SAPAC held its annual volunteer training program from January 29th – February 10th this year which included a mixture of presentations, dialogues, small-group discussions, and a film viewing. We are excited to welcome 55 new students to our three volunteer programs, which is more than double the number of students who joined last year.
On April 10th, the Michigan Difference Student Leadership Awards were held in the Michigan Union Rogel Ballroom. This year, SAPAC’s very own, Lauren McIntosh was nominated and won the Unsung Hero / Quiet Leadership Award!
SAPAC’s annual rEVOLUTION: MAKING ART FOR CHANGE art show took place for the 8th year running, ending with a spectacular closing reception on Friday April 5th. The show, coordinated by the Networking, Publicity and Activism volunteers, was open in North quad throughout the preceding week.
Each Fall and Winter semester SAPAC hosts our day-long ally training for people who want to learn more about being an ally to survivors and ending violence. This year we trained over 30 participants about the realities of sexual violence. The training is also a fantastic opportunity for our SAPAC volunteers to gain facilitation experience and learn more ways to educate their peers on the work that they do. This year there were 20 volunteers from all three SAPAC Volunteer Programs involved in improving on the workshop, planning the event, and facilitating the content.
This past fall, a team of over 50 volunteers completed the second year of Relationship Remix workshops for first-year students in the University of Michigan residence halls. Notably, volunteers accomplished 133 workshops in just 58 days—an improvement from last year’s highly impressive 101 workshops in 72 days!
The Networking, Publicity, and Activism committee of SAPAC (NPAs) focuses on education, awareness-raising, and activism. Our goal is to change the overall campus climate surrounding issues of sexual violence – we refute harmful myths, initiate and participate in public dialogues, encourage bystanders to get involved, and create spaces where people concerned about violence can meet, self-educate, and find support.
The language we use to describe the way we feel is important. So at this year's 26th annual SAPAC Speak Out event, we asked attendees to choose one word that described how they felt at the close of the event. These are some of the words we came up with!
Come support survivors at SAPAC's Speak Out event. Speak Out will take place on Thursday November 8, 7:00-9:00 pm, in the Ballroom of the Michigan Union.
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