Infrastructure: Strengthen and Sustain Your CCRT Barbara Paradiso Training and Technical Assistance Institute I February , 2016 FY 2015 Grants to Reduce Sexual Assault, Domestic Violence, Dating Violence and Stalking on Campus Program 

Our Work for this TTI Establish foundational understanding of coordinated campus response teams (CCRT) Strengthen CCRT infrastructure and capacity to carry out Campus Program work As you recall from Tuesday…

Our Work for Today Session Goal – Strengthen CCRT Infrastructure and Capacity for Expansion: to define and prioritize operationalization and institutionalization of OVW funded project components. Objectives: Grantees will be able to more clearly define the purpose and work of their CCRT by identifying shared values. Grantees will be able to clearly articulate the relationship between CCRT and program implementation. Grantees will be able to define structure and function as appropriate for their campus.

Topics to Cover Welcome and Introductions Session Goal and Objectives Setting the Cornerstones (Continued) Working Together Across Differences (Process) Shared Values (Process) Structure (Implementation) Closure

Working Together Across Differences QUICK TALK! In campus-affiliated groups: Generate a list of terms and acronyms used in association with your SA, DDV, and Stalking work. Identify words that refer to the same person/thing, (e.g. survivor = complainant = victim). Discuss the meaning & connotations of each term, especially those that have multiple connotations. Identify any barriers to working together that may arise from the use of language. Share any surprises or insight with the group.

Basic Agreements Not just your average business meeting Setting the stage for potentially emotionally charged and/or contentious discussions Be Brave! Create agreements - Practice! Ask the group: In what environments have you started a discussion with setting basic agreements? Did you find them useful? How were they created? Best Experience? (Created together? – Sample offered? – combination?) Blown off. Seen as silly. Unanticipated in professional meetings If the CCRT is doing its job well, you will be discussing some pretty contentious things, there are/will be tons of power dynamics going on. To be successful, must be willing to have the hard conversations, must build trust. IPV is a highly charged, emotional topic. Not just a regular professional business meeting – don’t treat it as such Handout – Sample Agreements

Shared Values Why shared values: Nature of any coalition is that disparate group of people who join for a common purpose (Bernice Reagan – Sweet Honey in the Rock – “the hardest work.” Defines what that slice of the pie is that is common ground Clarifies who you are as a group and what you stand for Helps with decision making Guides conduct; a moral compass

Exercise Form two small groups within your team: Brainstorm values you hold as a group (Campus CCRT). Answer the questions provided. (Need ideas? – use the Sample Values list). Identify 3-6 values your small group can agree to. Join with your other team members and share your lists. Select your top shared values (no more than 6). Create a draft values statement for your CCRT by writing up a brief description of what each value means (See sample values statements for guidance). Come back to the full group and share any surprises, learnings. This exercise is a beginning. It is important that you bring the process back to your full CCRT at your institution and together create code (see samples). It lays a critical base for the work you do together and will be invaluable in guiding the CCRT through tough decisions in the future.

Structure QUICK TALK! Count off to 20 Pick a card from those laid out around the room that illustrates your perfect CCRT. Find your group (e.g. all 1’s or all 12’s). Share why you picked the card you did. Discuss similarities, differences, themes. Count off to 20 Pick a spokesperson. Share your observations with the full group OR shout out common characteristics

A Framework for Implementation Infrastructure Organizational Model Size Meetings Roles and Responsibilities Functionality Decision making Communications; Dissemination of information Accountability Formalizing Relationships MOU’s Addressing Confidentiality Response Protocols To accomplish that vision… Remember there are two critical aspects to a successful CCRT – the process or how it goes about doing its work (e.g. inclusive, shared understandings and values, etc.) and also the what of what it does – implementation. In order to be effective designing and implementing comprehensive, effective response to IPV, must have a solid organizational structure in place.

Exercise Together as your TTI Team: Define/draft a CCRT Structure appropriate for your campus Respond to the three (3) structure areas discussed above (Infrastructure; Functionality; Formalizing relationships). Full group – share challenges and surprises.

Bringing it Home Over the next several months, as a full CCRT: Identify an ideal membership for your CCRT and make progress toward convening it Determine a mission statement Affirm a set of basic agreements Created a Values Statement; or, at minimum, define your shared values Establish an initial organizational structure that facilitates effective completion of work

Some Things to Keep in Mind Be realistic, Be resourceful, Be creative, Be patient Program development and execution is dynamic (always moving and shifting), sometimes messy, continuous, and not necessarily linear.

Closure Questions? Thank You! Contact: Barbara.paradiso@ucdenver.edu May need to do wordsmith your mission statement. May have 2 or 3 that you are considering. Before finalizing will want to engage your full CCRT in creating your mission. Use this process. Going to be working with Vicki tomorrow on planning – encourage you to use this mission as a starting place from which to build your plan – all goals and objectives should grow from the mission.