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THE INTERVIEW Graham Goulden H i Graham, thank you so much for agreeing to this interview. I am really pleased to be interviewing you especially as I know you are currently away in the States, working but before we get on to that, let’s start off gently.. Are you a shower or a bath person? Wow, what a start to an interview. What the hell in for a penny in for a pound. A bath gets my vote all of the time. But then again, I’m getting bathrooms upgraded soon with a new shower. Can I get back to you on that one? Are you an early bird or a night owl? Early bird for me. Always keen to get the day started. Always something to learn. Coffee makes everything better. For the benefit of those who don’t know, what do you do? I spent 30 years as a Scottish Police Officer, the last 8 years spent as a Chief Inspector with the Scottish Violence Reduction Unit (VRU) developing leadership/bystander programmes in Schools, Universities, with dentists, hairdressers, the fire service, sports and in the work place. This work focused a lot on leadership to prevent incidences of bullying, domestic violence and sexual violence. Having now retired from the police I’ve set up my own training consultancy ‘Cultivating Minds UK’. I enjoy talking leadership when it comes to prevention of bullying, domestic abuse and sexual violence. I’m lucky enough to work from time to time in the United States. This has in past centred on schools, university campuses and pro-sports. I worked last year with pro baseball teams supporting prevention work around domestic and sexual violence. I can always say that I worked with the Chicago Cubs during their World Series winning season (Go Cubs). I see a real opportunity for sports in the UK to be engaged in this work I’m also about to speak at an event on ‘heroism’ in Michigan. I know bystanders see friends being abused or being abusive. We need to help them be the friends and hero’s I know they can be. CCChat Magazine - Making the Invisible Visible
What made you go into this line of work? I got into law enforcement as a 19 year old. It’s something I had always wanted to do. My last role within the VRU really turned my world on its head. I just started to see a world where my two daughters faced real issues and challenges. I met some really interesting people including my now friend Jackson Katz. Jackson forced me to self-inspect my attitudes and behaviours. I have to say it was like getting hit by a 40-tonne lorry. Now that I see it I will never be able to un-see it. For me I just want to engage others in conversations that allow them to see the issues at play. Prevention for me needs to involve a dripping tap approach. Not one response will provide the solution. It will take many small steps and actions that together will make the difference we need. What, in your opinion is the most misunderstood, the biggest myth in the understanding of violence prevention? For me there are many challenges. The biggest for me is in how society defines the term violence itself. Most people will define violence as the physical stuff. “the work I was doing brought me into some conflict with other colleagues who simply thought that to tackle violence we needed to come down hard on the criminal. ” How do people react when you tell them what you do? In the last years of my service, the work I was doing brought me into some conflict with other colleagues who simply thought that to tackle violence we needed to come down hard on the criminal. I look at violence now through the lens of public health. This has allowed me to ask lots of questions about behaviour but at all times still hold people accountable. What we see playing out in our communities: the antisocial behaviour, the violence and the addictions are often rooted in early years experiences. We ignore these at our peril. This for me is why our collective response to domestic violence is so important. We will never have peace on our streets, and in our world until we have peace in the home. That’s fact. I’ve persevered and just kept pegging away, so much so that many colleagues and even family members now see the issues at play. The punch, the kick, the slap. A question I always ask of people is “If we simply define violence as the end result, how do we expect to prevent it?” That’s the first challenge. We need to think differently and widen our lens when it comes to violence. There are many other challenges including how we blame victims, media consumption, notions of masculinity. These may have to wait for another time. Which question makes you cringe? Not so much a question but a statement. As I say above I do a lot of work to prevent domestic violence and sexual violence. It’s clear that girls and women are most at risk and that men are the main perpetrators. CCChat Magazine - Making the Invisible Visible
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