One Love- Behind the Post
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womenscenter.uconn.edu/vawpp-one-love
Group Agreements:
- Share the message, not the messenger
- Self-Care and Community Care
- Move up, Move back
- We acknowledge intent while addressing impact
- Check-in rather than Check out
1) Consent is an understandable exchange of affirmative words or actions, which indicate a willingness to participate in mutually agreed upon sexual activity.
2) Consent must be informed, freely, and actively given.
3) It is the responsibility of the initiator to obtain clear and affirmative responses at each stage of sexual involvement.
4) Consent to one form of sexual activity does not imply consent to other forms of sexual activity.
5) The lack of negative response is not consent.
6) An individual who is incapacitated by alcohol and/or other drugs both voluntarily or involuntarily consumed may not give consent.
7) Past consent of sexual activity does not imply ongoing future consent.
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Activity 1: Dairy Bar
We’ll need 3 volunteers!
Your facilitator is the president of UCONN’s Puppy Rescue club. Our volunteers are excited members of the club. You all love being a part of the club and hope to be the president one day. This is very important to you.
The club president is going to ask each of you, if you would like to go to the Dairy Bar.
The mindset of each student is the following:
Volunteer 1: Wants to go
Volunteer 2: Does not want to go
Volunteer 3: Does not want to go
Activity 2: Behind the Post (movie)
Discussion: What unhealthy behaviors did you notice in Zoe or Will’s relationship?
Help a Friend in an Unhealthy Relationship
Gut Check: There are a couple of scenes in this film where Will and Zoe’s friends see unhealthy behaviors taking place.
- What would you do if you were in Zoe’s friends’ shoes? AND/OR
- What would you do if you were in Will’s friends’ shoes?
(Consider the whole relationship and all the people that interact with Zoe and Will.)
Are You Buying These Hot Takes?
Move silently around the room and write your reactions, agreements, disagreements, thoughts, and questions about each of the signs. Participants can also circle, highlight, or comment on other participants’ thoughts and questions.
Resources & Support:
In-Power
In-Power is a weekly student-led support group dedicated to building a gender-inclusive community that welcomes victim-survivors of sexual assault, stalking, and/or intimate partner violence at any point in their healing process. Through a focus on empowerment, autonomy, and resilience, the group aims to help participants claim agency over their own stories and experiences, as well as the direction of the group. We’ll be accomplishing this with a variety of discussion topics and self-care methods.
Meetings will likely consist of discussion surrounding these topics, an activity related to the topic, and time and ideas for self-care practices. However, this group is open to change depending on the needs of its members and we anticipate things will shift slightly based on group dynamics and feedback. Topics for the spring will include:
In-Power is open to any UConn student regardless of gender identity. We are run out of the Women’s Center, but in no way does this mean that you must identify as a woman in order to be in the space. This semester In-Power will be held in-person on Thursdays from 6PM-8PM EST. If you are interested in joining the group, please reach out to facilitators Jola and Leina at: in-power@uconn.edu
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CT Coalition Against Domestic Violence
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How to Support a Friend or Family Member Who Has Experienced Gender Based Violence
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