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Rhode Island Student Collaborative Overview​

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The Rhode Island Student Collaborative is a student-run organization whose mission is to eliminate power-based interpersonal violence through awareness, support, and education. 

 

We meet monthly to support one another in violence prevention and advocacy service efforts throughout the state of Rhode Island.

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History:

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RISC was derived in the fall of 2016 from the Rhode Island Cross-Campus Learning Collaborative for Sexual Violence Prevention. The RI Cross-Campus Learning Collaborative has representation from sexual violence prevention professional staff and advocates on each of the 11 colleges/universities across the state as well as membership from stakeholder agencies and organizations within the states.  The Professional Collaborative has met monthly since its inception in  2015.

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Mission:

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Empower students across Rhode Island campuses to strengthen sexual and relationship violence prevention efforts and support survivors through advocacy, awareness, and education to create safer communities.

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Vision:

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To eliminate interpersonal violence incidents on college campuses and increase accessibility towards services and educational awareness. To create a #ViolenceFreeRI