Purpose

Raising Awareness of Dating and Domestic Violence in the Rutgers

CommunityCydney M. Murray

Laura Luciano, Interim Director Methodology Outcomes

Significance Evaluation

Acknowledgements

• Raise awareness about dating and domestic violence in the Rutgers community

• Encourage participants to engage in bystander intervention

• Raise awareness of the resources and services provided by the Office for Violence Prevention and Victim Assistance (VPVA)

• Women aged 16-24 are at greater risk of experiencing intimate partner violence.

• Many students are not aware of the prevalence of this violence in our community.

• Bystander intervention is a method of prevention that encourages individuals to intervene in situations that minimize, support, encourage, or cause violence.

A weeklong campaign titled ‘Turn the Campus Purple’

Increased participation compared to last year’s

campaign

I would like to thank Laura Luciano, my preceptor, Meagan

O’Biso, Caroline Ciecierski, Julia Pennick, Reema Malhotra,

and Lisa Smith for their guidance throughout this

internship.

Physical Campaign

Campus-Wide Tabling

Candlelight Vigil

Chalk the Block

Online Campaign

Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter Promotion

Twitter Rally

Earlier marketin

g and promotio

n

Different locations

for Tabling

Increased Participati

on