Domestic Violence Awareness Month - October 2020
Led by Julia Fisher, MS, LPC and Nick Walker, MS
October is Domestic Violence Awareness Month. In 2018, the theme “#1Thing” was adopted to focus on change making and the idea that each and every one of us can help to create change within our community and world. When we each commit to making even one small change, the collective sum of our actions can have large impacts. What is one thing that you can commit to this month to create social transformation?
Please join the Counseling Department in bringing awareness to domestic violence during the month of October by attending learning opportunities, virtual events, and activities:
- Video showings: Violence Against Women—It’s a Men’s Issue TED Talk, Why Domestic Violence Survivors Don’t Leave—TED Talk click on these links at any time to learn more.
- Community Pledge in English and Spanish: sign the community pledge to commit to doing #1Thing to help end domestic violence
Community Pledge (English) | Community Pledge (Spanish) - Coloring pages for domestic violence awareness
- Power and control wheel: Understanding the Power and Control Wheel (English)
- Power and control wheel (Spanish)
- 10 Tips to Have an Informed Conversation about Domestic Violence
- If you are in need of assistance and live in Josephine County, please visit the Women’s Crisis Support Team website.
- If you are in need of assistance and live in Jackson County, please visit the Community Works website.
- Helpful web page resources:
- Helping to end domestic violence pamphlet,
- Finding Safety and Support Pamphlet (English)
- Finding Safety and Support Pamphlet (Spanish)
- Click here for a recorded interview with the Women’s Crisis Support Team from Josephine County regarding common misconceptions about DV, resources available locally, and how you can help.
- For the opportunity to learn more and interact with other students, please join RCC Counselor Nicholas Walker for a presentation and a post-discussion on Domestic Violence Awareness. The presentation will include a 30-minute PowerPoint presentation, followed by open discussion about domestic violence, processing reactions to the content, and connection with resources.
Topics will include:- Defining what domestic violence is
- Statistics of domestic violence
- How the COVID-19 pandemic has affected domestic violence
- How to identify if you are in a domestic violence situation and how to safety plan.
This discussion is not intended to be a clinical counseling session but rather a meeting to raise awareness about this ongoing epidemic. Connections with mental health resources will be made available.
Join us on Wednesday, October 28 at 1 p.m. via Zoom at www.zoom.com and use the following meeting number 541 956 7204. For questions or comments about this event, please contact Nicholas Walker at ntwalker@roguecc.edu.
As a student at RCC, you have access to free, confidential counseling with licensed and pre-licensed mental health counselors. To schedule an appointment, please email counselingfrontdesk@roguecc.edu or call 541-956-7192 (Redwood Campus) or 541-245-7552 (Riverside Campus or TRC Campus).
