FOA Programming Resource Guide- 2008-2009

In an effort to expand our resources for educational programming, the Office of the Dean of Students/Fraternity & Sorority Life has compiled a suggested list of available resources for you to contact. Many of the organizations do not have established programs, but are willing to come and speak to your chapters, sit on panels, lead discussions, or are willing to design a seminar to suit your needs. This guide is just to help you with your educational goals; you need not limit your choices to this list. We encourage you to be creative and supplement this list with other sources to which you have access. As stated in the Fraternal Organization Agreement, you are required to complete one educational program a year for the members and potential members or new members of your chapter in each of the following categories: diversity and discrimination, illegal drugs and alcohol, hazing, liability, physical safety, and sexual assault.

Diversity and Discrimination
Disability

  • ADA (Americans Disabilities Act) information: Contact: Brad Holland – bkh9d@virginia.edu, Coordinator of Services for Students with Disabilities, University of Virginia - 434-924-7819. An overview of resources for students with disabilities including the University Ombudsman and ADA Coordinator, voter registration for students with disabilities, and faculty and student guides to services for students with disabilities and Internet resources.
  • Independence for Students with Disabilities: Contact: Brad Holland, Coordinator of Services for Students with Disabilities, University of Virginia - 434-924-7819

Gender

  • Feminism Is for Everyone: Contact: Nora Eakin (nce5m@virginia.edu) or Katie Lee (kjl9w@virginia.edu)
    Feminism is For Everyone (FIFE for short) is a new feminist group at U.Va. and the brainchild of a budding feminist community and a conglomoration of prexisting groups.
  • Women's Center: Contact: Sue Gerrans – sjg3h@virginia.edu, The Women's Center, P. O. Box 800588, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Virginia 22908-0588 - 434-982-2361
    The University of Virginia Women's Center serves University students, faculty, staff, alumni and community members, highlighting leadership development, research, scholarship, art, counseling, and public service by and for women.

Racial/Ethnic

Religious/Spiritual

  • United Ministry at the University of Virginia: Contact: Chaplaincy Services and Pastoral Education, P. O. Box 800672, Charlottesville, Virginia 22908 - 434-924-2642.
    United Ministry is comprised of religiously based organizations and their leaders who provide service to the University of Virginia. The members of United Ministry are committed to the promotion of religious development within the University community through the interaction of religion and intellectual life.

Sexual Orientation

  • Lesbian Gay Bisexual Transgender Resource Center: Contact: Ed Warwick, Interim Program Coordinator, Newcomb Hall, Room 435 - 434-924-7133, lgbtrc@virginia.edu
    The Resource Center works both to raise awareness and inclusion of sexual and gender minorities and to provide information, referral, support, and programming to the University community.

General Diversity

  • Students Educating and Empowering for Diversity (S.E.E.D.): Contact Ronald Barba – rub4k@virginia.edu , or seedrequest@gmail.com. Students Educating and Empowering for Diversity (SEED) is a group of specially selected and trained students who are dedicated to raising awareness and social justice issues at the University through education and interactive dialogue.
  • Diversity Initiatives Committee, Student Council: Contact:Ishraga Eltahir (ishraga.eltahir@gmail.com) and Carrie Filipetti (clf7m@virginia.edu)
  • Kaleidoscope Center for Cultural Fluency: visit website for the SCOPE at http://www.virginia.edu/newcombhall/kaleidoscope/
  • International Studies Office: Contact: Dudley Doane – djd4j@virginia.edu, Interim Director of ISO – 434.982.3013

