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| StopHazing | |
|---|---|
| Name | StopHazing |
| Type | Nonprofit advocacy organization |
| Founded | 2008 |
| Headquarters | Boston, Massachusetts |
| Area served | United States |
| Mission | Eliminate hazing in groups, promote safety and accountability |
StopHazing StopHazing is a nonprofit advocacy organization dedicated to reducing and preventing hazing in student organizations, fraternities, sororities, sports teams, military cadet units, and other group settings. It conducts research, provides educational resources, and advocates for legislative and institutional reforms to hold individuals and organizations accountable for hazing-related harm. StopHazing partners with advocacy groups, universities, law enforcement agencies, foundations, and media outlets to promote systemic change.
StopHazing mobilizes stakeholders including survivors, families, university administrators, law enforcement officials, legislators, nonprofit leaders, and philanthropy partners to address hazing through prevention, support, and accountability initiatives. It engages with institutions such as Harvard University, University of Michigan, University of Virginia, Pennsylvania State University, and University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill while collaborating with organizations like Pride Foundation, Phi Beta Kappa Society, National Collegiate Athletic Association, American Civil Liberties Union, and American Red Cross. StopHazing produces guides for campus partners, student leaders, and alumni boards and interacts with media outlets such as The New York Times, The Washington Post, CNN, NPR, and The Wall Street Journal to raise public awareness.
StopHazing was founded in response to several high-profile hazing incidents and fatalities that prompted national debate and policy scrutiny, including cases that touched institutions like Penn State University, Florida State University, Rutgers University, Pennsylvania State University Main Campus, and University of Florida. Early advisers included survivors and legal advocates who had worked with entities such as Student Government Association chapters, civil rights litigators from ACLU Foundation, and public health researchers affiliated with Johns Hopkins University and Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health. Over time StopHazing expanded from grassroots survivor networks to formal partnerships with state attorneys general offices such as those in New York (state), Massachusetts, and Ohio and with national coalitions including Save the Children and the National Association of Student Personnel Administrators.
StopHazing organizes public education campaigns, survivor support programs, and policy advocacy initiatives. Campaigns have included national awareness efforts timed with legislative sessions in states like California, Texas, Florida, Pennsylvania, and Illinois and coordination with campus initiatives at Yale University, Duke University, Columbia University, Stanford University, and University of California, Berkeley. Activities include training workshops with organizations such as Sigma Chi, Kappa Alpha Psi, Alpha Phi Alpha, Delta Delta Delta, and athletic departments from Ohio State University and University of Alabama; development of bystander intervention curricula influenced by research from Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and public health scholars at Brown University; and media outreach leveraging partnerships with HuffPost, BuzzFeed, and documentary producers associated with HBO and PBS.
StopHazing has advocated for statutory reforms and institutional policy changes, engaging with legislators and regulatory bodies in states including New York (state), New Jersey, Massachusetts, Virginia, and Georgia. The organization provides model legislation and policy templates used by campus legal counsel at institutions like Michigan State University and Arizona State University and has submitted testimony to committees in state legislatures and to federal agencies such as the Department of Education (United States). StopHazing has collaborated with prosecutors and offices including the United States Attorney's Office and state attorneys general to support criminal and civil enforcement actions, and it has worked with accreditation bodies like the Middle States Commission on Higher Education and the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Colleges to encourage incorporation of anti-hazing standards.
StopHazing conducts and commissions empirical research on hazing prevalence, risk factors, and prevention strategies in partnership with academic centers at University of Pennsylvania, University of California, Los Angeles, Cornell University, Michigan State University, and Drexel University. It publishes reports synthesizing findings from surveys, qualitative interviews, and meta-analyses, drawing on methodologies used by scholars at Princeton University, University of Chicago, and Northwestern University. Educational offerings include online modules for student affairs professionals, survivor support resources modeled after programs at Stanford Law School clinics, and collaborative workshops with national organizations such as StopBullying.gov initiatives and the National PTA.
StopHazing has faced criticism from some alumni networks, Greek-letter organizations, and athletic boosters at institutions including University of Southern California, University of Missouri, and Texas A&M University, who argue that certain advocacy tactics risk overcriminalization or infringe on alumni governance. Civil liberties advocates from organizations like the Cato Institute and litigators affiliated with Liberty Counsel have debated StopHazing's policy prescriptions. Some campus administrators and student leaders at schools such as Boston College and Georgetown University have criticized specific campaigns as insufficiently culturally sensitive to local traditions; conversely, survivor advocates and public health researchers at Yale School of Public Health and Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health have defended StopHazing's approaches.
StopHazing is governed by a board of directors that has included leaders with backgrounds in nonprofit management, higher education administration, law, and public health, with advisory input from survivor advocates and researchers affiliated with Harvard Medical School, Mayo Clinic, and Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health. Funding sources include philanthropic grants from foundations such as Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, Ford Foundation, Carnegie Corporation of New York, corporate grants from educational technology firms and sports apparel companies like Nike, Inc., and individual donations. StopHazing also receives project-specific support from institutional partners including university campus safety departments and state health departments in Massachusetts and Pennsylvania.
Category:Non-profit organizations based in the United States