policy and information on victims services quarterly in student newspaper; (c) enlarging the scope of Western Men Against Violence retreats; and (d) increasing incoming students' involvement in Women's Empowerment/Violence Education.
- Improve and strengthen technical assistance and training for University Police Department, Student Escort Services, Judicial Officers, Judicial Boards, and other key administrators to respond effectively to violence against women by providing training on (a) effective investigation and prosecution of cases of non-stranger sexual assault, (b) development of programs and policies that hold students who use power and control tactics to manipulate others accountable, and (b) implementation of a Sexual Assault Response Team.
- Increase the knowledge, technical skills, and commitment of project partners by (a) convening annual "commitment meetings" that honor and strengthen relationships with IMOU/EMOU partners and (b) ensuring that staff from key IMOU/EMOU partnerships attend CALCASA Institutes.
EVAW is funded by $1.5 million in grants from The U.S. Department of Justice.
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Ending Violence Against Women (EVAW) Grant Proposal