Know It. Name It. STOP IT!
On average, nearly 20 people a minute are physically abused by an intimate partner in the United States. During one year, this equates to more than 10 million women and men. *1
Which of your friends, family members, classmates or coworkers need help?
The Office of Compliance and its partners are raising awareness and prevention of gender-based stalking and intimate partner violence. Throughout the 2017-2018 academic year, expect to see various activities and other forms of communication to raise awareness and encourage participation from the Columbus State community.
Our goal is to help our college community:
- Recognize the behaviors of stalking and intimate partner violence (Know It)
- Identify those behaviors (Name It)
- Provide tools and resources for safe and effective intervention in those situations (STOP IT!)
Interested in Being a Trained Facilitator?
We are looking for students and staff who may be interested in facilitating training from the One Love Foundation regarding intimate partner violence and stalking. The training features a film about the red flags and (often subtle) warning signs of an unhealthy relationship. Small incentives will be offered to students each time they facilitate a training.
If interested contact Joan Cook at jcook60@cscc.edu for more information.
Help Stop Intimate Partner Violence
How do you recognize signs of stalking and intimate partner violence? Watch this video to help understand and recognize the signs of intimate partner violence, and share an example of how you can safely intervene when you think a friend or colleague may be suffering from an abusive relationship.
Know It
Intimate partner violence is violence committed by a person who is or has been in a relationship of a romantic or intimate nature with the victim. Stalking is one type of intimate partner violence.
Stalking is conduct directed toward a specific person that would cause a reasonable person to fear for their safety or suffer emotional distress.
Stalking and intimate partner violence affect people of all genders, sexual orientations, races, ethnicities, religions, income levels and education levels.
- 7.5 million people are stalked in one year in the United States *2
- More than 85% of stalking victims are stalked by someone they know *2
- 61% of female victims and 44% of male victims of stalking are stalked by a current or former intimate partner *2
- People between the ages of 18 and 24 experience the highest rate of stalking *2
- Intimate partner violence accounts for 15% of all violent crime *3
- 72% of all murder-suicides involved an intimate partner *4
Name It
Stalking and intimate partner violence take many forms.
- Stalking can include violent behavior and/or non-violent behaviors. The behaviors can escalate in severity and frequency over time.
- Intimate partner violence can be a single incident or multiple incidents over time.
Some examples of intimate partner violence and stalking behavior
- Monitoring your activities on social media and then showing up where you are
- Using technology such as GPS, the location device on smart phone or hidden cameras to track your presence
- Sending you unwanted gifts and/or messages
- Hanging out where they know you are such as around your home, school, work, gym, store, etc.
- Threatening to hurt you, your family, friends or pets
Verbal
- Making someone feel badly about themselves
- Name calling
- Constantly answering for their partner and making all the decisions
- Threatening harm
- Threatening to ruin their reputation
- Threatening to take away their children
Emotional
- Controlling where someone goes, who they talk to or how they spend their money
- Constantly texting, calling or checking in
- Isolating a person from their friends and/or family
- Manipulation
- Threatening to end the relationship in order to control someone’s behavior
- Threatening to self-harm or commit suicide in order to control someone’s behavior
- Using jealousy to justify behavior
- Breaking things
Physical
- Punching, hitting, slapping, kicking, pinching, shoving, etc.
- Abusing pets
- Purposefully driving recklessly
- Throwing things at a person
Sexual
- Pressuring someone to perform sexual activities
- Ignoring/violating sexual boundaries
- Giving someone alcohol and other drugs for the purpose of using a person sexually
- Requiring sexual favors in exchange for basic needs, keeping secrets, etc.
*Information taken from the Stalking Resources Center.
Stop It!
You can inform others about the signs of stalking and intimate partner violence and support others to seek help. Become part of Cougars creating positive change!
If stalking or another form of intimate partner violence is interfering with your ability (or the ability of someone you know) to learn and/or work at Columbus State, share the information with the Office of Compliance at: https://cscc.edu/discriminationreport
The Office of Compliance:
Renee Fambro, Senior Director
rfambro@cscc.edu (614) 287-5519
Joan Cook, Title IX Coordinator
jcook60@cscc.edu (614) 287-2636
Jolene Broshious, Deputy Title IX Coordinator
jbroshious@cscc.edu (614) 287-2856
Check out the following community resources:
- Sexual Assault Response Network of Central Ohio (SARNCO)
- Stalking Resource Center
- Center for Family Safety and Healing
- Where's the Line Campaign
- It’s On Us Organization
- One Love Organization -Motivations/Characteristics of Stalking
Pledge to end stalking and intimate partner violence at home, at Columbus State and in the community. Take the Pledge (.pdf) and share it on social media.
The Office of Compliance thanks the following partners for their time, talents and support during this campaign: Library Services Multimedia Support, SEAL (Student Engagement and Leadership), Marketing and Communications,Facilities Management, Delaware Campus, Regional Learning Centers, SARNCO.