Your voice has power. This is the short yet powerful message that is being spread around Hope College’s campus this April for Sexual Assault Awareness month. As hard as it is to hear the statistics, the numbers are clear: sexual assault is a common experience and often goes unreported. It’s important to know the…
As new faces emerge within the Title IX areas of campus and the the topic of sexual harassment in colleges and universities moves to the national media spotlight, these modifications may not always seem translucent. On Sept. 22, Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos announced the removal of the 2011 Dear Colleague Letter, enacted by the…
Students Teaching and Empowering Peers (STEP) is a group of Hope College students that wish to educate, empower and encourage members of the campus community. It is the vision of STEP to have a campus free from interpersonal violence, a campus where every member feels safe and respected, where every member is knowledgeable about how…
We can all use our voices to change the culture to prevent sexual violence. Sexual Awareness Month is this April and we can take on a role of changing the culture to prevent sexual violence. Prevention requires addressing the root causes and social norms that allow sexual violence to exist. Steps to taking these…
The recent reports of sexual assault that have been happening on and near college campus prompt many students’ reactions. When hearing about these attacks, you may find yourself feeling emotions from empathy to sadness to fear to disbelief. How could this happen so close? President Knapp’s response to the sexual violence has said a lot…
Hope College’s STEP program (Students Teaching and Empowering Peers) is bringing awareness of interpersonal violence to fraternities here on Hope’s Campus. They are working together to shed light on this topic and how it influences Hope. As a relatively new peer education group, this is an exciting new way to empower students to become more…