Each time a student is empowered to step in to help a friend or speak up and take a stand against sexual assault, hazing, and other forms of misconduct, our entire campus becomes that much safer.
In addition to our focus on safety, we provide students with the skills they need to make healthy decisions. Students, staff, and faculty can request tailored workshops on topics related to sexual violence, sexual harassment, healthy relationships, bystander intervention, and campus resources at any time during the school year. Let us know what you need and we can help create a program that fits your needs.
Students come to IU with a wide range of knowledge and experience with the topic of consent. The content of this presentation (which can be combined with any of the other presentation topics upon request) focuses on establishing an accurate and consistent understanding of consent in all different contexts. This program provides lots of opportunities for discussion and focuses on verbal AND nonverbal behaviors and alcohol consumption as they relate to consent.
Relationships of all kinds – with friends, family members, classmates, roommates, and dating or romantic partners – can be tough to navigate! Request SVPVA’s Healthy Relationships presentation to learn more about how to build and maintain healthy relationships that work for you. This program can be tailored to include information about consent, unhealthy and/or abusive relationships as well, depending on the preference of the group requesting the program.
In Their Shoes is a character-driven, perspective-taking activity where participants explore the experiences of students with different identities who have been impacted by various forms of domestic, dating, and/or sexual violence. These fictional stories are informed by very real events that take place on college campuses every year. In Their Shoes provides an in-depth examination of how rape culture, power dynamics, heteronormativity, and several ‘isms’ can impact a student’s college experience. This intensive 2-hour program is intended for audiences that already have a foundational understanding or awareness of these issues and is not suitable for all groups. SVPVA will always have a Confidential Victim Advocate in attendance for this program in case any student needs support.
It’s On Us is an engaging 90-minute presentation and discussion on consent, IU Sexual Misconduct Policies and resources, and bystander intervention. IOU is facilitated by SVPVA’s trained Peer Educators. This program is required for all first-year and transfer students at IU Bloomington. Students can look up and register for any workshop they would like on BeInvolved or they can wait to receive an email inviting them to a specific session based on their placement in the residence halls.
Questions? Email itsonus@indiana.edu.
There are various resources available for survivors in our community, and they all play different roles. Some of them are on-campus, and some are in Bloomington. Some of them are confidential while others are not. Some of them focus on reporting and investigation, while others focus on advocacy and support. Request this program (in combination with one or more other topics if desired) to learn more about each of them!
This program explores the way various aspects of our culture allow, and sometimes even encourage, sexual violence. We’ll tackle questions like: How do the messages and ideas we see and hear about every day from a young age impact our behavior and our actions toward others? How do our ideas and beliefs (even subconscious ones) about gender, race, and sexual orientation influence the rates at which different people experience sexual and domestic violence? Finally, we’ll explore the ways in which systems create barriers for members of marginalized communities who are seeking help.
Red Flags & Rom Coms is a trivia game focused on examples of unhealthy or problematic relationships depicted in popular culture. Test your knowledge of popular rom-coms, TV shows, podcasts, and music while having a discussion on how what we see and hear in popular media impacts cultural norms and our ideas about relationships!
Step UP! IU is a 120-minute, student-led program designed to empower Hoosiers to step up and intervene in potentially problematic situations such as:
Sexual assault
Discrimination
Harassment
Hazing
Mental health
Drug and alcohol use
For more information, email stepupiu@indiana.edu.
There are professional resources available to support survivors of domestic, dating, and/or sexual violence at Indiana University. However, survivors will often disclose to a friend before they ever reach out to us, and we know it can be hard to know what to say. This program creates a space for discussing how to respond to disclosures of sexual misconduct from survivors in ways that provide support and protect the autonomy of the person who has been harmed.
Fall 2024: It's On Us Workshop Assignments
The It’s On Us: Bystander Intervention Workshop is required for all first-year undergraduate students and focuses on teaching skills related to substance use and sexual assault prevention.Students participate in the program through sessions held in the residence halls during the fall and spring semesters. See Fall 2024 assignments below.
The following residence halls will be assigned to workshops in the spring: Foster, Read, Spruce, Wells, Willkie.
If students miss their assigned floor time, they should make plans to attend an alternate session and can register to attend one that works best for their schedule.
