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directed at a specific person that would cause a reasonable person to fear for his safety or the safety of a third person or suffer other emotional distress. Intervention and Prevention Strategies Bystander intervention is one prevention strategy employed by the college that includes training that focuses on instilling a sense of responsibility in our community members to act when witnessing harmful behavior. is training, offered both in person and online, builds confidence and critical skills in our community members to be able to engage in safe intervention strategies for addressing situations. In addition, the Green Dot campaign capitalizes on the power of peer influence and individual bystander choices to prevent individual incidents of interpersonal violence and create lasting culture change resulting in the overall reduction of power-based personal violence. Other ongoing prevention strategies include utilizing the power of peers to provide education. e Student Anti- Violence Education (SAVE) Program is focused on empowering TCNJ students to make healthy lifestyle choices and to make our campus community a safer place. Students can play a uniquely effective role in encouraging their peers to consider and talk honestly about the issues of sexual assault, domestic violence, and stalking; while developing responsible habits and attitudes towards these issues, as well as seeking professional advice when necessary. Peer Educators promote the mission of AVI by creating and facilitating awareness programs including Domestic Violence Awareness Month (October) and Sexual Assault Awareness Month (April) that include a series of campus activities aimed at educating students and staff about issues relating to sexual assault, domestic/dating violence, and stalking and the services available on campus. AVI's awareness months also provide a venue for survivors to feel heard, supported, and validated. Reporting Dating Violence, Domestic Violence, Sexual Assault and Stalking Victims have the right to pursue criminal and/or campus disciplinary proceedings and seek restraining orders, or similar lawful orders issued by a criminal, civil, or tribal court or "no- contact" orders issued by the College. Victims also have the right to decline to report to or notify law enforcement. ose who choose to participate in legal action for offenses that occur on campus can contact the Office of Campus Police Services at (609) 771-2345 or 911 or by visiting the office located in the Administrative Services Building, room 104. If the crime occurred off campus, victims should contact the local police or the Office of Campus Police Services for assistance in reporting the crime 11 1 e terms "victim", "survivor", "complainant", "complaining party", and "client" are used interchangeably in this document to refer to an individual who in good faith reports having been subjected to action by another individual that constitutes a violation of applicable law or College policy prohibiting sexual misconduct (including sexual assault, sexual battery, domestic or dating violence, and stalking). e use of the forgoing terms does not signify that a determination has been made that an accused party or respondent has committed such a violation. Such a determination can only be made by a courts (with respect to criminal charges or civil liability) or through the Student Conduct process (with respect to violations of the Undergraduate Student Conduct Code or Graduate Student Conduct Code by students) or employee disciplinary process (with respect to violations of College policy by employees).

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