Inspiring a Community of Shared Respect Grant Applications May 22, 2017

Aultman College, Spot the IX Campaign, $6,400 The proposed campaign will seek to feature several periods of intensely focused, comprehensive programming designed to address sexual harassment, sexual assault, and domestic violence in the campus community. The campaign will raise awareness of the issues listed above and provide the tools to take action where needed.

Bowling Green State University, Step up-Step In: Taking “It’s on Us” to the Next Level by Inspiring Men to Demonstrate Support through Conversation about Sexual Violence Prevention, $10,000 The proposed campaign will seek to build on existing efforts by inspiring men to engage in conversation and programming that will help the community at large develop knowledge and awareness of how it can contribute to the prevention of relationship violence, sexual assault, stalking, and sexual harassment.

Columbus State Community College, Columbus State Community College Sexual Violence Awareness Campaign, $10,000 The proposed campaign will seek to recruit student leaders from multiple departments and campuses to serve as the primary support group for a campaign aimed at providing the campus community with education and increased awareness on the topics of stalking and intimate partner violence.

Cuyahoga Community College, Better Than That, $10,000 The proposed campaign will seek to enhance the current work of the “Better Than That” campaign by raising awareness of sexual assault and relationship violence issues and promoting the availability of resources on and off campus. This campaign will include bystander training, self-defense training, and a variety of other educational and media campaigns.

Defiance College, The Campus Awareness Campaign, $10,000 The proposed campaign will seek to develop and implement a multi-tactical campaign focused on issues of rape culture and sexual harassment, consent, and bystander intervention.

Heidelberg University, Proactive Change, $9,000 The proposed campaign will seek to build upon the work of the campus “It’s on Us” campaign from the past year to provide new programming, marketing, events, and trainings that will seek to proactively develop a healthy culture while raising awareness of sexual assault on campus.

Lourdes University, Lourdes Culture of Consent Campaign, $10,000 The proposed campaign will seek to build a campaign around increasing student and faculty/staff knowledge and confidence regarding Title IX, understanding consent and ability to apply consent to relationships, and awareness around resources on and off campus.

Mercy College, “It’s on Us” – Mercy College, $6,100.00 The proposal’s goal is transformative engagement, creating a significant change in perception, understanding, and awareness that impacts campus climate regarding gender-based or relationship violence through expanded communication and outreach efforts, orientation programs, prevention, and bystander training events.

Mount Carmel College of Nursing, One Step at a Time to End Sexual Violence, $10,000 The proposal seeks to build a marketing and education campaign to ensure that current prevention strategies are on track by continuing to leverage their partnerships with community advocacy groups to develop a peer bystander training program with the students. The work of the peer education group will be complemented with dynamic presentations and messaging to the campus.

North Central State College & OSU-Mansfield, “It’s on Us”: Creating a Community of Care, Civility, and Concern, $25,050 This proposal partners the two campuses with The Domestic Violence Shelter of Richland County to develop a yearlong series of educational programs, movies, and speakers designed to create awareness of sexual violence issues, encourage conversation about how sexual violence impacts diverse groups differently, to change behavior toward being more caring and civil toward others, and to increase awareness of existing support mechanisms on and off campus.

Oberlin College, Make Consent a Conversation, $10,000 The proposed campaign will seek to implement an ongoing awareness campaign that will blanket the campus as a call to action seeking a commitment to sexual responsibility through new training on consent for students while engaging and educating faculty, staff, and administration on the topic.

Ohio University, Vanguard Ohio, $9,859.78 The proposed campaign will seek to expand the current Vanguard Ohio program to promote awareness of healthy masculinity and increase involvement in the group. The campaign will seek to help male-identified students explore male identity, patriarchy, healthy relationship development, awareness of power-based personal violence, and social justice knowledge.

Rhodes State College, $8,800 The proposed campaign will seek to develop a comprehensive awareness campaign with a dual focus on dual- enrolled high school students and sexual violence at home and in the workplace for traditional community students. This effort will engage and inform campus senior leadership, faculty, and staff and will integrate Trauma Informed Responses for Sexual Abuse Survivors training.

Rio Grande Community College, Ohio University – Southern, Shawnee State University, and Southern State Community College, See, Hear, Speak – Empowering a Culture of Sexual Assault Awareness and Prevention Action on College Campuses in Southeast Ohio, $65,000 The proposed campaign will involve multiple strategies to demonstrate that recognition and communication are vital in the war against sexual assault through the engagement of students, faculty, and stakeholders. The campaign will be reinforced with trainings and a summit in southeastern Ohio.

The Ohio State University, Buckeyes ACT, $9,930 The proposed campaign will seek to develop a sustained, action-oriented awareness campaign that will inspire students, faculty, staff, and guests to take action against sexual assault and relationship violence that builds upon the collaborative efforts of the Buckeyes Act initiative.

The University of Findlay, Oilers Inspiring Culture Change, $9,979 The proposed campaign will use the current Oilers Changing Campus Culture (OC3) platform to increase awareness in two specific areas per the most recent climate survey – increasing awareness and knowledge of confidential resources on and off campus, and increasing knowledge of prevention and bystander intervention strategies. The campaign will seek to engrain culture change where everyone has a role to play in addressing sexual assault, dating violence, domestic violence, and stalking.

University of Northwestern Ohio, See It, Stop It, Stand Against It, $9,700 The proposed campaign will seek to implement an awareness campaign that intentionally targets first-year students on topics that include stalking, sexual assault, and sexual harassment by assisting students with the tools to identify and intervene.

The University of Toledo, #UTInTheKnow, $9,957 The proposed campaign will seek to increase awareness among students and provide them with information on how to engage/find resources for help and information on how to be good citizens with regard to bystander invention efforts, while also educating them on healthy relationships and the resources available through the campus. The campaign will be a unifying voice for much of the previous work already started through other federal and state grants.

Ursuline College, Know Your Rights: It’s About IX, $8,600 The proposed campaign will seek to develop a common language and consistent themes to unify and expand existing programs related to sexual violence prevention.