This lecture series is presented by the Women's Center in honor of MSU alum and Women's Center founding board member, Shannon Weatherly.  Shannon's compassion and involvement in the community continues to be an inspiration to others. As her mother has said about Shannon,"She felt a great responsibility, not only to her immediate community of friends, associates, and her college, but to the larger community which is humankind." Shannon's activities incorporated her education in areas including theology, history, sociology and psychology which propelled the ideals of feminist studies.

Shannon was tragically killed in 1982 while camping near Gardiner, MT. She was shot by a hunter who mistook her tent for a bear.

An endowment was created by Shannon's family and friends to bring nationally known feminist speakers to the campus. These lectures are presented annually and are free and open to the public. Past presenters have included singer/songwriter Holly Near, psychologist and author Charlotte Davis Kasl, activist and academy award winning film maker Stacy Kabat, comedian Maria Falzone, cartoonist Nicole Hollander, feminist religious scholar, Dr. Diana Eck, and author Dr. Diana Russell. 

 

The 2012 event is titled:

LIVING THE GREEN DOT

Join us for an evening with:

Dorothy Edwards, creator of the Green Dot Violence Prevention Strategy 

Wednesday, April 18, 2012

TheProcrastinator Theater

of the Strand Union Building at MSU

 

Our speaker this year will be Dr. Dorothy J. Edwards, author of the Green Dot Violence Prevention Strategy. Dorothy holds a Ph.D. in Counseling Psychology from Texas Woman's University. Prior to her current position, serving as the Executive Director of Green Dot, etc., a center dedicated to effective intervention and prevention of power-based personal violence, Dr. Edwards served for five years as the founding Director of the University of Kentucky Violence Intervention and Prevention Center. She has worked in both counseling and teaching capacities in higher education addressing sexual assault and relationship violence. With a specialty in primary prevention, she provides training and consultation in the areas of power-based personal violence, organizational capacity building, program implementation, strategic planning, and community mobilization. Dr. Edwards is currently working with government entities, state coalitions, military, non-profits, community organizations, high schools and colleges from around the globe.

This presentation will provide an overview of the Green Dot Community Mobilization Strategy and inspire participants to see their role in prevention.  Green Dot harnesses the power of individual choices to shift our current cultural norms (from bystander inaction to a community that is actively and visibly intolerant of violence).  Dr. Edwards will provide an overview of the role all community members have in promoting community safety and will instill hope that together we can markedly reduce current rates of power-based personal violence. You will leave this presentation with a renewed hope and a commitment to do your part to end violence one “green dot” at a time.

This event is co-sponsored by the MSU VOICE Center. Join us @ 7:00 p.m. on Wednesday, April 18 th in the Strand Union Procrastinator Theater on the MSU campus for Dorothy's presentation as well as a reception (and an opportunity to meet her) following the program in the SUB Leigh Lounge.

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