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Community Book Club (Dekalb) – Know My Name by Chanel Miller

DeKalb Public Library, Safe Passage, and Sycamore Public Library are partnering for a community read during Sexual Assault Awareness Month this April. Join us as we read Chanel Miller’s memoir Know My Name. We are breaking up the book into four different parts, one ...

Community Book Club (Dekalb) – Know My Name by Chanel Miller

DeKalb Public Library, Safe Passage, and Sycamore Public Library are partnering for a community read during Sexual Assault Awareness Month this April. Join us as we read Chanel Miller’s memoir Know My Name. We are breaking up the book into four different parts, one ...

Community Book Club (Dekalb) – Know My Name by Chanel Miller

DeKalb Public Library, Safe Passage, and Sycamore Public Library are partnering for a community read during Sexual Assault Awareness Month this April. Join us as we read Chanel Miller’s memoir Know My Name. We are breaking up the book into four different parts, one ...

Take Back The Night

  Join Safe Passage and the community for a Take Back the Night event that will raise awareness for sexual assault and for survivors. A march and stories will be shared. Signs with encouraging messages aren’t required but encouraged.

Art Display Night

Join Safe Passage and the community to view survivor stories in the form of art. Support local survivors by viewing curated art and having conversations with staff about the services they provide to the community.

James is Dead

Another reflection on popular prevention videos from the Safe Passage Marketing Intern: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Op14XhETfBw&list=PLaZQ5Yvh1_cUB6esm1Y5PYZXATyMGBdSP&index=2&t=9s             My overall reaction to watching “James is dead” was frustration towards the meaning behind this video and the fact that this attitude is common towards victims of ...

Who matters?

Who matters when we think about domestic violence and sexual assault? Who are we protecting and who do we silence? Over the course of the last few months, our country has been forced into a reckoning of whose pain is ...

Chasing Cosby

In January, the LA Times premiered a new podcast which followed the career, and dark personal history, of comedian and convicted sex criminal, Bill Cosby.  The six-episode podcast, Chasing Cosby, is available wherever you get your podcasts. The podcast is an ...

Ally

A message from our Volunteer Coordinator, Pam Rosales: Ally by Jaz Sufi The movement to end sexual violence is filled with activists that are passionate in ending other forms of social injustice. In a culture where People of Color experience higher rates ...

T[M]I

I've never seen the word "hymen" posted so frequently on my Twitter timeline. In case you missed the news, rapper T.I. recently mentioned in a podcast that he goes with his daughter to the gynecologist each year to check that her ...