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Sexual Assault Resource Center (SARC): Want to make a difference in our community and work with youth? Become a Prevention Education Volunteer!
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Become a Prevention Education Volunteer!
SARC’s Prevention Education Program empowers students to help prevent sexual violence through addressing root causes, attitudes, beliefs, and knowledge of sexual violence. We provide a 9-session curriculum that addresses topics of oppression, gender stereotypes, victim empathy, media messaging and pornography, healthy sexual relationships and bystander intervention in middle and high school health classrooms. This volunteer opportunity puts you in the classroom, eventually as the sole presenter.
SARC is seeking highly dedicated volunteers with an interest in preventing sexual violence. Volunteers will gain the following knowledge and skills:
- How to utilize a trauma-informed approach to discuss sexual violence with youth
- Teaching tools for classroom management, engagement and organization
- Presentation and teaching skills with youth
- Feedback on presentation skills
Requirements for this position include:
- Attend a 55-hour training on the effects and pervasiveness of sexual violence victimization along with best practices for preventing sexual violence
Training topics include:
- Traumatic response and trends in emotional, psychological, and physical responses of survivors and sexual violence
- Principals of primary prevention
- Implementation of the 9-session curriculum
- Commitment to at least 1 day a week during the school week for the entire academic year
This volunteer opportunity is open to all interested with the appropriate daytime availability. Men are encouraged to apply, as men engaging boys and men in the movement to end violence against women are necessary and impactful.
Contact Information
Holly Bonanomi,?Volunteer Program Manager
volunteer@sarcoregon.org | 503.626.9100 ext 226
About the Organization
The Sexual Assault Resource Center (SARC), whose mission is to promote social justice by eliminating sexual violence in our community through education, support and advocacy, is a not-for-profit organization serving Washington and Multnomah Counties. Our free and confidential services include a 24-hour support line, in-person advocacy for survivors who are undergoing medical attention and/or filing a police report, case management, culturally specific services for commercially sexually exploited children (CSEC) and young adults, individual and group counseling, and a nine-week prevention curricula for middle and high school students.