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Indiana Bloomington Community to host “Culture of Care” Retreat Indiana of Bloomington ‘Culture of Care’ will host a retreat, designed for students who want to bring a positive change by adapting to the “Courage to Care” initiative. Led by staff and students, this initiative includes a number of health and well-being issues including sexual well-being, drug awareness and psychological integrity. The retreat will be overnight, including food and transportation services. Primarily designed for the students, the retreat is also open to anyone interested in it.

Those interested should submit their applications to the Culture of Care website, no later than October 3rd ‘2014. Buses will leave for Bradford Woods from the School of Public Health – Bloomington building, on Oct 15th @ 8am. Culture of Care emphasizes the Bystander Intervention Mechanism to help students demonstrate care for one another. The program encourages them to adopt an active approach for the delivery of care to other members of the society, as this is essential to overcome the obstacles that arise due to the more prevalent Bystander Effect.

Many of us are well-aware of the reluctance that is demonstrated by our people regarding performance of social duties. Considering every social responsibility to be the duty of others is the primary reason behind the Bystander Effect; a phenomenon that is detrimental to our society as a whole. This encouragement program targets Hoosiers to rise to the occasion and have the courage to care, by learning about overcoming the Bystander Effect.Goal of the retreat is to answer questions pertaining to what, why and how this initiative is important.

The topics pertaining to social and psychological well-being are of the highest priority and will be addressed accordingly. The aim is to bring about a positive change in the behaviors of the members of the society by educating them in a way that is informal yet contributory towards the learning of the society as a whole. Being the first-ever retreat hosted by this initiative, the event will inspire fresh ideas brought forward by students to make the campus a safer place for all. Revolving around the notion of Bystander Effect, the activity will seek to find answer to questions like;What does ‘Courage of Care’ refers to?

What possible actions could be taken to reverse the Bystander Effect?What improvements should be implemented in the ‘Culture of Care’ activity? And how? How is it possible to motivate other organizations to join the ‘Culture of Care’?We believe that finding answers to such questions equates to raising awareness among students regarding the importance of their roles in bringing social improvement. So, play your role and become part of the upcoming retreat to bring forth a change that is required by all.

For more information about Culture of Care, visit http://care.indiana.edu/index.shtml ORContact Stanley Roberts at 555-555-5555 or sroberts@cultureofcare.edu.Monetary contributions from family and staff will be highly appreciated. To contribute, please contact ____ at the ____ Office. Referenceshttp://care.indiana.edu/index.shtml