“Silent Majorities”
Bystander Intervention to Prevent Violence
September 29, 2014, 7 PM
Konover Auditorium / Dodd Center
UCONN Storrs Campus
Guided by the principle of non-violence and non-harming, Ahimsa (in Sanskrit) prompts us to rethink, re-envision, and re-imagine ways in which all of us can, to paraphrase Mahatma Gandhi, be the change we want to see in the world. This year’s presentation focuses its attention on ways bystanders can intervene to prevent violence.
Dorothy J. Edwards, author of the “Green Dot etc. Violence Prevention Strategy,” holds a Ph.D. in Counseling Psychology from Texas Woman’s University. Prior to her current position, serving as the Executive Director of Green Dot, etc., a center dedicated to effective intervention and prevention of power-based personal violence, Dr. Edwards served for five years as the founding Director of the University of Kentucky Violence Intervention and Prevention Center. She has worked in both counseling and teaching capacities in higher education at Appalachian State University and Texas Women’s University as well as founding the Community Education Program at Denton County Friends of the Family, addressing sexual assault and relationship violence. Specializing in primary prevention, she provides training and consultation in the areas of power-based personal violence, organizational capacity building, program implementation, strategic planning and community mobilization. Dr. Edwards works with government entities, state coalitions, military, non-profits, community organizations, high schools and colleges from around the globe.
Hosted by the Asian and Asian American Studies Institute and the Women’s, Gender, and Sexualities Program, this presentation is generously sponsored by the Office of the President, the Office of Diversity and Equity, the Jain Center of Greater Hartford, the Asian American Cultural Center, the Women’s Center, the Puerto Rican/Latin American Cultural Center, the African American Cultural Center, and the Rainbow Center.
Free and open to the public.
For more information, contact: AAASI at fe.delos-santos@uconn.edu