“No one is ever just an individual. You exist within spaces all the time, and you share some responsibility for what happens there.” Shawna Potter, Making Spaces Safer
Students across the country are talking about the Red Zone. Click on the content below to learn what it is, how it occurs, and what you can do about it.
TRIGGER WARNING: This resource contains information about sexual violence, prevalence rates, and tactics used to perpetrate harm.
The Culture of Respect Collective: Beginning in 2021, Brown’s two-year partnership with NASPA's (National Association of Student Personnel Administrators) Culture of Respect's Collective engages the university in rigorous self assessment and collaborative strategic planning to take targeted steps towards addressing sexual and gender-based violence on campus.
SEXUAL VIOLENCE: A sexual act committed against someone without freely given consent. Sexual, gender-based, interpersonal and relationship violence are often used interchangeably to include behavior motivated by gender & power that occurs without consent.
SEXUAL ASSAULT: Any sexual activity that happens without consent, including penetration, sexual touching, or removal of safer sex methods. Power differences, based on identity and role, can contribute to coercion. Consent for one sexual activity does not imply consent for others.
“We ask others to be mirrors for ourselves at our most vulnerable places...to be intentional in the present moment, to take responsibility for your state of being and for your life”
― adrienne maree brown, Emergent Strategy: Shaping Change, Changing Worlds
Ship n SHAG and BWell By Mail offer delivery of safer sex supplies and other health empowerment tools to your campus mailbox. Ship n SHAG and BWell by Mail are CONFIDENTIAL. Supplies and shipping are FREE. Click here for the order form.
What is SHAG?
The Sexual Health Awareness Group (SHAG) is a peer education program from Health Promotion. SHAG is comprised of Brown students who promote sexual health on campus through workshops, a confidential texting Q&A response service (if you are a Brown student, click here for the texting number), and other outreach projects.
Below you will find local and national resources for substance use education, support, and treatment. Click here for resources at Brown.
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