Ask a friend to join the Campaign!
Imagine a community free from sexual violence. That’s SARA’s vision. Education can help make it happen. You can help.
In May 2010, we launched the Campaign for Prevention to support our prevention education programs for children and adolescents. With support from the community, we raised $110,000 by the end of June 2011 to ensure these crucial programs could continue.
You can help keep the Campaign for Prevention going:
- Donate to the Campaign for Prevention, and ask your friends and family to join you!
- Bring us to your workplace or civic group to teach bystander intervention skills
- Help us convince school administrators to let us conduct lessons and train teachers in your local school
- Share with others what you know about the realities of sexual assault
- Invite us to your house of worship to train clergy, youth leaders, and teachers
- Write letters to the editor when you see news coverage that blames victims rather than holding perpetrators accountable
- Volunteer as an outreach volunteer
You can help prevent sexual violence:
- Believe someone who discloses a sexual assault, abusive relationship, or experience with stalking or cyberstalking.
- Be respectful of others. Make sure any sexual act you initiate is wanted by your partner. Remember, silence is not consent.
- Watch out for your friends. If you see a friend doing something that could lead to someone getting hurt, say something. You may prevent someone from being assaulted or committing assault.
- Challenge your peers to be respectful. If someone says something offensive, derogatory, or abusive, let him or her know that behavior is wrong and you don’t want to be around it. Don’t laugh at racist, sexist, or homophobic jokes.
- Speak up. If a friend says “I’m going to score tonight!” let her or him know you don’t like that attitude. If a friend is talking about a hook-up that happened when the other person was too drunk to remember much, let the friend know it’s not cool to hook up with someone who can’t give consent.
- Learn how to safely intervene or get help from the police when someone is being harassed or assaulted.
