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FACT SHEET
K-STATE CAMPAIGN FOR NONVIOLENCE

Who?

The Campaign Committee was formed in 2000 with representatives from many of the campus components (students, academic departments, student service agencies, faculty, and staff). The Campaign is energized by the extensive efforts of Susan Allen, Ph.D., the Director of the K-State Women's Center, her staff, and the contributions of many CNV members.

When?

The Campaign was initially formed in August 2000 and has continued to develop as a campus-wide project as well as positively impacted the larger Manhattan community thorugh education, consultation, and fund-raising efforts.

Why?

With assistance from the offices of the President, the Vice President for Institutional Advancement, and the Provost, the CNV is focused on reducing violence by educating about active nonviolence as the practical way to make our community a safer, more open and equitable place.
The CNV was charged by the Administration: to gather information about the current campus services dealing with violence issues from prevention to adjudication; to plan, develop, and implement a campus-wide anti- violence campaign; and to seek external funding (where possible) for extension of violence prevention programs on campus.

Structure?

The CNV was organized in the first year (2000)into five strategic workgroups:

• Organizational strategy - chaired by Robert Schaeffer, Ph.D.
• Curriculum education - chaired by Elizabeth Cauble, Ph.D.
• Agency and service provider education - chaired initially by Melissa Divine, M.A. and then by Dorinda Lambert, Ph.D.(temp)
• Media - chaired by Heath Harding
• Grant-writing/fund-raising - chaired by Linda Thurston, Ph.D.

Those initial efforts helped structure the CNV and set the initial, creative trajectory for its growth. As the organization has developed, Dr. Lambert chairs the leadership team that works to develop and manage the Campaign; this team consists of Dorinda Lambert, Ph.D.(Counseling Services), Susan Allen, Ph.D.(Women's Center), and Torry Dickinson, Ph.D. (Women's Studies).

Goals?

Teach

• Ways to prevent, moderate, and resolve conflict before it becomes violent.
• About sexual violence against women on campus and the precursors to violence
• Effective self and interpersonal skills that promote healthy interactions
  

Promote

• Behavior that is respectful, compassionate, and honorable.
• Principles of active nonviolence to deal with problems associated with discrimination, harassment, violence, and other abuses of power on our campus and in our community
• Campus policies and procedures that address issues of violence effectively
  

Projects?

• Provide a Fall Rally each year to promote nonviolence as the standard of interaction at KSU and to educate about issues of violence in order to help prevent all forms of violence, in particular, sexual violence against women on campus.
• Continue campus awareness of nonviolence techniques through presentations offered during the Season of Nonviolence held each Spring semester over a 64 day period from January 30 to April 4.
• Develop modules on violence and nonviolent alternatives that can be used in classes across campus as well as in the training of Residence Hall staff, Campus Adjudicators, Ombudspersons, and others who deal with the aftermath of violence on campus.
• Promote the development of a course on violence and nonviolent alternatives; this course can augment curriculum
  

Funding?

Some money is provided by the Office of Institutional Advancement.
CNV is in the process of applying for grants to support our efforts.
Pledge support to the Campaign for Nonviolence's general fund. This fund provides for programming, educational materials, speakers, etc. Donations can be made out to the "KSU Campaign for Nonviolence" and sent to
Dr. Dorinda Lambert, Chair
Campaign for Nonviolence
c/o Counseling Services
Kansas State University
232 English/Counseling Services Bldg.
Manhattan, KS 66506-6503