A graduate student at the University of Arkansas Clinton School of Public Service, Katie Powell, conducted research to help the University of Arkansas at Little Rock reach non-traditional students with Green Dot violence prevention program.
Powell spent the past seven months interviewing staff and students, hosting focus groups and surveying students to learn how to best engage non-traditional students in the UALR Green Dot violence prevention program.
Powell’s research will provide UALR with an analysis report of findings, a basic outreach plan, a comprehensive resource database, and training curriculum adaptations. Each of these tools will help increase the reach of the Green Dot initiative on campus and specifically target non-traditional students, who make up almost half of the UALR student population.
“A primary goal of the Green Dot program is to prevent power-based personal violence by fostering a strong sense of community. This creates an environment in which members of our campus community watch out for one another,” said Dr. Collier-Tenison, Chair of the Green Dot steering committee. “Katie’s research with non-traditional students will help us expand our outreach to and engagement of this very important part of the UALR community.”
This project was completed as part of the Clinton School’s Master of Public Service degree program, the last of three field service projects in the Master of Public Service degree program.
About the Green Dot initiative
Green Dot is a national organization that provides research and training to prepare organizations and communities to implement violence prevention strategies to reduce power-based personal violence. The UALR Green Dot initiative works to create a safe campus environment through the power of community. Specifically, Green Dot works to create “a social movement that harnesses the power of peer influence and individual bystander choices to create lasting culture change resulting in the ultimate reduction of power-based personal violence”. The program provides trainings and events to promote violence prevention throughout the UALR campus and community.
More information about UALR Green Dot is available at: http://ualr.edu/greendot/
More information about the national Green Dot program is available at: https://www.livethegreendot.com/
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