Violence Prevention Services
The effects of violence are costly, not only to individual victims but also to society as a whole: fear replaces safety, doubt replaces confidence, and distraction replaces concentration. We all deserve a safe campus on which to live and learn. We all have a role in preventing violence before it happens.
UHS provides services designed to increase the capacity of UW-Madison to address sexual assault, dating violence, domestic violence, and stalking. If you have a request for training, consultation, or materials please email at violenceprevention@uhs.wisc.edu.
Advancing Primary Prevention
- Assisting student activists, staff, and faculty utilize effective practices in their violence prevention and awareness efforts.
- Implementation of a first year violence prevention program that sets the standard for what UW-Madison expects of its students in the effort to prevent violence.
Training and Professional Development
- Working with Law Enforcement, campus disciplinary officers, and hearing panel members to ensure that they are equipped to hold perpetrators accountable when appropriate.
- Providing ongoing professional development opportunities with state and national leaders in the field of responding to violence against women.
Working for Social Change
- Identifying gaps and barriers to victims seeking help and working to eliminate them.
- Analyzing policies and procedures that create a campus where violence is not acceptable.
Collaboration
- Convening collaborative efforts among campus and community members to advise campus administrators.
Ensuring Continued Access to Services
- Working with campus and community partners to be responsive to the needs of victims.
- Empowering students to know available resources so they assist their friends.
Contact
Contact any of the violence prevention staff at violenceprevention@uhs.wisc.edu
Carmen Hotvedt
Violence Prevention Specialist
608/265-5966 | chotvedt@uhs.wisc.edu
Shira Rosenthal Phelps, JD
Violence Prevention Specialist
608/890-2850 | srphelps@uhs.wisc.edu
Hope Tyson, student project assistant
Olivia Moore, student project assistant
Liz Budnik, violence prevention intern
