Sexual Harassment, Assault, PTSD, Suicide

158th Fighter Wing
Vermont Air National Guard
INSTITUTIONAL WELLNESS
Purpose: To offer two iterations the “What One Person Can Do” program to address issues of general well-being, ownership, responsibility as well as specifically deal with issues related and not restricted to productivity, efficiency, sexual misconduct, suicide, PTSD and integrity.
It is with great joy that we announce the commencement of this project with the Vermont Air National Guard. Friday October 23rd, Colonel Patrick Guinee and his Administrative Team will begin the work of WOPCD as described above. The effectiveness of the work will not be based on whether the participants “liked the work” or any of the measures we have used in the past to evaluate our work. The evaluation will be based on the following criteria:

Have the number of sexual harassment incidents decreased?
Have the number of sexual assaults decreased?
Is the operation of the base, in all areas, more efficient?
Is ownership and responsibility being demonstrated in quantitative terms?
Is communication more effective?

This is an opportunity to demonstrate whether the wellness of an institution is directly connected to the wellness of the individuals within it. The opportunity is incredible and we are deeply grateful for it.

Update as of May 4, 2016.
We are now in our second iteration, training two groups of 18 participants each and a third group of eight being trained as potential conveners of the conversation. A third phase is in the design process and scheduled to begin in June, 2016. While the word of mouth response is excellent, we stand by the evaluation tools as planned at the outset.
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Update as of April 26, 2018.
We have now completed 7 additional courses for the 158th Fighter Wing, Maintenance Group with about 150 participants and expect to begin 3 more in May. Here’s a small sample from one evaluation:

The part of the conversation most valuable to me has been that the only thing I can control is how I react to any given situation. Why am I just realizing that now at the age of 46? It seems so simple now that I think about it. Things enrage you simply because you let them. Plain and simple, period dot. Once you realize this you unlock the power to control your emotions and not be a victim to them. Grasping this concept and wielding it as a source of power, as matter-of-fact as it may be, has had a huge impact on my ability to maintain positive energy in many situations that would have fired me up in the past.

SMSgt Richard S. Kelley, 158th Fight Squadron, U.S. Air Force

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Constant awareness of how I approach others, and how I hold them when I approach them, has been a really revelatory concept for me. In some respects, it has given words to something I had always been doing, and in others it has significantly increased my ability and willingness to do this all the time.
Erin Kilbride | Portland, ME

For me this is probably the most “radical” change in my life.
Gareth Davies | Capetown, South Africa

[This course] is one of only a few that had real life applications that helped prepare me to teach
Gina Martin | Springfield, MA

Thinking about standards boundaries, things I tolerate and things that excite me are all very powerful and things we should but likely would not do unless prompted like this!
Maureen Clancy | Portland, ME

Through this course I began “living” the beliefs. I demonstrated them more naturally and comfortably. Instead of having to remind myself, I began innately “becoming” that inspired teacher I always had in me but only called upon at certain times. I changed. I am complete in every area of my life.
Maureen Oswald | Jay, Maine

With each session, the conversation became easer and easier to grasp and experience. This was primarily resulting from the mounting proof that the conversation was real and true…it is the holistic nature of the conversation, as one conversation, that makes the process so satisfyingly effective.
Roy Chatterjee | Portland, ME

My entire world has changed and I see things a lot differently today than I did before I began this process…I’m a lot more grounded and am learning how my self-care allows me to take better care of myself so I can be a better leader to my team; lead by example.
Shere Goo| San Francisco, CA