Cal Poly Safer teamed up with the local non-profit RISE to create free teal face masks for Sexual Assault Awareness Month. The initiative aimed to give local residents access to face masks while also spreading awareness about sexual assault during the month of April. The color teal was chosen because, like denim, it has become […]
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Cal Poly launches tool to connect sexual assault survivors with local resources and take action
Cal Poly and several community partners unveiled a new resource for sexual assault survivors, assisting them in anonymously gathering information, exploring local services and reporting the crime when they are ready. In Seek Then Speak, Survivors are guided through a series of questions to determine the best options to get assistance. The free program is designed […]
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Who’s watching your drink: Students drugged in downtown San Luis Obispo
Students share their experience of being roofied in downtown San Luis Obispo and where they went for help.
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Sexual assault reported in Sierra Madre
The alleged rape is said to have taken place the night of May 26 or 27.
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Sustainability organizations collaborate on ‘Rise Above Plastics’ campaign
The groups will be tabling and performing zero-waste audits.
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Safer to hold Human Trafficking on the Central Coast Panel today
Panelists will discuss the prevalence of human trafficking in this area and talk about how to show support for survivors.
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Letter to the Editor: From Rising Immigrant Scholars through Education to President Armstrong
RISE called for the expulsion of Lambda Chi members involved in the blackface incident and other steps to reconciliation.
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New San Luis Obispo yoga studio stretches to serve those in need
The owners of a new yoga studio raised money for victims of sexual assault and practiced yoga with a cause.
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Cal Poly graduate raising awareness for sexual assault through songs and jewelry
Julia Freifeld wears a handmade sea glass necklace everyday, a testament to her life goal: to make a societal change regarding sexual assault. Through jewelry and music, Freifeld shares her passions and brings awareness to an issue that affects one American every 98 seconds. Freifeld graduated Spring 2017 with a degree in psychology. She now […]
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Candlelight vigil against domestic violence held at Mission Plaza
In honor of Domestic Violence Awareness Month, sexual assault resources Cal Poly Safer, RISE and the Women’s Shelter Program (WSP) hosted a candlelight vigil Oct. 12 in the Mission Plaza. According to statistics from the National Coalition Against Domestic Violence (NCADV), approximately 20 people experience physical abuse by intimate partners per minute in the United […]
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DREAM Center hosts immigration symposium, talks about future plans
What the Dream Canter has accomplished since opening in April and what they are planning for their future