CARE

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CARE

• Weaving the Fabric of a Non-Violent University"

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CARE

• 601 S. College RoadSecond Floor, Westside
  HallWilmington, NC 28403-5939910-962-CARE

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STAFF

• Rebecca Caldwell
• Director of Substance Abuse Violence
  Prevention
• caldwellr_at_uncw.edu
• Dee Casey
• Assistant Director of Violence Prevention
• caseyd_at_uncw.edu

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Mission

• The UNCW Collaboration for Assault Response and
  Education is the campus initiative dedicated to
  intervening on a broad spectrum of violent
  behaviors, including sexual assault, relationship
  abuse, stalking and harassment.

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History

• CARE was created by the Division of Student
  Affairs August, 2005 and was staffed by Dee Casey
  and Rebecca Caldwell throughout that academic
  year. 
• In July 2005, Dee Casey was hired full-time as
  Assistant Director for Violence Prevention, while
  Rebecca added Violence Prevention to her
  directorship of Substance Abuse Prevention
  services.  Before the office was created, issues
  of violence prevention were addressed primarily
  in the Office of the Dean of Students, and were
  supported by programming efforts in the
  Counseling Center, Crossroads, Residence Life,
  University Police and the Womens Resource Center

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History

• The university was very open to the creation of
  CARE as a response to the concern developed after
  the murders in 2004 of 2 UNCW students. 
• Relationship violence in the form of acquaintance
  stalking and relationship abuse
  (verbal/emotional) were precipitants of the
  murders, although neither murderer had ever been
  physically or sexual violent with the victims
  before murdering them. 

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What does CARE provide?

• Violence intervention programs, trainings, and
  educational campaigns to the UNCW campus.
• Response to students who have been victimized by
  providing supportive services, including crisis
  response, individual advocacy and coordination
  with both on-campus and off-campus resources. 
• Consultation to students, faculty and staff who
  are affected by their own or another's experience
  with abuse or assault.

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What does CARE do?

• Collaboration with on- and off-campus
  constituents who are also involved in raising
  awareness of, intervening on and expertly
  responding to these issues.
• Work to reduce overt and covert expressions of
  violence within the campus community.
• Promote the maintenance and continuing
  development of a campus environment characterized
  by support and respect.

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Population Served

• Serves the entire student community as well as
  all UNCW faculty and staff in regards to issues
  of sexual assault, relationship abuse violence,
  stalking, and harassment.

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Money, money, money!

• 2006 Grant from Department of Education Weaving
  the Fabric of a Non-Violent University
• Funded through NC state funds and a 260,000
  2-year grant from the US Dept. of Education for
  special programs regarding violence prevention,
  emphasizing relationship violence (New positions
  Mens Coordinator and Evaluation Consultant).
• UNCW also funds an administrative assistant and
  several paid peer educators, as well as part of a
  graduate assistant position.

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Weaving the Fabric

• Grants three components are

• Create a comprehensive campus violence
  prevention model
• Generate a coordinated series of programs and
  services to address relationship violence and
• Develop a model relationship violence protocol,
  environmental scanning tool for campus violence,
  and campus violence survey

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What did I do?

• Activities focused on event and program planning
  as well as minimal clerical tasks.