ENGAGEMENT MATTERS
INSIDE THIS ISSUE January Is National Stalking Awareness Month . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Tabling Events: Stalking Awareness Yellow Ribbon Campaign . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 Stalking: Know it. Name it. Stop It.. . . . . 2 Motivational Speaking Event with Dr. Rochelle Stevens. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 33rd Annual BSA Awards Ceremony. . 3 Book Club at The Center. . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 National Wear Red Day. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 2024 Impact Awards Winners. . . . . . . . 5 2024 Impact Awards Illustrate University’s Service to Others. . . . . . . . 6 Community Events. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 Clarifying Concepts. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 Religious Holidays. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 Campus Resources. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
SPECIAL EDITION January – February | 2025
January 2024 marks the twenty-first annual National Stalking Awareness Month (NSAM). An estimated 13.5 million people are stalked in the United States every year. Stalking impacts nearly 1 in 3 women and 1 in 6 men in the United States, and young adults 18-24 years old experience the highest rates of stalking among adults. Most stalking victims are stalked by someone they know.
WHAT IS STALKING? While legal definitions of stalking vary between jurisdictions, a good working definition of stalking is: a pattern of behavior directed at a specific person that would cause a reasonable person to fear for their safety or the safety of others, or suffer substantial emotional distress. Stalking is a violation of student conduct codes and Title IX, as well as a crime. Yet, too often, stalking is trivialized, minimized, and goes unrecognized and unaddressed. It takes all of us – victims/survivors and their friends and family, advocacy and support services, and legal systems – to better recognize and respond to stalking, and this month, the UT Health Science Center the Office of Access and Compliance invites you to join our efforts to spread awareness about “Stalking: Know it. Name it. Stop It.”
STALKING IN THE UNITED STATES
We all have a role to play in identifying stalking, supporting survivors, and holding offenders accountable. Learn more at www.StalkingAwareness.org and TN Stalking Laws Statutes
1 IN 3 WOMEN
&
1 IN 6 MEN
1
EXPERIENCE STALKING AT SOME POINT IN THEIR LIFETIMES
1
72% THREATENED WITH
84%
Source: SPARC (Stalking Prevention, Awareness and Resource Center) OF STALKING OF 1 VICTIMS STALKING WERE VICTIMS FELT
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