We are the Relationship and Sexual Violence Prevention (RSVP) Office's Student Group here at UGA! Like us to stay up to date with our happenings on campus!
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RSVP is a student-led organization located in the University Health Center that serves the UGA community through education and awareness based efforts to combat sexual and relationship violence. If you are interesting in partnering with RSVP or having RSVP host an event for your organization, please visit https://www.uhs.uga.edu/healthpromotion/hp-programs or email [email protected] for more information.
Mission: The RSVP group strives to educate, inspire, and empower UGA students to actively participate in creating a campus community that is free from interpersonal violence- in any form. This includes speaking out against rape, sexual assault, relationship violence/abuse, stalking, harassment and other forms of violence. The RSVP office, in conjunction with the peer educators, strive to accomplish this mission through: * Informing UGA students about the programs and resources on campus and in the Athens community. * Educating students about how to be an active bystander by providing applicable strategies of intervention * Empowering all students to understand that they share a responsibility in the prevention of sexual and relationship and the creation of a safe and respectful campus community * Promoting the importance of consent in sexual relationships * Challenging social norms and myths that relate to an acceptance of sexual violence * Encouraging any and all UGA students to be active leaders in preventing interpersonal violence We want to make the UGA community and Athens a violence free and safe environment for everyone!
Operating as usual
The Cottage Sexual Assault Center and Children's Advocacy Center
There will be a free screening of The Hunting Ground on Tuesday, October 23 at 7:30pm in MLC 101, hosted by UGA's Institute of Women's Studies! The film will be followed by a panel discussion featuring reps from RSVP Student Group - UGA, The Cottage, and IWS.
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WSSO
RSVP and the RSVP student group will always believe survivors and advocate for them no matter what. We will always work harder to make the movement against interpersonal violence more inclusive and more intentional. If you ever need a free and confidential source, the RSVP hotline is 706-542-SAFE
For information on future RSVP programs and initiatives, check out the University of Georgia Health Center page for our information. However, always feel free to contact us through FB messenger or through the people listed in the "About, General Information" section. #SupportSurvivors
Hello everyone!
We hope you all have been having a lovely start to your school years. The RSVP page will start being private on 9/27 and all our new posting content will be moved to the University of Georgia Health Center FB page! Please follow us there to keep up with our activities and events! Domestic Violence Awareness Month is October, so you will be able to find our list of things we have planned there. Thank you to everyone who has supported our student group! Your support means the world to us!
Best,
RSVP Student Group
Hope everyone has had a great start to their school year! This Tuesday we are hosting a percentage night at the Ben & Jerry's downtown in support of The Cottage! We would love to see some of you there :)
Another wonderful senior spotlight: Frances Dean!
Frances has been in the RSVP Student Group for 2 years and has always brought important discussions to our meetings and events. Frances is graduating with a Health Promotion major and a minor in Global Health! After graduation she will be conducting research at the National Institute of Neurological Diseases and Stroke. We know that Frances will succeed wherever she goes in life because she is simply amazing!
This year senior Audrey Eva Celine served as the President of the RSVP Student Group! Last year she was on the first RSVP executive board as the VP of Recruitment. After graduation Audrey will be working with the Athens Land Trust, a nonprofit organization. The student group has benefitted from Audrey's leadership style and her encouraging attitude. We cannot thank her enough for the positivity and hard work she brought to our group! We look forward to cheering her on as she enters this new chapter of her life!
As spring semester comes to a close, we would like to highlight Allison Wray, a graduating senior! This year Allison served as VP of Internal Affairs and Peer Education. She worked on exec during the previous year as VP of Campus Outreach! Her intelligence and drive have served our group in so many wonderful ways and have left a lasting mark on the UGA community. Next fall she will be heading to Emory to complete a Master's in Public Health! We are so excited for you, Allison!
