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Share | RESPONSE ABILITY Transforming Values Into Action DVD Request a copy of this DVD by e-mailing the Executive Office. Sponsored by: "HRH” & "Beck & Co.” "We gathered a group of collegians from around the country, spent a month with them all together in an online social network, and brought them all to a "retreat house” in Sedona, Arizona, there they engaged in a dialogue about the behavior of being a bystander — someone who witnesses a problem behavior and does not do something about it. The whole retreat weekend, as well as glimpses into the month online together, was captured on camera and is shared with you. Having captured this entire process on video, we have skillfully blended key excerpts from the dialogue into a complementing video that conveys the message about, and awareness of, bystander behavior. A supplemental video included on this DVD demonstrates successful intervention techniques. The resulting videos have — in appearance and feel — documented a real and unscripted event. RESPONSE ABILITY Resources We are committed that you are left empowered to act — "to transform values and action.” Visit www.beck-company.com for more information. View the Response Ability Facilitators Guide. Risk Management Resources Member Accident Protection Program Brochure Reporting Form FIPG RISK MANAGEMENT POLICY FIPG Risk Management Manual Campus FireZone: A publication of the Center for Campus Fire Safety Fraternal Information and Programming Group website FRMT, Ltd Newsletters "What parents need to know about Hazing” Phi Kappa Theta Insurance and Claim Manual Additional Insured Requests Anti-Hazing Information As part of the ongoing attempt to end hazing on college campuses and particularly within Greek organizations, 21 international fraternities and sororities have joined forces in a coalition to establish the Greek Anti-Hazing Hotline. The toll-free number is 1-888-NOT-HAZE (1-888-668-4293) The line is available to those who think they, or students they know, have been or may become victims of hazing. Callers may remain anonymous or provide personal information so their concerns can be responded to directly. The Anti-Hazing Hotline connects to a dedicated voice mailbox at the Cincinnati law firm of Manley Burke, the publisher of Fraternal Law, a well-known law journal that chronicles legal issues involving collegiate Greek organizations and higher education. Manley Burke will monitor the anti-hazing hotline on a daily basis and will forward all messages to the appropriate fraternal organization, along with the hazing laws from the relevant jurisdictions. In states in which the law requires notification of other authorities, this will be done. A hazing alert for an organization not involved as a sponsor will be handled as though that organization were a sponsor. A voluntary invoice will be sent to cover costs. "Fraternities and sororities take hazing very seriously and have worked hard to see that hazing is eliminated,” said Tim Burke, president of Manley Burke. "They recognize too many people have been hurt or died as a result of hazing incidents and that today more than 45 states make hazing a crime. Officers of Greek organizations are consistently teaching their members that hazing is antithetical to the high ideals of brotherhood and sisterhood embodied in the fraternity movement,” he continued. Norval Stephens, chairman of the Delta Tau Delta Educational Foundation and former international president of the fraternity, led efforts in establishing the hotline. Stephens worked to grow interfraternal support for the hotline from the time it was conceived in January 2007 through recruitment of sponsors and participating organizations and finally to its implementation. Stephens explained the goal: "Our experience in the Greek world on hazing and alcohol abuse is that behavior is not changed by research. We believe educational programming and action change behavior. Research illuminates the problem but does not solve it. We hope the hotline helps to eliminate hazing.” Stephens added, "Without exception, all national fraternities and sororities are serious about addressing hazing on the college campus. Many fraternal groups not listed as sponsors already have their own hotlines dedicated to the fight against hazing. We stand with them in our common goal to eliminate these behaviors.” The Anti-Hazing Hotline is a crucial new tool for Greek organizations to use to fight hazing. The 21 founding sponsors, who represent in excess of 35% of all fraternity and sorority members, have invited other fraternities and sororities to join as official sponsors of the Greek Anti-Hazing Hotline. For more information, please contact Dan McCarthy at Manley Burke at 513-721-5525.