Trainings

Trainings

All trainings are led by SAFER Organizing Trainers. Trainers are skilled student activists that have worked successfully on a broad range of progressive issues including anti-racism work, feminist/womanist activism, queer rights, labor issues, and anti-violence activism. Each Organizing Trainer receives special training in issues of sexual assault, sexual assault policies, and effective campus organizing. They will work with you to ensure that your campus training is empowering, helpful, and fun! To book a training please contact us.

Teach-In

The SAFER Teach-In is designed for students wanting a jumpstart on their campaign for policy reform.  The teach in is typically 3 hours long and can either be held on a weeknight or weekend.  The teach-in will give you the information you need to build a coalition of activists and organize for change on your campus. Participants receive a copy of their policy and analyze it with an experienced SAFER Trainer to:

• Find out what happens if someone is sexually assaulted on your campus
• Analyze what the strengths and weaknesses of your school's policy is
• Examine the ways that different communities on and off campus are affected by the policy
• Learn what a good policy should contain
• Learn effective tactics to change campus culture, implement prevention efforts and improve crisis response and disciple processes

The Teach-In is a first step toward creating an effective, meaningful response to sexual assault on your campus.

Weekend Organizing Training

The SAFER Weekend Organizing Training is an intensive two-day workshop on how to critically assess your school’s policy and develop a plan of action for change. Based on the experience of successful student movements around the country, SAFER’s Weekend Organizing Training teaches you how to build an effective campus movement. The Training gives you the skills you need to build a network student support and convince administrators.

With the guidance of one of our experienced trainers, your group will:

• How sexual assault intersects with other forms of oppression
• What you can do to ensure a diverse coalition organizing for change
• Analyze the power dynamics of your college
• Closely analyze your school’s policy and programming
• Set winnable goals
• How to overcome student apathy to build a powerful movement
• Organize a successful media campaign to communicate your goals
• Deal with a resistant administration
• Strategize against backlash
• Connect with other activists!

Student groups that complete the Weekend Organizing Training have access to our free service, the Campus Activist Mentoring Program, CAMP.

The cost of student training run on a sliding scale.  For rates, more information or to book a training please contact us.  Be sure to mention in the comment section that you're interested in a training!

SAFER offers additional trainings designed for Faculty and Staff and for Parents of College-Bound Students that complement our main goal by increasing colleges' receptiveness to student concerns.