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All students have the right to a safe campus, free of sexual violence. SAFER empowers students to hold their universities accountable for having strong campus sexual assault policies and programming. We’re here to help you organize for change. Read More

Campus Accountability Project

Search for your school in our national Campus Sexual Assault Policy Database. Not there? Submit an analysis of your school's policy using our student-friendly step-by-step process, the Campus Accountability Project.

Activist Resource Center

Our free online library of organizing resources for stronger sexual assault policies. Includes: an intro to sexual assault activism, policy analysis, how to be a better organizer and case studies with student interviews.

Schedule an On-Campus Training!

SAFER offers one-day teach-ins to facilitate campus-wide dialogue, weekend trainings for students only, and a mentoring program for student organizers. Contact us to schedule a training, and we will send one of our experienced organizers to YOU!

SAFER News and Site Updates

The end of the summer has been super busy for us! Check out some of what's new:

We just updated our Faculty and Staff page with new ideas for supporting students
We're currently adding a lot of new content to the Activist Resource Center, like updated case studies and interviews with staff and students who organize peer-run crisis services.
Our new and improved newsletter is currently in the works. If you'd like to receive newsletters and announcements from us, sign up here.
We're still blogging on our home turf at Change Happens, but you can now also catch us and other student activists over at Feministing Campus.
If you haven't already, take a look at our 2009 Policies Database Report

Student Stories

Dan Wald

Ithaca College

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In February of 2008, three reported campus rapes prompted the creation of a Sexual Assault Workgroup to reform the school's policy. Dan was part of that group, and describes the process of re-writing the policy.
Jerin Alam and Elischia Fludd

CUNY (John Jay and Hunter Collge)

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Jerin and Elischia began a campaign to implement a sexual assault policy throughout the entire City University of New York system, which covers over 450,000 students. They have a number of organizing tips for students just starting out.
Erin Burrows

Sarah Lawrence College

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Erin was part of a successful campaign to completely revise Sarah Lawrence College's sexual assault policies and programming. SLC students got creative with protests and zines, and after three years of hard work their new policy was adopted in fall 2009.