Student Education

Every fall, the Center offers a course entitled FMST 138: "Violence Against Women: Theories, Issues, and Prevention". The 2-4 unit course meets on Tuesdays and Thursdays from 3:15 – 4:45 pm and includes a weekly one-hour discussion section. Audit is available.

Presentations are made to graduate students, dorms, sororities, fraternities, Resident Assistants, student groups, etc. Interested students are trained to provide workshops to their peers on their own campus as well as surrounding universities and colleges.

Outcomes of student presentations:

• Increased awareness of the nature and dynamics of intimate partner violence and what constitutes abuse
• Increased knowledge of available resources and tools to help friends, family and peers in unhealthy relationships
• Increased opportunities to become leaders in their communities

Dorm Panel Presentations

Four to five student activists speak in a moderated Q&A about the dynamics of relationship abuse. These panel presentations are made to student dorms and student groups.

This eight-hour training educates volunteers, student leaders, and Stanford student staff (including Resident Assistants and Course Assistants) on relationship abuse, its causes, and how to respond. The full-day training allows trainers to go into more detail about how to identify abuse and prevent victim-blaming. We also discuss the criminal justice response. This training is provided twice a year, in the winter and spring.

The Center now has twenty student interns. These students develop outreach programs for different groups on campus, create informational materials, assist with presentations and provide day-to-day support for our non-profit operations. Click here to get involved.

As part of our effort to reach out to the campus, the Center has supported the formation of the following student committees:

• Graduate Student Committee to End Violence Against Women
• International Student Committee
• Religious Life Committee
• Actors Against Violence
• Athlete Committee to End Violence Against Women
• Sorority Committee
• Fraternity Committee

The Center also assisted with the launch of Men Against Abuse Now (MAAN; formerly Men Against Violence, or MAV).

Click here to get involved with any of the above committees.

To request any of the above programs, please click here.