8: The SAFER Blog

One of my favorite blogs is the SAFER Blog.  SAFER stands for Students Active For Ending Rape, and the organization is dedicated to preventing sexual violence on college campuses and empowering college students to hold their colleges accountable for the sexual assault that takes place in their on and off campus communities.

SAFER is dedicated to models in which communities hold their members accountable for their actions by appropriately removing or sanctioning them, as opposed to simply hoping that the legal system will work it all out (when it rarely does).  They also maintain the SAFER Policies Database, where users can search for their school’s sexual assault policy, compare it to other models, and use this information to agitate for positive change.

Really, you ought to check out their blog, because it’s not just your standard organization-related blog.  They tackle the issues, and are lucky enough to have two of my favorite writers Ashley and Nora on their team.

Oh, and also, they’ve got some badass shirts.


2 Responses to “8: The SAFER Blog”

  1. Day of Blogs » 17: Community-Based Strategies Says:
    July 26th, 2008 at 5:15 pm

    [...] the SAFER post, I mentioned community-based models of justice for sexual assault survivors.  I personally do [...]

  2. Nora Says:
    July 26th, 2008 at 5:57 pm

    Thanks for the shout out. I definitely want to invite anyone who’s here with Cara on these issues to check us out, particularly if you’re in college right now. We have lots of really solid information, plus an ongoing mentorship program, to help you figure out how to make change right where you are.

    We also have information for parents, alums, faculty/staff and high school students too - we’d love to talk to any and all of you about what change you want to see.

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