Statewide
Oregonians Against Trafficking Humans (OATH)
Contact: Oregon OATH
Focus areas: comprehensive, community, curricula
The OATH campaign is the volunteer, public awareness, education and outreach branch of the Oregonian Human Trafficking Task Force (OHTTF). OATH members recognize that human trafficking is an issue locally and abroad. By becoming an OATH member one agrees to become educated on human trafficking issues in Oregon, nationally, and internationally,create awareness and take everyday action steps. Whether it is noticing a possible trafficking situation and calling the National Human Trafficking Hotline (1-888-3737-888), or helping to plan a public awareness rally, OATH members pledge that we will not stand idly by while the heinous crime of human trafficking continues to take place all around us. Individual OATH members pledge to become educated on the issues surrounding human trafficking and what they can do to collaborate, partner and create solutions through their connections, with their local OATH chapter and the OHTTF.
Contact: Captain Rey Agullana, JFHQ SARC
Focus area: Bystander
The Oregon National Guard (ORNG) Sexual Assault Prevention & Response Program (SAPR) provides, at a minimum, annual one hour prevention briefings to all service members on how to effectively intervene in situations of sexual harassment and assault using bystander intervention techniques. The program also focuses specifically on teaching leaders about these techniques and how they can create a climate that does not tolerate these behaviors. Additionally, the ORNG SAPR Program has an internal website that service members can access to obtain resources including prevention techniques and links to important state-wide and national websites dealing with sexual violence. Posters are visible at every armory and base in Oregon highlighting bystander intervention messages. The program has a variety of brochures and other promotional materials that they distribute throughout Oregon to both military personnel and civilian providers.
Portland Metro Area: Clackamas, Multnomah & Washington Counties
Contact: Ro Prideaux
Focus Areas: Latin@ populations, youth, school-based, curricula
Through three initiatives, Prevención Unica is engaging Latino youth in prevention strategies. A culturally specific prevention curriculum was developed to implement in schools where EPH provides academic support to Latino students. Topics include consent, gender roles, unhealthy communication and abuse, bystander intervention and the law, rights and consequences. Prevención Unica is focusing on engaging young men in prevention strategies through an after school group. The program is also supporting the development of young leaders for an advisory committee to have a youth driven initiative to promote prevention throughout the community. Additionally, Prevención Unica is participating is community coalitions that promote sexual health in the Latino community and support anti-violence among youth.
Funding: Rape Prevention and Education grant
Gresham Intimate Violence Education
Contact: Don Voeks
Focus areas: Faith, youth, community
Both faith-based and non-faith-based presentations are available. Presentations are specialized to various audiences and their desires and needs.
Native American Youth and Family Center
Contact: Abby Dostal
Focus Areas: Native American poplulations, youth, school-based, curricula
Native American Youth and Family Center developed and delivers a sexual assault curriculum for youth in the Early College Academy, Chemawa Indian School in Salem, Madras High School near the Warm Springs Reservation, and other schools that serve NativeAmerican and other populations’ youth in the State of Oregon. It has been well documented that historical trauma has had a significant impact on the pubic health and well being of the Native American population. As a result, statistically Native American women are at a significantly greater risk for sexual assault. The lack of accountability of the Federal Government to enforce laws in Indian Country has contributed to the high rates of sexual assault and violent crimes on and off reservations. The NAYA Family Center continues to address issues such as this using the core values of many Native tribes, such as that of balance, respect, pride, giving, leadership, tradition, community, accountability, kindness, and diversity. The NAYA Family Center uses these primary principles in the promotion of our sexual assault curriculum. The curriculum works to decrease the amount of sexual assault, increase awareness about sexual health, and facilitate communication among families, partners, and community members. The curriculum also works to address the issues of ongoing generational trauma and oppression in Indian Country.
Funding: Rape Prevention and Education grant
Contact: Rut Martinez-Alicea
Focus Areas: College, youth, bystander
PCC:SAFE is committed to promoting a Sexual Assault Free Environment throughout the PCC district through the implementation of primary prevention strategies. This program is the only rape prevention education program at a Community College in the US. Housed in and operated from the Sylvania Campus Women’s Resource Center, this program aims to design and implement a comprehensive educational outreach program that benefits students, staff and faculty. Guided by social justice principles and interventions PCC: SAFE will be focused on promoting skill development for bystander interventions; augmenting opportunities and spaces for men to get involved; and increasing understanding of socially accepted beliefs and attitudes that perpetuate a rape culture in and around PCC. Some of the PCC: SAFE activities include design and facilitation of curricula, interactive theater, facilitated dialogues, video blogs, social gatherings and student club meetings.
