Our People
Ryan D. Wagoner, Educator and Outreach Coordinator
It’s vital for everyone to play a part in the prevention of power-based personal violence.
I’m Ryan but my friends call me Wags. I’m a die-hard Redskins fan and moved to Lexington from Virginia Beach to be with my girlfriend Heather. I’ve got the coolest niece and nephew, Libbie (2 and a half) and Emmett (almost 5), and try to visit them as often as I can in Richmond, VA. I’m passionate about this issue and the VIP Center because I want to offer students the same chance for the epiphany that I had that we can all make a difference in this work, that we all must commit to Green Dots in order to change a culture. It’s vital for everyone to play a part in the prevention of power-based personal violence. My door is always open to talk to those who want to be a part of the social movement we at the VIP Center are creating. So what’s your green dot?
Meet our staff:
Christy Burch,
Assistant Director/Arts and Advocacy Coordinator
Sally Evans, Volunteer and Educational Programs Coordinatork
Ryan Wagoner, Educator and Outreach Coordinator
Marigail Sexton, Communications Director
Kristen Lambert, Assistant Program Coordinator
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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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