Join Safer for Stalking Action Month through our campaign: Love, Boundaries. Ultimately, stalking behaviors are repeated violations of boundaries - and we all deserve our boundaries to be respected.

Follow our outreach campaign all month long on Instagram at @calpolysafer, and join us for the following events!

January 2023 Events

Informational Booth Thurs 1/12, 11am-1pm UU Plaza	Informational Booth Tues 1/17, 11am-1pm Dexter Lawn	"The Other Side of Boundaries" Workshop Wed 1/18, 10am-11am Wellbeing Conference Room (27-11)
Trivia Brunch Sat 1/21, 12-2pm Bliss Cafe	"How to Support a Survivor" Workshop Mon 1/23, 10am-11am Wellbeing Conference Room (27-11)	Informational Booth  Wed 1/25, 11am-1pm UU Plaza
Craft Circle Thurs 1/26, 11am-12pm Wellbeing Conference Room (27-11)	Athletes for a Safer Campus' 2nd Annual Night Relay Fri 1/27, 6-8pm Cal Poly Track

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History of Stalking Awareness & Prevention Month

In January 2004, the National Center for Victims of Crime launched National Stalking Awareness Month (NSAM) to increase the public’s understanding of the crime of stalking. NSAM emerged from the work of the Stalking Resource Center, a National Center program funded by the Office on Violence Against Women, U.S. Department of Justice, to raise awareness about stalking and help develop and implement multidisciplinary responses to the crime.

NSAM began in response to a 2003 call to the Stalking Resource Center from Debbie Riddle, the sister of murdered stalking victim Peggy Klinke. Riddle wanted to transform her family’s painful tragedy into a force for good—and to help improve law enforcement’s response to stalking and save lives. Riddle’s call all led to a concurrent Congressional resolution on stalking; a national program on Lifetime Television, hosted by Erin Brockovich, featuring Peggy Klinke’s story; and a Lifetime video, “Stalking: Real Fear, Real Crime,” to train law enforcement about the crime. In July 2003, the National Center for Victims of Crime, in partnership with Representative Heather Wilson (R-NM) and Lifetime Television, told Peggy’s story at a Congressional briefing on Capitol Hill, which focused on strengthening law enforcement’s response to the crime.

That same day, Representative Wilson introduced a Congressional resolution to support National Stalking Awareness Month. The following January, the National Center for Victims of Crime launched the first observance of National Stalking Awareness Month and supported communities across the nation in planning the event (NCVC, 2015).