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MCADSV works to achieve the prevention of rape and abuse in through an optimistic yet pragmatic mission: Eliminate sexual and domestic violence in Missouri campus communities by fostering a statewide network of experts and resources using an evidence-based, trauma-informed primary prevention approach. To achieve campus violence prevention through coalition-building, in 2015 MCADSV joined representatives from Missouri colleges, universities and the state health department to participate in the first cohort of Action Planning Meetings coordinated by the Centers of Disease Control and Prevention and the American Public Health Association.
MCADSV continues its coalition-building work with these groups. Our collaboration with Partners in Prevention, a consortium of colleges and universities in Missouri, allows us to research Coalition sexual assault services data along with campus sexual assault reports. This informs universities of promising prevention practices and assists development of consistent campus and statewide prevention policies. Joint efforts between MCADSV, Partners in Prevention and the Department of Health and Senior Services provides another opportunity to adapt the “Missouri Model” for a comprehensive approach to alleviate campus sexual assault. By strengthening the capacity for localized coalition-building between campuses and domestic and sexual violence organizations, communities are empowered to practice strategic collaboration for preventing gender-based violence on campus and in the surrounding community.
Title IX, “Title Nine,” aims to eliminate hostile environments for students. It is part of the federal educational amendments of 1972 signed into law to prevent gender-based discrimination within educational institutions that receive federal funding. It reads: “No person in the United States shall, on the basis of sex, be excluded from participation in, or denied the benefits of, or be subjected to discrimination under any educational program or activity receiving federal assistance.” During the past 40 years, court decisions have further refined what Title IX means to students who are victims of sexual harassment and sexual assault.
MCADSV is not a 24-hour service provider and does not provide crisis services. For immediate help in Missouri, click here or call the National Domestic Violence Hotline 1-800-799-7233 or the National Sexual Assault Hotline 1-800-656-4673.