Illegal Drugs and Alcohol

  • Alcohol and Drug Abuse Prevention Team (ADAPT): To schedule an educational program with ADAPT members you must submit complete and submit the program request form . You may also email ADAPT at adapt-uva@virginia.edu.
    ADAPT is dedicated to addressing the issues of alcohol and other drug abuse in the University of Virginia community. As peer educators, we promote awareness, provide educational outreach, and serve as accessible resources for our fellow students. Our primary purpose is to minimize the abuse of alcohol and other drugs in an effort to promote a healthier environment at our University.
  • Peer Health Educators: 400 Brandon Avenue, P. O. Box 8000760, Charlottesville, Virginia 22908, 434-924-1509. The PHEs provide interactive and informative outreach programs concerning a number of issues: the "Buzzed" program will satisfy the FOA programming requirement for illegal drugs and alcohol.
  • Center for Alcohol & Substance Education: Contact: Susan Bruce – 924-5276
    As a unit of the Office of the Dean of Students, CASE supports the mission of the University by fostering community to promote student learning, growth, and citizenship. CASE supports peer education and provides presentations and consultation in order to increase knowledge of alcohol, tobacco, and other drug issues, and decrease the negative consequences associated with high-risk drinking and illegal drug use among U.Va. students. CASE is located in the old FSL Office in Madison House.
  • Police Department: Contact: Melissa Fielding – 924-8845
  • Virginia Department of Alcoholic Beverage Control - visit website at http://www.abc.virginia.gov/education.html: Contact Education Section at (804) 213-4688 or e-mail education@abc.virginia.gov.
  • Region Ten Community Services: Contact: 800 Preston Avenue, Charlottesville, Virginia 22903, 434-972-1800
    Region Ten Community Services Board is an agency of local government, providing mental health and substance addiction services where they are needed in the local community.

Hazing

  • The Office of the Dean of Students/Fraternity & Sorority Life: Contact the staff in ODOS/FSL to discuss various programmatic opportunities. Phone: 434-924-7430.
  • Inter/National Organizations: The headquarters of many fraternities and sororities offer programs that address hazing. Also, as educational and leadership consultants visit your chapter, chapters are encouraged to request a program on this topic.
  • University Judiciary Committee (UJC): Contact: Michael Chapman, Chair, mac9jb@virginia.edu, 434-924-7625
  • Student Legal Services: Contact: Lester Wilson III, Director Attorney at Law, Newcomb Hall, 4th Floor, Room 460, P. O. Box 400810, Charlottesville, Virginia 22904, 434-924-7524

Liability

  • The Office of the Dean of Students/Fraternity & Sorority Life: Contact the staff in ODOS/FSL to discuss various programmatic opportunities. Phone: 434-924-7430.
  • Inter/National Organizations: The headquarters of many fraternities and sororities offer programs that address hazing. Also, as educational and leadership consultants visit your chapter, chapters are encouraged to request a program on this topic.
  • Student Legal Services: Contact: Lester Wilson III, Director Attorney at Law, Newcomb Hall, 4th Floor, Room 460, P. O. Box 400810, Charlottesville, Virginia 22904, 434-924-7524
  • Univeristy Police Department: Contact: Melissa Fielding - 924-8845
    Presentation on facebook/myspace and freedom of speech vs. stalking
    Material and discussion on incorporated chapters and associated corporate law
    Programs relating to member roles/responsibilities during social events, and potential liability incurred by all members or the chapter

Personal Health and Safety
Safety

  • Hoos Ready: Hoos Ready is a special status organizaiton focusing on promoting and campaigning for emergency preparedness at U. Va. Hoos Ready offers two programs: communication during emergencies and on general safety information. For more information and to request a program, contact http://www.hoosready.org or email hoosready@virginia.edu
  • Red Cross Training, CPR, and First Aid: Contact: University of Virginia Intramural-Recreational Sports Business Office, 450 Whitehead Road, P. O. Box 400317, Charlottesville, Virginia 22904 - 434-924-3791
  • Fire Safety: Contact: Gerald Drumheller - 982-4914
  • University Police Department: Contact: Melissa Fielding - 924-8845 (Safety Seminars, Self Defense Class, all-female Rape Aggression Defense (RAD) Seminar)

