Sexual violence occurs all too often on college campuses. The University of Dayton takes this very seriously and is committed to supporting survivors and preventing future violence. We are committed to helping students experience healthy relationships and enjoy a safe and exciting college experience.
Ways to Get Involved
Green Dot
Stalking, sexual violence and intimate partner violence happen all too often on college campuses. But you have the power to change those numbers. WE have the power to make a difference. This is your time. Get involved. Make a difference.What's your Green Dot?
A green dot is any choice, behavior, word or attitude that promotes safety for everyone and communicates utter intolerance for power based personal violence in our University of Dayton community. A green dot is anything you do to make our community safer.
A red dot is a single bad decision. Enough of those have added up to create a culture that allows unacceptable rates of sexual assault, dating/domestic violence and stalking. While we can't know exactly how many red dots happen on any given day, we know that there are enough that they add up to a bigger issue both at our college and other institutions nationwide.
If red dots are the problem, green dots are the solution. A green dot is a behavior someone can do to stop a red dot from happening or progressing and/or to strengthen positive campus norms.
The goal is simple, when there are more green dots than red, the culture can shift, and rates of sexual assault, dating/domestic violence and stalking can be reduced.
What will you do to make our campus safer? What’s your green dot?
Peers Advocating for Violence Education (PAVE)
Sexual violence happens on college campuses, but through education and bystander intervention, we can fight back. PAVES are a group of dedicated sexual violence prevention peer educators striving toward a safer, happier, and healthier UD. PAVE provides educational programming for first-year students (such as consent culture presentations), facilitates workshops in collaboration with One Love, hosts Take Back the Night, and organizes other activities promoting violence prevention throughout the year.
Take Back the Night
This annual tradition focuses on raising awareness of incidents of sexual assault that have impacted members of our community and is an opportunity for our community to stand together to say ‘no more’. Every year hundreds of communities worldwide come together to march through the streets and hear testimonies from survivors.
At UD, every April we gather to hear stories of survivors and provide them with support and love. This is followed by a candlelit procession through the student neighborhood.