We have a problem that effects our community and our nation as a whole. A problem that many people would say, 鈥渢hat doesn鈥檛 happen here鈥� or 鈥淚 don鈥檛 know anyone who has been impacted鈥�. Research and statistics will tell you it does. So what is it? It is power based personal violence; sexual assault, dating violence and stalking.
The Green Dot Strategy is a comprehensive approach to violence prevention that capitalizes on the power of peer and cultural influence across all levels of the socio-ecological model. Informed by social change theory, the model targets all community members as potential bystanders, and seeks to engage them, through awareness, education, and skills-practice, in proactive behaviors that establish intolerance of violence as the norm, as well as reactive interventions in high-risk situations 鈥� resulting in the ultimate reduction of violence.
The Green Dot Strategy is copyrighted by Dorothy J. Edwards, Ph.D., 2009