Health

  • AIDS/HIV Service Group: http://www.aidsservices.org/staff_members.htm, 963 2nd Street SE, Charlottesville, Virginia 22902 - 434-979-7714 ext. 241
  • Albemarle Health Department: Contact: 1138 Rose Hill Drive, P. O. Box 7546, Charlottesville, Virginia 22906 - 434-972-6217
  • American Cancer Society: Contact: Charlottesville Office, 3042-D Berkmar Drive, Charlottesville, Virginia 22901, 434-978-7423
  • Planned Parenthood: Contact- Charlottesville Center, Dr. Herbert C. Jones, Jr. Reproductive Health and Education Center, 2964 Hydraulic Road, Charlottesville, Virginia 22901, 434-971-7459 http://www.ppblueridge.org
  • Peer Health Educators: 400 Brandon Avenue, P. O. Box 8000760, Charlottesville, Virginia 22908, 434-924-1509
      • Sexfest: The sexual health outreach provides students with information that will enable them to make safer choices about their sexual practices and address any misconceptions about sexual health. Birth control methods, sexually transmitted infections, and healthy relationships are reviewed.
      • Buzzed: The alcohol and drugs outreach gives students information that will help them to avoid high-risk behaviors and clear up any previously held myths about these substances. General information, such as University policies and alcohol facts, are reviewed through a variety of interactive games. The outreach also covers strategies for helping a friend who may have a drug problem and how to care for someone who is under the influence.
      • Nutrition: The nutrition outreach focuses on healthy eating by offering students the tools they need to achieve a balanced nutritional lifestyle, in spite of the difficulties of the dining hall or cooking one's own food. Commonly held nutrition myths are dispelled, the USDA's new food pyramid is described, and a nutrition label is explained. Body image and eating disorder issues are not a focus of the outreach, but other services on grounds are mentioned as resources. For those organizations willing to provide the necessary materials, a food demonstration is available; the educators provide a recipe (choose from a spinach salad, trail mix, or no-bake snack mix) and give a description of the nutrients each snack provides, making it as they go along.
      • Trouble in the Bubble: The stress management outreach begins with an emphasis on the existence of good and bad stress, as well as reviewing how students react to stress and ideas for how students can cope with it. Two ways are specifically taught in how to relieve stress, either through massage techniques or a deep breathing exercise. The outreach also touches on some illnesses related to stress: depression, anxiety disorders, and panic attacks. Most students can recognize stress in their environment, so the outreach plans to encourage positive ways to manage stress and alert them to resources (such as CAPS, the Counseling and Psychological Services run out of Student Health) at their disposal. Finally, the outreach covers sleep habits; reviewing several facts and myths surrounding healthy sleep and going over how to achieve a better night's sleep
  • Hoos Open to Preventing Eating Disorders (H.O.P.E.): Contact The Women’s Center Counseling Services, 434-982-2361
    H.O.P.E. presents educational programming to student groups on Grounds about eating, exercise and body image disorders. Our most popular programs are "How to Help a Friend" and "The Freshman 15", both of which explore the signs, symptoms and underlying causes of these issues, and provide ideas and advice for individuals hoping to support help friends struggling with eating and exercise disorders.
  • Sexual and Domestic Violence Services (SDVS): Contact: Amanda Buckley, Graduate Assistant, aes4u@virginia.edu, P. O. Box 800588, Charlottesville, Virginia 22908 - 434-982-2910
    Sexual and Domestic Violence Services (SDVS) educates students, staff, and faculty at the University of Virginia about intimate violence and its impact on our community. They provide support to survivors of these crimes, work to strengthen the University's responses and policies so that all victims are treated fairly and appropriately, empower women to resist abuse, and empower men to embrace their role as allies in this work, in order to reduce the incidence of these violent crimes. SDVS coordinates and hosts public events and education for the University community throughout the year.
