{"id":20820,"date":"2010-09-13T11:46:15","date_gmt":"2010-09-13T15:46:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/?p=20820"},"modified":"2011-05-31T12:37:54","modified_gmt":"2011-05-31T16:37:54","slug":"uconn-to-display-%e2%80%98red-flags%e2%80%99-of-abusive-relationships-as-part-of-statewide-campaign","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/2010\/09\/uconn-to-display-%e2%80%98red-flags%e2%80%99-of-abusive-relationships-as-part-of-statewide-campaign\/","title":{"rendered":"UConn to Display \u2018Red Flags\u2019 of Abusive Relationships as Part of Statewide Campaign"},"content":{"rendered":"

Deciding whether or not to intervene in a good friend\u2019s relationship is never easy. Maybe you see qualities in their significant other that make you uneasy. Perhaps your friend\u2019s personality has changed for the worse since they began dating. Or maybe it\u2019s the chemistry between the two that just doesn\u2019t seem right. But is it your place to step in? And if so, what do you say?<\/p>\n

A consortium of nine colleges and universities in Connecticut – including the University of Connecticut in Storrs – plan to participate this fall in a program designed to help students identify those more troubling patterns \u2013 those that should raise a red flag to potential intimate partner violence or abuse. Students spotting those signs will be encouraged to speak up about the situation to their friend.<\/p>\n

The effort, called the \u201cRed Flag Campaign<\/em>,\u201d is designed to alert students to eight key behaviors that point towards a form of intimate partner violence. That abuse can take the form of physical, sexual, verbal and\/or emotional abuse.<\/p>\n

\u201cRed Flag\u201d posters raising awareness of the campaign will appear around the UConn Storrs campus from Sept. 13-16.<\/p>\n

The Connecticut Campus Coalition to End Violence Against Women (CCCEV), created last year, is participating in this campaign aimed at stopping dating and sexual violence among college students. Southern Connecticut State University spearheaded an effort last year to create the organization and to obtain a U.S. Justice Department grant of $500,000 for the consortium. CCCEV seeks to reduce the incidence of violence against women on campus, increase reporting of the violence and strengthen prevention programs and community response to acts of domestic violence, dating violence and sexual assault awareness. Participating schools also include Central, Western and Eastern Connecticut State universities; Quinnipiac University; Trinity College; University of Hartford and the University of Bridgeport.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis is the coalition\u2019s first major campaign and it is designed to increase awareness on our campuses throughout the state as to what is acceptable and unacceptable behavior,\u201d said Venida Rodman Jenkins, coordinator of UConn\u2019s Violence Against Women Prevention Program and UConn\u2019s CCCEV representative. \u201cThe campaign also hopes to promote bystander responsibility, encouraging friends and other campus community members to say or do something when they observe the warning signs or \u201cred flags\u201d for dating violence.\u00a0 The startling reality is domestic as well as sexual violence is not uncommon but pervasive social ills throughout all campuses nationwide.\u201d<\/p>\n

Consider the following:<\/p>\n