Green Dot organization to battle violence

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  • By Airman 1st Class Malcolm Mayfield
  • 90th Missile Wing Public Affairs
F.E. WARREN AIR FORCE BASE, Wyo. --   

More than 40 F.E. Warren Airmen are scheduled to attend a Green Dot prep session at Peterson Air Force Base, Colo., as part of a larger project to decrease interpersonal violence throughout the Air Force.

 

The Air Force contracted the non-profit Green Dot organization to provide violence prevention tools to the total Air Force over the next three years.

 

Jill Randall, 90th Missile Wing Sexual Assault Response Coordinator, is working with the 90th Missile Wing leadership to find the perfect person to work as the Green Dot prevention specialist.

 

“I’m very excited to work with the person hired for the position,” Randall said. “They are going to work hand-in-hand with the SARC, [Alcohol and Drug Abuse Prevention and Treatment] and Family Advocacy to get the message of prevention and education out there—not just for sexual assault.”

 

Green Dot prepares organizations to implement a strategy of violence prevention that reduces power-based interpersonal violence, which includes not only sexual violence, but also domestic violence, dating violence, stalking, child abuse, elder abuse and bullying.

 

“This will really free up the Air Force’s SARCs, along with other helping agencies, to give all the attention the victims require and deserve,” Randall said. “I think they are going to be able to focus full-time on the prevention piece. I’m hoping that the prevention specialist can really look at early intervention and hopefully educate people enough to be willing to not only recognize [issues] in their own life but to be able to see the warning signs in the lives of others and reach out and make a difference.”

 

Command-designated Airmen at each installation will conduct 50-minute long sessions across the Air Force. Installation leadership will also have oversight of Green Dot through the Community Action Information Board and Integrated Delivery System and track completion through the Advanced Distributed Learning System.

 

“It seems to work at universities and right now they are tailoring it to the military,” Joseph Martini, 90th Missile Wing Community Support coordinator. “This will give agencies like SARC, Family Advocacy and ADAPT more time while the preventative specialist and the implementers work on the preventative training.”

 

The 1,500 Airmen implementers are scheduled to complete training by March 2016. They will return to their units to train peer leader Airmen at each base followed by training for all Airmen.

 

“This is going to be a huge animal,” Martini said. “This is a great initial start, and I look forward to seeing what it grows into.”