January 2024 marks the 20th anniversary of National Stalking Awareness Month.

Stalking, Prevention, Awareness.

The Stalking, Prevention, Awareness and Resource Center (SPARC) reminds us that 92% of college age stalking survivors who seek help will seek help from family and/or friends.  Watch this video to learn about the importance of Context.

To help you help those who are surviving, we share these tips from SPARC;

• Believe and validate victims.
• Focus on the offender’s actions, not the victim’s responses.
• Support the victim and encourage them to seek help and document the stalking.
• Respect the victim’s privacy.
• Refer them to resources to make an individual safety plan and learn more about stalking.
• Check in with them and be a source of support.

For additional details on supporting loved ones who are stalking survivors, check out the resources on the SPARC website. Please continue to Know It. Name It. Stop It. throughout the entire year, not just in January.