  • Sexual Assault Facts and Education (SAFE): Contact: Leslie Keena, President, lck6e@virginia.edu, Newcomb Hall, P. O. Box 400715, SAC Box 275, Charlottesville, Virginia 22903
    SAFE is a peer education group designed to provide sexual assault education for the University community. The members of SAFE are University of Virginia students, both male and female, trained in sexual violence education. SAFE presents interactive presentations with media clips that satisfy FOA requirements for both Personal Health & Safety (Dating Violence Presentation) and Sexual Assault (Consent Presentation).
  • Sexual Assault Peer Advisors (SAPA) - U.Va. CIO: Contact: Miriam Todras, Newcomb Hall, P. O. Box 400715, SAC Box 397, Charlottesville, Virginia 22903, mpt5g@virginia.edu
    Sexual Assault Peer Advocacy is a sexual assault education group that advocates for survivors of rape and sexual assault living in the University community. We present a one-hour program that focuses on ways friends can help and support survivors.
  • Women's Center, Sexual and Domestic Violence Services: Contact: Claire Kaplan -- 982-2774 or 982-2361. http://womenscenter.virginia.edu/sdvs/
  • One In Four, "How to Help a Sexual Assault Survivor: What Men Can Do.": Contact: Declan Tansey, president, dtt5d@virginia.edu and Ted Crockin, vice-president, tcg7t@virginia.edu.  One in Four is an all-male sexual assault peer education group at U.Va. We present a one-hour program, "How to Help a Sexual Assault Survivor: What Men Can Do," to any group of men who will listen -- sports teams, residence hall students, student organizations, fraternities, off campus groups -- anyone. They also may present to coed audiences from time to time under special circumstances.
  • Sexual Assault Resource Agency (SARA)/Rape Crisis Center: Contact: 434-295-7273. http://www.sexualassaultresources.org/
    The goal of SARA's Education and Training Program is two-fold: to reduce the vulnerability of men, women and children to sexual assault and sexual abuse; and to create a climate in which sexual assault and sexual abuse is no longer be tolerated.
  • Students Active for Ending Rape (SAFER Campus): Contact: 28 East 35th Street , New York, NY 10016, 212-725-3710, www.safercampus.org
  • Virginia Sexual and Domestic Violence Action Alliance: Contact: Kristie VonAudenhove, 302 Hickman Road, Suite 101, Charlottesville, Virginia 22911, 434-979-9002, www.vadv.org/
  • National Center for Domestic and Sexual Violence: Contact: Debby Tucker, 512-407-9020, www.ncdsv.org
    NCDSV designs, provides and customizes training and consultation, influences policy, promotes collaboration and enhances diversity with the goal of ending domestic and sexual violence. Our website at www.ncdsv.org provides a wealth of information for professionals and volunteers. Particular attention is paid to the issues surrounding domestic and sexual violence in the military community. Links are provided to state, local, national and international groups providing services, changing policy and practice and promoting the end of violence.
  • Men Can Stop Rape, P. O. Box 57144, Washington, D.C. 20037, 202-265-6530, info@mencanstoprape.org, www.mencanstoprape.org Contact Joseph Vess, Director of Consulting and Training, at 202-265-6530 x16 or jvess@mencanstoprape.org. Program information is available via the website: http://www.mencanstoprape.org/info-url2697/info-url.htm
  • Rape Is: www.rapeis.org - a website created by the producers of a documentary film by the same title about rape, sexual violence, sex trafficking, and abuse.

 

Seasonal Programs

Many programs can be planned and are offered around specific months/weeks. The following document outlines programming opportunities based on seasonal programs and specific causes such as Eating Disorders, Wellness, etc. Please click here to access the document.

 

Please note: Educational programs to complete FOA requirements must be a minimum of one hour in duration (at least one hour for the presentation with 15 minutes of interactive discussion or interactivity). It is the chapter's responsibility to coordinate with presenters in advance of programs to ensure that they meet this time expectation. Please give presenters the courtesy of two weeks notice prior to the date of your programs. Good Luck and Enjoy!

If you are a community member who may be interested in presenting a program for the fraternity & sorority community at U.Va., please contact Mike Citro in the Office of the Dean of Students/Fraternity & Sorority Life at citro@virginia.edu.