Terms and Definitions

Violence Prevention Center

What do these terms mean?

  • Consent – Knowing, voluntary and clear permission, granted by both parties, to engage in mutually agreed upon sexual activity. 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 drugs or alcohol.

  • Dating Violence – Violence committed by a person who is or has been in a social relationship of a romantic or intimate nature with the victim. Dating violence includes, but is not limited to, sexual or physical abuse or the threat of such abuse.

  • Domestic Violence – Violence committed by 1) a current or former spouse or intimate partner of the victim; 2) person with whom the victim shares a child; and/or 3) person who has or is cohabitating with the victim as a spouse or intimate partner. Domestic violence can be physical, sexual, emotional, economic or psychological actions or threats that influence another person.

  • Sexual Assault – Includes any form of actual or attempted sexual activity perpetrated upon a person without that person’s consent, including sexual behavior coerced through physical or verbal threats, force or other forms of manipulation and sexual behavior when one person cannot give consent due to incapacitation.

  • Sexual Harassment – A form of discrimination consisting of unwelcome, gender-based verbal, written, electronic and/or physical conduct. Sexual harassment does not have to be of a sexual nature, however, and can include offensive remarks about a person’s gender.

  • Stalking – Unwanted or obsessive attention by an individual, often consisting of the repeated following and harassing of another person, which would cause a reasonable person to fear for his or her safety or the safety of others.

Contact Us

Confidential Campus Advocate

grcadvocate@dawnrising.org
253-333-6017

Virtual Assistance Lobby
Join via Zoom
By Phone: 253-215-8782
  • Meeting ID: 918 259 4630
  • Password: 98092
On-Campus

SA 227
ctw@greenriver.edu
253-333-6015

Kelsey Barrans
Center for Transformational Wellness Director
kbarrans@greenriver.edu
Office: 253-333-6016
Cell: 253-281-2984
(business hours only)
Schedule a meeting with Kelsey

Hours of Operation

Please Note: With a small staff, we may need to close the center throughout the week for meetings and events. We will post updated information about our expected return time to the office on our door. Otherwise, our general hours are as follows:

Phone Hours
Monday - Thursday
9 a.m. - 5 p.m.
Friday, Saturday, Sunday
Closed
 
Zoom Lobby Hours
Monday - Tuesday 
1 p.m. - 4 p.m. 
Wednesday - Thursday
9 a.m. - 12 p.m. 

View Closures & Special Hours

Contact Campus Safety

Emergency: 911

Non-Emergency: From any campus phone, dial 3350. All other phones 253-288-3350.

Safety Requests: safetydispatch@greenriver.edu

Director of Campus Safety & TransportationDerek Ronnfeldt