A Message from Our President
DURHAM, N.H., November 20, 2024 --
When we established Soteria Solutions, our goal was to work with our clients to achieve sustainable change by creating and maintaining safe and respectful learning, working and living environments void of incivility, harassment, violence and discrimination. As president of Soteria Solutions, I feel fortunate to have worked alongside so many dedicated individuals, including our amazing staff and partner organizations, to ignite cultural change at both the individual and systemic levels. We have created innovative solutions that identify and address community members’ needs, acknowledge and confront systematic barriers, build on community expertise, and bolster protective factors at all levels of social ecology.
Over the past two weeks, I have carefully considered the future direction of our work. While the future is always unknown, I am certain that Soteria Solutions will continue to impact communities, educational institutions, federal and state agencies, and businesses by developing partnerships to support social, institutional, and structural solutions that support civility, equity, and safety so that all members of the community experience access, opportunity, and upward mobility. We will continue to operate within a public health framework that is grounded in anti-oppression advocacy and community-based participatory research.
Soteria Solutions will move forward with our important work: we will continue to identify and develop strategies for individuals to bring their whole selves to their living, learning and working environments. We will continue our work because regardless of where the world is right now, the need is still greater than ever. Our work is about bringing people together to take responsibility for the cultures of their schools, communities, and workplaces and confront harm in all its forms. We remain committed to helping our partners develop skills and administrative structures to support these communities of responsibility, build collective power, and create sustainable, meaningful change.
If you would like to learn more about Soteria Solutions’ innovative approach that engages all community members, please contact us here. We welcome the opportunity to reach across differences, experiences, and identities to create safer, compassionate, and powerfully connected communities that are committed to the wellness and wholeness of each individual.
Jane Stapleton
President
About Soteria Solutions
Soteria Solutions works with organizations, including higher education, government agencies and businesses, to achieve sustainable change by creating and maintaining safe and respectful learning, working and living environments void of incivility, harassment, violence and discrimination. Our evidence-based, customized solutions including our flagship program, Bringing in the Bystander®, are proven to be the most effective strategies to prevent and react to risky behaviors based on decades of bystander intervention research. Soteria Solutions has worked with more than 600 workplaces, colleges and high schools to activate bystanders and improve organizational frameworks to make integral, strategic advances. Soteria Solutions is located in Durham, New Hampshire.