SpeakOut: The North American Student Coalition Against Sexual Violence
From Dickinson College Wiki
SpeakOut is a group that promotes, through dialouge, the end of sexual violence and the tolerance of all people. They also provide rape education courses for men and women.
Their goals include:
- to create and foster a communication network between campus programs and campus activists, both dealing with sexual violence, nationwide.
- to work collaboratively with antiviolence efforts.
- to create a national consciousness of the campus anti-sexual-violence movement.
- to address cultural, racial, economic and religious factors affecting sexual violence.
- to affect campus, local, state and national policies regarding survivor's rights.
- to affect campus, local, state and national policies regarding the adjudiciation proceedings and perpetrator sanctions and treatment.
- to challenge cultural norms and social constructs contributing to a sexually violent culture
- to provide a forum for the exchange, evaluation and development of exemplary models for education and prevention
- to recognize and build credibility of peer-to-peer education and to promote its implementation
- to foster leadership development and organizing skills of campus activists.
Their objectives include:
- to insure the continuity of the North Amarican Student Conferences on Sexual Violence.
- to create an electronic communication network.
- to establish and maintain a national database.
- to work with other organizations and task forces relating to sexual violence issues.
- to document the work of activists in the movement.
- to publish a newsletter to be distributed to all members.
- to promote the student anti-sexual-violence movement and the credibility of peer-to-peer education by presenting at professional conferences.
- to consult with national organizations and media in efforts to promote the accomplishment of the national anti-sexual-violence movement.
