Culture of Care is a student-led, staff-supported initiative designed to foster Hoosier-to-Hoosier care in the areas of sexual well-being, drug and alcohol awareness, mental health, and respect.
Culture of Care is not about meetings, talks, or events, it’s about spreading compassion and promoting a culture of awareness and courage while redefining what it means to be a “Hoosier."
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The Culture of Care initiative promotes helping one another, behavioral change, and raising awareness in four core areas: sexual well-being, mental health, drugs and alcohol awareness, and respect. We strive for Hoosiers to recognize that these aspects of our lives impact us and our community.
Having the Courage to Care means having the courage to take action. The action can be big like stepping in to help a friend get home safely when they've had too much to drink, or it can be small like holding the door for a fellow Hoosier.
Why?
College is exciting but also challenging—especially when it comes to mental health, sexual well-being, drugs, alcohol, and respect.
Too often, people assume that "someone else will step in." But research shows that’s rarely the case. The bystander effect leads most people to do nothing, even when they know they should act.
In fact, 66% of Hoosiers believe that if someone had intervened, a negative outcome could have been avoided.
Ignoring a problem won’t make it go away. Looking the other way could have serious—sometimes even deadly—consequences.
Challenge the bystander effect
The bystander effect is a “social psychological phenomenon that refers to cases where individuals do not offer any means of help in an emergency situation to the victim when other people are present.”
Take action and band together to raise awareness, educate one another, and challenge the bystander effect. We aim to create a culture where Hoosiers step up and where someone, if not everyone, is there to help.
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