Sexual Violence and Sexual Harassment Prevention Committee

Awareness Campaigns and Community Engagement

• Domestic Violence Awareness Month Short Film Screening: During October, “Domestic Violence Awareness Month” the SVSH Prevention Committee hosted a virtual short film screening related to the complex and nuanced experience of domestic violence and facilitated a post-viewing discussion.
• Denim Day & Sexual Assault Awareness Month: During April, “Sexual Assault Awareness Month” the SVSH Prevention Committee hosts an in-person event on Denim Day to raise awareness about sexual violence and publicly display messages of support for survivors. The in-person event entails inviting the UCBPH and Berkeley Way West communities to take part in making a variety of creative visual arts to show support for SV survivors.
• Intersection of Sexual Violence and Eating Disorders with ANAD: The SVSH Prevention Committee co-hosted with ANAD (National Association of Anorexia Nervosa and Associated Disorders) a virtual panel discussion of survivors and experts related to the way eating disorder and sexual violence experiences often intersect with one another. Watch the recording here!
• Research talk on the National #MeToo 2024 Survey with Dr. Anita Raj: The SVSH Prevention Committee co-hosted with the PATH to Care Center a research talk by Dr. Anita Raj, Executive Director of the Newcomb Institute at Tulane University focused on results from the National #MeToo 2024 Survey which describes the prevalence of a wide range of SV experiences across the United States.
• “Preventing Sexual Harassment in Your Academic Department” toolkit: The SVSH Prevention Committee collaborated with PATH to Care in 2019 to pilot this toolkit aimed at helping academic decision-makers create and implement plans to prevent sexual harassment.
• Principles of Community Statement: The SVSH Prevention Committee collaborated with the UCBPH community to develop and adopt the UCBPH Principles of Community Statement in April 2021, urging all members to embrace and practice its principles.

Training programs

• New Graduate Student Training: We facilitate this in-person training that must be completed within the first six weeks of school for all incoming graduate and professional students (excluding OOMPH and JMP students).
• New Graduate Student Instructor Training: The committee facilitates training with first-time Graduate Student Instructors (GSIs) in UCBPH’s fall Pedagogy course on how to create an inclusive and respectful classroom.
• Presentation to UCBPH Staff Town Hall: Co-chair Liam Chavez presented a summary of learnings from the California VALOR conference on gender-based violence to UCBPH staff attending the town hall

Please contact us to inquire about a training or presentation!

Research and evaluation initiatives

• 2019 UCBPH SVSH Workgroup Report: The pilot of the Toolkit for Preventing Sexual Harassment led to a report with seven key recommendations to strengthen UCBPH’s sexual harassment prevention efforts, which were presented to UCBPH leadership.
• UCBPH MyVoice Report: The committee is developing prevention activities based on the 2018 UCBPH MyVoice Report from the PATH to Care survey, using the results as baseline data to assess progress.
• Conference Presentations: In Spring 2021, the committee presented its from the 2019 SVSH Working Group, which piloted PATH to Care’s toolkit to prevent SVSH in academic departments, at the National Conference on Health and Domestic Violence.