Moving from Thinking to Doing: Green Dot Ideas

What are Green Dots that you might consider doing in the next 2 days? Here is a list of possible green dots. Please share with us what green dots you are doing and where on campus. Let's start building a Green Dot world!

● Have conversations about ending violence with your friends
● Wear a green dot button
● Do a paper or class assignment on violence prevention
● Look out for friends at parties, bars and other high-risk situations
● Attend violence prevention events
● Believe that rape, abuse and stalking are unacceptable and say it out loud
● Work to bring an education program to your class, group, team or organization
● Volunteer with your local service providers
● Check in with friends if you are concerned about their safety and connect them to help
● Put green dot information on your Facebook page and your email signature line
● Speak up when you hear sexist language or jokes
● Tell other people about your green dots
● Talk about green dot to ONE new person each week

What's with the Green Dot?

Green Dot is the latest crazy in the field of violence prevention and intervention. Its founder, Dr. Dorothy Edwards of the University of Kentucky, planted its seeds during the 2009 Take Back the Night at Vanderbilt University this November. The idea is ready to take off, but needs your help.

Research shows that thousands in the US and around the world are victims of sexual assault, partner violence or stalking each year. Each incident hurts us all. These acts of violence are like red dots covering a map, much like an epidemic spreading out of control if not stopped. We CAN stop violence, though, and you are part of the solution.

Through your words, your choices and your actions in any given moment, you can add a "green dot" to our map - displacing a red dot - and make a difference.

A green dot symbolizes a single moment in time that can be used to end perpetration or support victims of violence. Adding a green dot will increase community safety for everyone. If each of us adds 1 or 2 or 5 or 100 green dots, we will end the perpetration of violence - one green dot at a time.