CONGRATULATIONS to our new RSVP PRESIDENT 2018-19, Avni Ahuja!! Avni has been involved with RSVP since her freshman year at UGA, and spent the past year serving on the Executive Board as a VP for Campus and Community Outreach! In addition to RSVP, Avni spends her time volunteering as a hotline advocate for The Cottage. Her passion shines through everything she does, and we are so excited to see her lead RSVP to do even greater things on campus! Congrats Avni, we're so proud of you!!
A former member of RSVP, Cali Callaway, helped bring #DenimDay to Weill Cornell Medicine! We are so proud of her and her fellow medical students for supporting survivors!
The students of Weill Cornell Medicine stand in solidarity with survivors of sexual violence everywhere. April 25th marks Denim Day, an international campaign to raise awareness about sexual assault and the misconceptions that surround it. This movement was sparked by an Italian Supreme Court case where judges overturned a rape conviction because they felt the survivor's jeans were too tight. The next day, women in the Italian Parliament wore jeans in protest.
Today, WCM students led by Do No Harm, the anti-sexual violence student group, wore their jeans and white coats as future healthcare providers to commit themselves to survivors. #DenimDay #DoNoHarm #SAAM #CareDiscoverTeach #WeillCornellMedicine
Thanks to everyone who participated in #DenimDay yesterday! Here are just a few people who stopped by our table and submitted photos, wearing denim to support survivors.
Tomorrow is #DenimDay! Wear your denim to support survivors, and come visit us in the MLC across from Jittery Joes 10am-12pm!
This Wednesday is DENIM DAY! An international day recognizing there is NO excuse for sexual violence and we will never blame victims/survivors for what happened to them. Join us in wearing jeans this Wednesday and receive a #DenimDay2018 sticker! We'll be across from Jittery's Joe's MLC on Wednesday 10am-12pm.
Does #metoo include everyone? Are some people left out of the conversation to address sexual violence? What can we do to be more inclusive? // These questions and more will be discussed tonight at our intersectionality panel, Unpacking #MeToo đź—Ż #SexualAssaultAwarenessMonth
Join RSVP for this timely and relevant discussion of intersectionality and inclusion in the #metoo movement and other movements to end sexual violence! it will be Monday April 16th from 6-7:15 in the Tate intersection (across from Tate Print & Copy)
We loved getting to meet the folks from DIVAS Who Win Freedom Center this past weekend! This is an awesome nonprofit right here in Athens serving women who have experienced substance use disorders/sexual exploitation. Thanks WSSO for hosting Take Back the Night and facilitating connection between so many great campus and community resources, all while uplifting survivors! #SAAM
Made some Fantastic Friends last night as Nuçi's Space hosted Take Back The Night Foundation 40th annual event. WSSO does a great job every year. So here’s to new friendships that are empowering our Athens Community. RSVP Student Group - UGA Femme
RSVP is hosting a percentage night benefitting The Cottage TONIGHT from 6-8pm at Ben and Jerry’s. Treat your self for a good cause!
Jams for Justice 2018!
A HUGE thank you to the incredible performers, our peer educators who volunteered, and everyone who attended #JamsForJustice this past Saturday! It was a beautiful day to support survivors and promote happy, community healing.
Thank you to everyone who came to our percentage night for Project Safe and Cocoa for Consent! We hope you enjoyed discussing and celebrating the healthy relationships in your life
January is Stalking Awareness Month, and yesterday evening the RSVP Student Group hosted the event Stalking on Screen! Two of our exec members Devon Olding and Mallory Grizzle hosted an interactive and educational discussion on relationships in the media and unhealthy behaviors. Thank you to everyone who came to our event!
Join in the Discussion THIS Wednesday @6:30-7:30 during our Swipe Right event! (FYOS Approved)
This week is #ItsOnUs week! RSVP is so excited to be partnering with SGA and other campus organizations to bring the national #ItsOnUs campaign to end sexual violence to UGA.