Funding: Rape Prevention and Education grant
Sexual Assault Resource Center
Contact: TBD
Focus Areas: School-based, youth, curricula
SARC implements a nine-session, developmentally appropriate, primary prevention program for high school students that enhances participants’ knowledge and attitudes about root causes, and skills to prevent sexual violence. Examples include anti-oppression, peer influence, gender inequality, societal norms, as well as economic and social policies. The curriculum is woven through the participating schools’ existing health curriculums, easing the process where adolescents can acquire the knowledge and skills needed to intervene before sexual violence happens. The tenets of social learning theory suggest that students will learn healthy relationship skills if they are provided the necessary information and skills, these skills are supported and modeled by peers and others, and if they receive reinforcement for these behaviors. This program provides the information necessary to understand the causes of sexual violence, skills for intervening, and the opportunity to practice these skills.
Funding: Rape Prevention and Education grant
Baker County
Benton County
Clatsop County
Columbia County
Coos County
Crook County
Curry County
Deschutes County
Douglas County
Gilliam County
Grant County
Harney County
Hood River County
Jackson County
Jefferson County
Josephine County
Klamath County
Contact: Kim McArthur
Focus Areas: men, community, bystander
Klamath Crisis Center (KCC), in collaboration with its community partners and the PAWS (Prevention, Awareness, Wellness, Safety) committee have developed strategies and projects that focus on deconstructing the socialization of men and boys and increasing personal awareness of individual behavior and attitudes and encourage men and boys to work as allies to prevent violence against women and girls.
Funding: Rape Prevention and Education grant
Lake County
Lane County
Contact: Abigail Leeder
Focus Areas: University students, peer education
The Sexual Violence Prevention & Education program at the University of Oregon utilizes a variety of innovative initiatives and proven best practices to educate and build awareness around complex issues of sexual and dating violence. This includes the Sexual Wellness Advocacy Team (SWAT), a group of peer educators who advocate for healthy sexual relationships and work to prevent sexual assault and dating violence on campus through creative and experiential programming. Additionally, the Alliance for Sexual Assault Prevention a committee of professionals and students across campus committed to the creation of a safer campus environment through policy development, advocacy and lobbying efforts encouraging active involvement in prevention efforts by UO students, faculty, staff and community members. Through engagement projects with different student communities the Sexual Violence Prevention and Education also program develops student leadership by supporting natural leaders in the creation and implementation of community-specific violence prevention intervention strategies. Past and current projects include partnerships with fraternity and sorority life, international student communities, student unions and residence halls.
Funding: Institutional
Lincoln County
Linn County
Malheur County
Marion County
Mid Valley Women’s Crisis Service
Contact: Emily Trussell
Focus Areas: men, school-based
The Mid-Valley Men Against Violence seek to engage men and boys standing beside the Mid-Valley Women’s Crisis Service and all those they serve as allies in the effort to prevent and respond to men’s use of violence. As a part of the Oregon Men Against Violence Initiative MVMAV has a commitment to promoting diversity and social justice, fostering healing, and ending oppression. MVMAV supports victim service’s organizations and promote educational and community awareness raising initiatives in the mid-Willamette Valley. MVWCS also has some opportunities to do prevention work in the schools, with local youth programs, and has done prevention work with the young men at Hillcrest Youth Correctional Facility.
Morrow County
Sherman County
Tillamook County
Tillamook County Women’s Resource Center
Contact: Terri Neimann
Focus Areas: school-based, youth, curricula
TCWRC’s Rape Prevention and Education Project is focused on providing sexual violence prevention curricula (Basic Healthy Relationships, Advanced Healthy Relationships, and Healthy Sexuality) to youth in local schools, the community college, and in community settings. The curricula are offered in a 9-session format per course one hour each session all year long and include youth-driven advocacy projects. The project seeks to engage youth in understanding the dynamics of sexual violence, encourage healthy personal choices, and empower youth to speak out against sexual violence.
How Project Addresses Root Causes:
Through various teaching modalities students are exposed to the social framework of power and violence, (“pushed-up” groups vs “pushed down” groups) stereotyping, and the “isms” or roots of violence, and cycle of violence. Students develop an understanding of how class structure operates in the United States, the person’s own place in the economic pyramid, understanding oppression theory and the impact of gender based discrimination.
Resources Available to Share: PowerPoint Presentations & 15 Lesson Plans
Funding: Rape Prevention and Education grant
Umatilla County
Union County
Wallowa County
Wasco County
Wheeler County
Yamhill County
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