Lori Droege, CPH, MPHSenior Public Education Specialist
Women’s Crisis Center in Hebron
Pioneers in Violence Prevention:
Libraries + Rape Crisis Centers
• Introductions
• Green Dot
Overview
• Green Dot &
Libraries
• Closing
Basic Agenda & Introduction
• What’s your focus?
• Where do you live/work/play?
Why are partnerships between
libraries and community
agencies important?
Why are partnerships between
libraries and community
agencies important?
• Spaces for norm creation and
reinforcement
• Non-school spaces where teens
build positive relationships with
adults
• Intimate knowledge of community
Green Dot
Overview
To be honest…
What are the
Numbers?
Bullying
(on school
property):
20.2%
Dating
Violence
(physical):
11.7% - Girls
7.4% - Guys
Sexual
Assault:
10.3% - Girls
3.1% - Guys
Bullying
(online):
15.5%
Dating
Violence
(sexual):
15.6% - Girls
5.4% - Guys
Music & Fashion…
Books…
Gender equality?
Civil rights?
• It wasn’t ONE person who did ONE BIG
THING that changed the culture. It was
when A LOT of people each did ONE
SMALL thing that the culture changed.
• Big changes always happen the same way:
They happen when lots of little
changes add up!
2 Important
Lessons from Facebook
A red dot is
a choice
someone makes
to hurt someone
else
A green dot is
someone’s
choice to stop
a red dot
Reactive
Proactive
What makes this
hard?
• Personal
• Relationship
• Social
oDIRECT
oDISTRACT
oDELEGATE
The 3Ds:
3Ds Practice Round
You notice a couple of teen regulars arguing outside the
library. They’re speaking in intense, hushed tones and then
their voices raise and one grabs the other by the arm. What
do you do?
• Direct: Address both of them, “Is everything
OK here?”
• Delegate: You ask the security officer on duty
to address the situation.
• Distract: Walk outside and ask them if they
plan to join the program that’s about to start.
3Ds Practice RoundYou’re chatting with a teen after a program. Her phone, on
the table, begins vibrating. She grabs it quickly and exclaims
while running away fearfully, “Oh I’m late. My boyfriend is
going to be so angry with me.”
What do you do?
• Direct: She’s clearly in a rush now, so the next
time you see her, you check in about that day.
• Delegate: You ask another teen you know is
friends with her to check in with her.
• Distract: Grab a random item, catch up to her as
she’s getting in the car, and ask if she left this
item behind.
3Ds Practice Round
One of the teen regulars confides in you that his ex won’t leave
him alone – she keeps texting and calling him and even shows up
in random places where he is all the time. Later that week, his ex
walks into the library (while he’s there). What do you do?
• Direct: Approach her and indicate that she should
probably give him some space.
• Direct #2: Check in with him to see if he is OK with
her being there.
• Delegate: Ask your branch supervisor to address her.
• Distract: Ask her to help you with some tasks that
should keep her busy for awhile.
Proactive Green Dots
Designed to help set
new norms that indicate:
1. Violence isn’t OK.
2. We’ve all got to do a little bit.
Proactive Green Dot Examples
• Wear a green dot button/sticker.
• Hang Green Dot posters in the library.
• Highlight books that address these themes.
• Incorporate bystander concepts into programming and
book discussions.
• Post a link to a bystander story or video.
• Talk about G. Dot with friends, family, and patrons.
• Smile, nod, encourage when you see someone step up.
• Get involved with your local rape crisis center’s Green
Dot efforts.
Proactive Green Dot Examples:
What ideas do YOU have?
In your physical space
(e.g. the library, your
car, your office, your
room)?
Proactive Green Dot Examples:
What ideas do YOU have?
On social media or
technology?
Green Dot &
Libraries
Green Dot + Libraries
(My Work)
• Relationship building with adults
AND teens
• Volunteering for existing
programming
• Equip staff to respond
to high-risk situations
• Additional brain and
hands for current programming
Green Dot + Libraries
(YOUR Work and Ideas)
• Do you see ways you (or your staff)
might already be doing some of this?
• Could there be even more
helpful ways that libraries and
rape crisis centers could
collaborate?
Lori Droege, CPH, MPH
Kentucky Association of Sexual Assault
Programs
www.kasap.org
Crisis Text Line
Text START to 741-741
Green Dot GCKY
www.greendotgcky.org
@greendotgcky
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