Come find us at Tate on the following days this week:
Wednesday 10am-2pm
Friday 10am-2pm
For more info about the national campaign, please visit http://www.itsonus.org/
Meet the RSVP Exec Member of the week: Allison Wray!
She is a fourth year psychology and women's studies double major who wants to be a women’s advocate after she graduates from UGA. Ally got involved with RSVP during her freshman year because she personally knew people who had been affected by interpersonal violence. And after four years with us, she is our VP of Internal Affairs and Peer Education. When asked about why she invested her college years in RSVP, Allison had this to say about RSVP's role with Sexual Violence: "While I wish it didn’t affect people, I hope individuals feel as though RSVP will advocate for survivors’ rights and as though people really do care about them." We hope to continue our mission through others just as passionate as Ally. Thank you for your years of service, we are so proud to have you on our executive board.
In honor of October being Domestic Violence Awareness Month, we would like to thank and congratulate The National Coalition Against Domestic Violence for 30 years of work in the fight against a sexually violent culture. Thank you to all those working for and in conjunction with the NCADV, we appreciate and wish to emulate your tireless efforts on our campus.
Meet our Executive Member of the week: Avni Ahuja!
She is a Sophomore at UGA majoring in Sociology with a minor in International Affairs. Avni is a co-VP of Campus and Community Outreach with Mallory Grizzle, where she says they "work to build RSVP's relationships with organizations in UGA and in the Athens community." She originally became involved with RSVP in the Fall of her Freshman year by the recommendation of a friend, and has since worked to spread the message in which she so fervently believes. Avni contends that" If our college is to push for a campus free of interpersonal violence, it starts by creating an open dialogue and reaching out to our students and faculty." Her executive position gives her a unique opportunity to facilitate this kind of dialogue in our community.
Finally, When asked about why she chose RSVP, she replied: "Everyday RSVP is working to build awareness about this issues and create a safer community for everyone; I want to continue being a part of that."
Thank you for your passionate dedication Avni to our student group!
Looking for a way to directly support survivors of relationship violence in Athens? Here's how you can! In honor of Domestic Violence Awareness Month, RSVP will be hosting a donation drive for Project Safe Inc. all month long! Bring much needed donations to our designated boxes in the Center for Leadership & Service in Tate or the Health Promotion department in the Health Center.
Meet Mallory Grizzle!
She is one of the RSVP Co-Vice Presidents of Campus and Community Outreach, but has been involved in the student group since her Freshman year. Mallory says that she primarily joined "to help educate her peers on the dangerous abundance of sexual assault on college campuses". She hopes to increase the presence of RSVP in the minds of UGA students, and make our resources more common knowledge. Mallory loves seeing the impact that she can make on someone's life, and hearing how helpful RSVP is for those going through a hard time. Thank you Mallory for your dedication to RSVP and our mission:
to Educate, Inspire, and Empower the students on UGA's campus.
Meet Devon Olding! She is a Sophomore International Affairs & Arabic double major, and the RSVP Vice President of Event Planning. She says that she was drawn to the Peer education position her freshman year because she knew that RSVP would be able to teach her about “advocacy, communication, and empowerment” which are all very important values in her life and the way that she fosters relationships and personal missions. Her hope for this coming year is to spread awareness about RSVP and make the organization a more commonly known name on campus that has the reputation and goal: “to educate, inspire, and empower”.
Follow us on instagram @rsvpatuga for more fun facts about this awesome exec member!
We are ecstatic to kick off our “Evective Member Mondays” with an interview of our lovely President, Audrey Smith.
She is a Senior Health Promotion Major who loves reading books for fun when she can get some spare time. When asked what she was grateful for, she replied:” The opportunity to pursue an education in something I genuinely care about about.”
When asked about her time at UGA, Audrey reports that she has spent a considerable amount of time working with RSVP ever since she became involved her Freshman Year. She explains that she was looking for her place on campus and “ wanted to be apart of something with people who were passionate about justice and equality” when she found that in RSVP.
