MISSION

STUDENTS AGAINST SEXUAL ASSAULT AND VIOLENCE (SASAV) WILL PROMOTE RELATIONSHIPS BASED UPON RESPECT AND EQUALITY, WHILE ENCOURAGING POSITIVE EXPRESSIONS AND CHALLENGING INTERPERSONAL VIOLENCE BY RECRUITING MEMBERS WHO ARE POSITIVE ROLE MODELS AND VISIBLE ALLIES.

TENETS

 •    PROMOTE RELATIONSHIPS BASED ON RESPECT AND EQUALITY

•    ENCOURAGE POSITIVE EXPRESSIONS

•    BE A VISIBLE ALLY 

•    ARE STRONG WITHOUT BEING VIOLENT

•    CHALLENGE INTERPERSONAL VIOLENCE

•    ARE POSITIVE ROLE MODELS

THE CHALLENGE OF SASAV

 •    STUDENTS WILL CHALLENGE OTHER STUDENTS TO ACCEPT THE TENETS OF SASAV AND
        JOIN IN THIS CULTURAL CHANGE.

•    THIS IS ACCOCMPLISHED ONE INDIVIDIUAL AT A TIME

•    YOU MUST ASK YOURSELF AND THOSE YOU ARE CHALLENGING, WOULD I DO THIS FOR
       MY MOTHER – SISTER – GIRLFRIEND – WIFE, ETC.

•    YOU ARE AT THE FOREFRONT OF A ROCK TRADITION – AND EACH STUDENT IS NEEDED
        TO  SIGN-UP OTHER STUDENTS TO TAKE THE CHALLENGE

•    IF YOU TAKE THE CHALLENGE YOU COMPLETE AN ON-LINE OR PAPER APPLICATION

•    ACCEPT AND SIGN THE PLEDGE/MEMBERSHIP CARD

•    ACCEPT AND WEAR A WRIST BAND WITH THE SASAV LOGO

•    CONTINUE TO CHALLENGE OTHER STUDENTS TO ACCEPT THE MEMBERSHIP

•    MOST IMPORTANTLY – KEEP TRUE TO THE PROMISE OF THE TENETS OF SASAV BY BEING A POSITIVE ROLE MODEL

Two Men Met on the Beach

"Good evening, friend.

What are you doing?"

"I'm throwing these

starfish back in the ocean.

If I don't,

they'll die up here."

"There must be thousands

of starfish on this beach.

You can't possibly

get to them all.

You can't possibly  make a difference."

He smiled, picked up

yet another starfish

and threw it into the sea.

"Made a difference

to that one!"

YOU CAN MAKE A DIFFERENCE

Jack Canfield and Mark V. Hansen (Adapted)