Denis is Green Dot Trainer of the Month this December 2023
Green Dot Trainer of the Month
The Green Dot’s newsletter (December 2023, Vol. 3) announced that Dr. Denis Jacob Machado is the Green Dot Trainer of the Month. Below, we paste a copy of that announcement.
Copy of the original announcement
“Denis is an assistant professor in the Department of Bioinformatics and Genomics. He has been working at UNC Charlotte’s CIPHER center since August 2022, but has been a part of the community in various roles since 2016. As a faculty member, Denis created the Phyloinformatics Lab, designed to stand on top of a strong tripod of research, education, and service. Denis became a Green Dot trainer because ‘service and outreach are two of the pillars of the Phyloinformatics Lab. In Brazil, I was involved in several efforts to bring science and education to the community. Violence was one of the factors that hampered those students to thrive, and I had long recognized the need for efforts that tried to set norms making clear that violence, in any form, is not welcome in University spaces or anywhere else. At Charlotte, I recognized Green Dot as a program that can help shift our campus norms, promoting an inclusive and safe space for the 49ers community.’
When asked what Denis would like other people on campus to know about Green Dot, Denis said ‘I want people to understand that Green Dot gives you tools to respond safely when you see a situation that could lead to interpersonal violence. Putting safety first and recognizing everybody’s limitations and concerns, Green Dot teaches you bystanders skills. These skills are not hard to learn and it’s guaranteed that you will learn something new if you come to one of our sessions or invite us to prepare something for your group.’”
More about Green Dot
Green Dot is a violence prevention strategy designed to mobilize students, faculty, and staff to recognize, react, and intervene during instances of interpersonal violence including sexual assault, dating/domestic violence, and stalking.
A green dot represents any behavior, choice, word, or attitude that interrupts violence or promotes safety by communicating an intolerance for interpersonal violence. Your Green Dot might look like pulling a friend out of a risky situation, responding to a victim-blaming statement with words of support, coordinating a training for your student org, or displaying an awareness poster in your office.
Through education, awareness and skills practice, Green Dot participants are equipped to react and intervene resulting in the ultimate reduction of violence. To prevent violence, Niners can make individual choices to actively intervene and speak out against harmful behavior. Together, this combined effort leads to a large shift in campus culture.
Green Dot is coordinated by the Center for Wellness Promotion in partnership with the Jamie Kimble Foundation for Courage.
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