University Life Assessment Group

Women's Center

Mission: To provide information about, involvement in, and follow-up related to women's 1) well-being, 2) leadership, and 3) empowerment. Specific areas ????

Major Activities:

Purposes of Program: To provide students with information about, involvement in, and follow-up to activities related to sexual assault and domestic violence

1. Participants (and Mason students?) will know:
   1. definition for sexual assault
   2. definition for domestic violence
   3. current GMU and national statistics regarding rape and sexual assault
   4. that GMU considers sexual assault and rape serious university and community issues
   5. the importance of Take Back the Night and other public demonstrations of outrage about sexual assault and rape
   
   
2. Participants (and Mason students?) will know that protecting men who are committing sexual assault and rape is condoning their behavior and that breaking the silence has a powerful affect on others who might be afraid to do so.

3. Participants (and Mason students?) will know that rape, sexual assault and unwanted attention is not normal and that they have the right to be outraged.

4. Participants (and Mason students?) will be aware of University Resources and supports available to students who need help for sexual assault and domestic violence.

5. Participants will know and be willing to use a range of strategies (below) to promote awareness and empower themselves and others related to sexual assault and domestic violence.
   1. Express empathy with people who have been victims
   2. Be willing to call attention to themselves or others when provoked, harassed, or when receiving unwanted or uncomfortable attention
   3. Be willing to share personal narratives with friends to generate awareness
   4. Be willing to share personal narratives in public forums to generate awareness
   5. Value sisterhood and be willing to participate in women's networks
   6. Be willing to create supportive networks
   7. Be assertive and serve as an activist and advocate in terms of protecting self and other women in workplaces, communities, sororities, classrooms, and on campus
   8. Participate in the Take Back the Night March and other public activities that call attention to and express outrage regarding rape and sexual assault

1. Participants (and Mason students?) will know:
   1. definition for sexual assault
   2. definition for domestic violence
   3. current GMU and national statistics regarding rape and sexual assault
   4. that GMU considers sexual assault and rape serious university and community issues
   5. the importance of Take Back the Night and other public demonstrations of outrage about sexual assault and rape
   6. that protecting men who are committing sexual assault and rape is condoning their behavior and that breaking the silence has a powerful affect on others who might be afraid to do so
   7. that rape, sexual assault and unwanted attention is not normal and that they have the right to be outraged.
   
   
2. Participants (and Mason students?) will
   1. be aware of University Resources and supports available to students who need help for sexual assault and domestic violence.
   2. make use of University Resource and supports available to students who need help for sexual assault and domestic violence
   
   
3. Participants will know and be willing to use a range of strategies (below) to promote awareness and empower themselves and others related to sexual assault and domestic violence.
   1. Express empathy with people who have been victims
   2. Be willing to call attention to themselves or others when provoked, harassed, or when receiving unwanted or uncomfortable attention
   3. Be willing to share personal narratives with friends to generate awareness
   4. Be willing to share personal narratives in public forums to generate awareness
   5. Value sisterhood and be willing to participate in women's networks
   6. Be willing to create supportive networks
   7. Be assertive and serve as an activist and advocate in terms of protecting self and other women in workplaces, communities, sororities, classrooms, and on campus
   8. Participate in the Take Back the Night March and other public activities that call attention to and express outrage regarding rape and sexual assault