resources for students

guide to reforming your campus policy
campus activist mentoring program
SAFER teach-in
SAFER weekend organizing training
the SAFER blog
SAFER messaging project
 

the SAFER manual

If you want to begin organizing to improve your school's sexual assault policy but don't know where to begin, SAFER can help. The latest edition of Change Happens, SAFER's organizing manual for student activists, is available as an electronic PDF file. Written by SAFER organizers, the manual covers all the bases: from how to research your campus sexual assault policy to recruiting members and dealing with common stumbling blocks. The manual offers a comprehensive guide to the nuts and bolts of anti-violence organizing on a college campus.

If you are a student activist and would like to receive a FREE PDF version of Change Happens, please fill out this form. We will email you a copy directly.
 

Hard copies of the manual are also available for $12.

SAFER campus activist mentoring program

For some students, particularly those who already have experience with campus organizing, the manual is enough, and we hear news of successful events and changes won. Many students are looking for more specific guidance, however, and SAFER can help. Our free mentoring service provides students with one-on-one support from our Organizing Trainers, themselves experienced campus activists. Organizing Trainers help students assess their communities' readiness to adopt prevention-focused sexual assault policies. With help from Organizing Trainers, students strategize about how to gain allies and a critical mass of supporters, develop a complete and campus-specific list of demands for a revised sexual assault policy, and brainstorm solutions to organizing roadblocks as they occur.

This service allows students to capitalize on the knowledge provided by our trainers while tailoring our support to their busy schedules and the specificities of their campus situation. Mentoring sessions may be especially helpful in difficult situations such as a large-scale media attack by an opposition group, a change in college leadership, or conflict between activists. Mentoring sessions are free of charge and there is no obligation to take any advice we give.

To contact SAFER for more information about mentoring, call us at 347-293-0953 or contact us.

the SAFER teach-in

What does your school do if someone is sexually assaulted on campus? Does it alert the community? What happens to the survivor? What if the perpetrator is another student?
Does the school treat white survivors differently than survivors of color? What if the survivor is not a student?

Most students don't know the answers to these essential questions. Colleges rarely admit that sexual assault is a problem on their campus, and this silence leaves students confused and uninformed about campus responses to violence.

The SAFER Teach-In will give you the information you need to begin improving your sexual assault policy. Participants receive a copy of their policy, analyze it with an experienced SAFER Trainer, and set goals for making improvements. The Teach-In is a first step toward creating an effective, meaningful response to sexual assault on your campus.

the SAFER weekend organizing training

If you already know what changes need to be made in your policy, and you need specific instruction in the strategy to get you there, the SAFER Weekend Organizing Training will
give you the secrets of success.

• Create proposals that will make real change
• Organize successful events
• Deal with a resistant administration
• Handle the media

We try to make it easy to bring us to your campus. Just give us a call at 347-293-0953, or contact us to make arrangements.

SAFER blog

On Change Happens: the SAFER Blog, we highlight the work of students engaged in activism for better sexual assault policies. We also post helpful resources, other anti-violence organizations, and ways you can get involved or make a difference on your campus. Visit the blog to join in the discussion, or contact us if you'd like to be a guest student blogger.

SAFER messaging project

SAFER's messaging project is intended to provide students with another way to make a statement against the culture of rape and challenge school administrations that fail to address sexual assault. Proceeds from the sale of project products like t-shirts, posters, and buttons support our programs. To buy a poster, t-shirt or button, click on shop. We encourage you to submit your own message to be put on t-shirts, buttons, and posters. For criteria, please visit our blog.