The Violence Prevention program (formerly the Healthy Relationships Team, HEART) consists of a Coordinated Community Response Team (CCRT) at Edmonds College and in the community in order to respond to and ultimately reduce sexual assault, dating/domestic violence, and stalking — also known as interpersonal violence.
24 Hour Sexual Assault Crisis Line: 425.252.4800
24 Hour Domestic Violence Crisis Line: 425.252.2873
Welcome back, Tritons!
The campus is now open to help you get ready for classes. Most offices will continue to have some virtual hours as well as in-person hours. Classes (online, hybrid, and face to face) begin on September 20. We can't wait to see you!
Need service learning hours?
Consider helping Violence Prevention raise awareness around Consent and Bystander Intervention with your own unique, creative project and a chance to be featured on the website! Find out more by checking out the Bystander Intervention project on the Edmonds College Service Learning project website.
office hours
Mon.-Thurs.: 8:30 a.m.-5 p.m.
Fri.: 8:30 a.m.-4 p.m.
Fri.: 8:30 a.m.-4 p.m.
24 Hour Sexual Assault Crisis Line: 425.252.4800
24 Hour Domestic Violence Crisis Line: 425.252.2873
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| Lisa Roche | Jerica Glover | Trinh Le |
Diana Chernisky |
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| Contact Lisa with any questions about programming, events, prevention presentations, bystander intervention, student service learning projects, or CCRT |
Contact Jerica with concerns of stalking, dating or domestic violence, and sexual assualt for CONFIDENTIAL support and resources. DIRECT NUMBER: 425.563.3250 |
Contact Trinh with any questions about social media, outreach to students, or virtual presentations and videos. |
Contact Diana with any questions about sustainability of the project, new partnerships, or funding opportunities. |
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For more information and resources, visit:
visit: https://strongheartshelpline.org
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- Nonconsensual sexual intercourse is any sexual intercourse (anal, oral, or vaginal), however slight, with any object, by a person upon another person, that is without consent and/or by force. Sexual intercourse includes anal or vaginal penetration by a penis, tongue, finger, or object, or oral copulation by mouth to genital contact or genital to mouth contact.
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- Sexual assault includes but is not limited to rape. It can also consist of nonconsensual sexual contact.
- Nonconsensual sexual contact is any intentional sexual touching, however slight, with any object, by a person upon another person that is without consent and /or by force. Sexual touching includes any bodily contact with the breasts, groin, mouth, or other bodily orifice of another individual, or any other bodily contact in a sexual manner.
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- Violence (i.e. physical, sexual, emotional, psychological, etc.) by a person who has been in a romantic or intimate relationship with the victim. Whether there was such relationship will be gauged by its length, type, and frequency of interaction.
- Click here to look at the power and control wheel which are the dynamics by which dating violence is perpetrated.
Domestic Violence
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- Violence (i.e. physical, sexual, emotional, psychological, etc.) including asserted violent misdemeanor and felony offenses committed by the victim’s current or former spouse, current or former cohabitant, person similarly situated under domestic or family violence laws, or anyone else protected under domestic or family violence law.
- Click here to look at the power and control wheel which are the dynamics by which domestic violence is perpetrated.
Stalking
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Intentional and repeated harassment or repeated following of another person, which places that person in reasonable fear that the stalker intends to injure the person, another person, or the property of the person or another person, and the stalker either intends to frighten, intimidate, or harass the person, or knows or reasonably should know that the person is frightened, intimidated or harassed, even if the stalker lacks such an intent.
Cyberstalking
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- Use of electronic communications including, but not limited to, electronic mail, instant messaging, text and image messaging, electronic bulletin boards, and social media sites to harass, abuse, bully or engage in other conduct which harms, threatens, or is reasonably perceived as threatening the health or safety of another person.
- Prohibited activities include, but are not limited to, unauthorized monitoring of another’s e-mail communications directly or through spyware, sending threatening e-mails, disrupting electronic communications with spam or by sending a computer virus, sending false messages to third parties using another’s e-mail and/or social media identity, nonconsensual recording of sexual activity, and/or nonconsensual distribution of a recording of sexual activity.
Consent
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- Knowing, voluntary and clear permission by word or action, to engage in mutually agreed upon sexual activity. Each party has the responsibility to make certain that the other has consented before engaging in the activity. For consent to be valid, there must be at the time of the act of sexual intercourse or sexual contact actual words or conduct indicating freely given agreement to have sexual intercourse or sexual contact.
- A person cannot consent if he or she is unable to understand what is happening or is disoriented, helpless, asleep, or unconscious for any reason, including due to alcohol or other drugs.