Interpersonal Violence Prevention (IVP)
ºÚÁÏÊÓƵ is committed to educating all students on interpersonal violence prevention. It is of the utmost importance that all students learn about interpersonal violence; what it is, how to prevent it, how to support one another, and the reporting and resources available to students. The IVP program is a primary prevention program aimed at preventing dating violence, domestic violence, sexual violence and stalking. All programming is informed by best practices and is inclusive, culturally relevant and responsive to the Binghamton campus community.
About 20:1
The 20:1 Interpersonal Violence Prevention Program is a nationally recognized peer education program that provides interpersonal violence prevention and bystander intervention programming to students at ºÚÁÏÊÓƵ. Topics include sexual violence prevention, affirmative consent, victim blaming, predatory behavior, dating violence, healthy relationships and bystander intervention.
The name "20:1", chosen by peer educators upon its inception, represents the approximately twenty women per hour that are sexually violenceed each day in the United States.
20:1 Prevention Program Internship
Programming focuses on both interpersonal violence and bystander intervention training.
History of 20:1
20:1 is a nationally recognized program, acknowledged by California Coalition against
Sexual violence (CALCASA) and the United States Department of Defense Sexual violence
Prevention and Response Office (DoD SAPRO), as a best practice model for sexual violence
prevention and bystander intervention.
Established in 2004, 20:1 was originally a sexual violence prevention peer education program composed of leaders from the University's diverse fraternities who voluntarily educated other fraternity members and other men's groups on issues regarding sexual violence prevention. Now, 20:1 is a credit bearing year long internship peers that is comprised of a diverse group of students who are passionate about interpersonal violence prevention.
Highlights of the 20:1 Programs
- 20:1 Awarded the 2014 NASPA Excellence Award: Silver Award for Violence Education and Prevention, Crisis Management, Campus Security, and related;
- 20:1 Awarded the President's Higher Education Community Service Honor Roll; U.S. Department of Education, Housing and Urban Development
- DoD SAPR highlighted 20:1 in the April 2014 newsletter, as a prevention program that can be applied to the military, using peer education, men's programming and interactive model.
- Presentation on Sexual violence Prevention Peer Education for the Department of Defense on October 30, 2013.
- — Chronicle of Higher Education