As for the future of RSVP, Audrey has a solid vision for the Student group as far as growth and involvement are concerned. The President says that she “ ...would love to see RSVP partner with more student organizations on campus to open dialogue about the intersections of interpersonal violence and other important social issues!”
She has been an integral part in creating the RSVP student group that we are today, and is a perfect example of a leader who truly believes in the cause she is backing. Thank you for all of your hard work, Audrey!
The Relationship & Sexual Violence Prevention Office is excited to announce their new survivor support group! This group is open format, free & confidential. The groups are a safe space for survivors of interpersonal violence to talk with and receive support from other survivors, and are meant to be beneficial for students in any stage of healing. Contact the RSVP office to learn more!
We'll be under the bridge in Tate until 2pm to talk about the Red Zone! Come visit us!
Come see us under the bridge at Tate - now until noon! RSVP Student Group - UGA is rolling out the red carpet to End the Red Zone. Plus, we are handing out free pens, buttons, safer sex supplies and a host of helpful health tips!
We are so incredibly proud of our own, Nicholas Twiner for being such an outstanding student and presence on campus. We have been lucky enough to have as a part of our organization since his Freshman year and we couldn't be more grateful. Thank you for all your hard work, we love seeing it pay off!
A big shout out to our very own Nicholas Twiner, who is this week's UGA Amazing Student! Nick is graduating this December with bachelor's degrees in linguistics, classical languages, and classical culture.
He chose to attend UGA because "it had everything I wanted to do and was a great value. ...the UGA Honors Program gave me resources and funding to study abroad, while also helping to connect with other students."
Nick is extremely active on and off campus (he went to Rome, Italy, through the Honors International Scholars Program), and because of his leadership and service, last year he was awarded the Honors Program's Crane Leadership Scholarship.
To read more about Nick and his accomplishments, visit http://www.uga.edu/amazing/profile/twiner-nicholas/. To learn more about the Honors International Scholars Program, visit https://honors.uga.edu/c_s/travel_study/hisp/hisp.html.
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We are so incredibly proud of our own, Nicholas Twiner for being such an outstanding student and presence on campus. We have been lucky enough to have as a part of our organization since his Freshman year and we couldn't be more grateful. Thank you for all your hard work, we love seeing it pay off!
A big shout out to our very own Nicholas Twiner, who is this week's UGA Amazing Student! Nick is graduating this December with bachelor's degrees in linguistics, classical languages, and classical culture.
He chose to attend UGA because "it had everything I wanted to do and was a great value. ...the UGA Honors Program gave me resources and funding to study abroad, while also helping to connect with other students."
Nick is extremely active on and off campus (he went to Rome, Italy, through the Honors International Scholars Program), and because of his leadership and service, last year he was awarded the Honors Program's Crane Leadership Scholarship.
To read more about Nick and his accomplishments, visit http://www.uga.edu/amazing/profile/twiner-nicholas/. To learn more about the Honors International Scholars Program, visit https://honors.uga.edu/c_s/travel_study/hisp/hisp.html.
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We're a student organization run through the University of Georgia Health Center. We are peer educators comprised of a diverse group of UGA undergraduate and graduate students. Our organization is overseen by the RSVP Coordinator in the Health Promotion Department of the Health Center. The University Health Center and peer educators work together to create a safe and respectful campus through preventing relationship and sexual violence - in any form- by educating our campus and community. Contact Information (or just message us on FB!): President: Avni Ahuja ([email protected]) VP of Membership and Peer Education: Mallory Grizzle ([email protected]) VP of PR and Marketing: Emily Daugherty ([email protected]) VP of Events: Devon Olding ([email protected]) VPs of Outreach: Sachi Shastri ([email protected]) and Mary Landry ([email protected]) Interested in learning more about our student group? Check out: www.uhs.uga.edu/rsvp for more information or email our advisor Tayler Simon, RSVP Coordinator at: [email protected]
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