Save the Slope
At Cayuga’s Watchers, we believe that peer social responsibility takes the front seat in combating the immediate issues associated with high-risk drinking. Since 2012, Cayuga’s Watchers has hired students to anonymously attend social events on the Cornell campus at the request of the hosting organization. While on duty, Cayuga’s Watchers employees (or Watchers) engage event-goers using non-confrontations bystander intervention techniques in order to mitigate the harms of high-risk drinking, which include alcohol poisoning, sexual assault and property damage.
Slope Day at Cornell, an annual daytime concert scheduled on the last day of spring semester, often becomes one of the most high-risk celebrations of the year. Fortunately, Cayuga’s Watchers recently partnered with the Slope Day Programming Board so that we can send Watchers to help keep the Slope safe this year. This is where we need your help.
Currently, Cayuga’s Watchers does not have sufficient funds to compensate our employees who are set to work on the Slope. We are kindly asking for your donations to help us provide these funds. Together, we can keep the party safe this Slope Day.
Testimonials
“The Watchers initiative is important because it exemplifies students’ ability to start a project that will make the campus a safer place.” -Ross Gitlin ’15, Student-Elected Trustee
“[Cayuga's Watchers] builds on a growing body of evidence that the actions of bystanders can reduce harm of various sorts, and the fact that it is student-led increases the potential for it being accepted by both student event organizers and students at large.” -Tim Marchell, director of mental health initiatives at Gannett Health Services
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