Our People
“Brilliant!” “Charismatic!” “Devastatingly beautiful!”
Just a few of the words that have been used to describe the team at VIP! Bringing all of these assets and more, the staff at VIP is committed to creating a campus that is free from violence and fear for all its members. Come to VIP and take the “Greatest-Staff-Ever-Challenge!” If you spend at least 90 seconds with each staff member we guarantee you will adore at least two of us. If you find all of us completely unbearable, we will give you a free t-shirt and a package of two-year-old sweet tarts.
The VIP staff is comprised of individuals as varied as the UK community. We are religious and non-religious; gay and straight; quiet and outgoing; conservative and liberal; funny and not-so-funny (come by and see if you can find the ones that are not-so-funny). We each come to our work at VIP with our own connection to violence. Some of us have had direct experiences with violence; many of us dearly love someone who has been directly impacted by violence; and all of us share a deeply passionate, steadfast commitment to measurably reducing violence in our campus community and the world around us. Come. Get to know us. And consider the possibility that your specific collaboration with us could result in a positive change that only you could bring about!
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- I talked to my friends about the SEEDS retreat I went to.
- We created a fundraiser for the VIP Center.
- I check in with my friends before we go out. Someone is always designated sober for the night. We stay together, we leave together.
- I have gone to Take Back the Night 3 years in a row.
- I put my green dot button on my bag.
- I brought my friend to VIP to volunteer.
- I heard my neighbors get into a verbal argument, I checked in to make sure everything was okay.
- When someone blames the victim, I talk to them about how wrong that is.
- I gave a class presentation on Green Dot.
- My friend had a suspicious bruise, I asked if she was okay and gave her the contact info for VIP.
- I take my class to the VIP Center every semester
- I passed out fliers for the VIP last semester.
- I didn’t let a stranger take my drunk friend home.
- I walked my friend home from the library.
- I went to SEEDS and got a couple friends to go with me.
- I ‘accidentally’ spilled my drink on a guy who wouldn’t leave this girl alone.
- I have several green dot/VIP shirts that I wear all the time.
- I take my green dot water bottle to the gym.
- I added “What’s your green dot?” to my email signature line.
- I created a SEEDS event on Facebook to invite all my friends to come.
- I got my fraternity brothers to attend SEEDS.
- I participated in In Our Own Voices, a play that raises awareness about violence
- I told the bartender about someone who I saw slip something in someone’s drink.
- I was there for my friend when she told me she had been assaulted.
- I volunteer at the VIP center a couple hours a week.
- I told my story at Take Back the Night.
- I participated in the Umbrella Walk.
- I did my English paper over power based personal violence.
- We did a group presentation on VIP.
- I wore my green dot button, and someone asked me about it.
- A couple was arguing loudly in a restaurant, and I told the manager.
- My friends now know not to make sexist jokes around me.
- When a news article comes out relating to violence, I discuss it with my friends.
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