{"430491":{"#nid":"430491","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Victim-Survivor Advocates Added to Health Promotion Team","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp class=\u0022p1\u0022\u003EThe Center for Community Health and Wellbeing took another step forward in July with the hiring of two new positions on campus.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp class=\u0022p5\u0022\u003EKaty Berteau and Jennifer Gagen have been hired as Georgia Tech\u2019s first full-time sexual assault victim-survivor advocates in the office of Health Promotion. Both have worked in the field and have experience in similar roles.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp class=\u0022p5\u0022\u003EBerteau comes from a background of working in community-based sexual assault and domestic violence centers throughout the state of Florida. Gagen previously held a similar position at Florida State University.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp class=\u0022p5\u0022\u003EThe two are tasked with providing ongoing support, crisis counseling, and advocacy services to students who have experienced sexual violence and unwanted sexual experiences. They will also provide educational opportunities, aim to reduce barriers to reporting, and work with campus administrators to ensure a consistent and comprehensive approach to addressing sexual assault.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp class=\u0022p5\u0022\u003E\u201cHaving Jennifer and Katy on board helps expand the mission of VOICE to create a campus culture that encourages respect, communication, and equity among the Georgia Tech community,\u201d said Vladimir Oge, director of Health Promotion. \u201cAs victim-survivor advocates, they offer us the increased capacity and expertise needed to serve students who have experienced sexual violence, while also helping to create a campus environment that is survivor-supportive.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp class=\u0022p5\u0022\u003EAdvocacy services were previously provided by the Women\u2019s Resource Center (WRC). The WRC will continue to partner with VOICE, the campus sexual violence prevention initiative.\u0026nbsp;Berteau\u2019s office will be in the Health Promotion office on the second floor of Stamps Health Services, and Gagen\u2019s on the second floor of the Smithgall Student Services (Flag) Building.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp class=\u0022p5\u0022\u003ETech\u2019s wellness initiative was formalized at the beginning of 2015. It was born out of recommendations from the Mental Health Task Force and Sexual Violence Task Force that met during recent years to evaluate opportunities for growth and improvement in these areas on campus. The intent is to provide more centralized services and information to the campus community, and to take a more holistic and inclusive approach to wellness.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp class=\u0022p5\u0022\u003EThe search is also underway for a director for the new center. This position will oversee the Campus Recreation Center, Stamps Health Services, and Health Promotion.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp class=\u0022p5\u0022\u003ETo learn more about the VOICE initiative, visit \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.voice.gatech.edu\u0022\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003Ewww.voice.gatech.edu\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EThe Center for Community Health and Wellbeing took another step forward in July with the hiring of two new positions on campus.\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"The Center for Community Health and Wellbeing took another step forward in July with the hiring of two new positions on campus."}],"uid":"27469","created_gmt":"2015-08-03 11:21:09","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 03:19:19","author":"Kristen Bailey","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2015-08-03T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2015-08-03T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"348631":{"id":"348631","type":"image","title":"VOICE logo","body":null,"created":"1449245682","gmt_created":"2015-12-04 16:14:42","changed":"1475895071","gmt_changed":"2016-10-08 02:51:11","alt":"VOICE logo","file":{"fid":"200992","name":"voice_logo_updated.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/voice_logo_updated.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/voice_logo_updated.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":773013,"path_740":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/voice_logo_updated.jpg?itok=G6HltZye"}}},"media_ids":["348631"],"related_links":[{"url":"http:\/\/health.gatech.edu\/","title":"Stamps Health Services"},{"url":"http:\/\/voice.gatech.edu\/","title":"The VOICE Initiative"},{"url":"http:\/\/womenscenter.gatech.edu\/","title":"Women\u0027s Resource Center"}],"groups":[{"id":"1214","name":"News Room"}],"categories":[],"keywords":[{"id":"119541","name":"Center for Community Health and Wellbeing"},{"id":"12533","name":"health promotion"},{"id":"167787","name":"sexual assault"},{"id":"167691","name":"sexual violence"},{"id":"4076","name":"wellness"},{"id":"973","name":"women"}],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[{"id":"71871","name":"Campus and Community"}],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:kristen.bailey@comm.gatech.edu\u0022\u003EKristen Bailey\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EInstitute Communications\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:vladimir.oge@health.gatech.edu\u0022\u003EVladimir Oge\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EHealth Promotion\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"email":[],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}