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Meet the Advocates Making Colleges Safer After the Trump Era

November 4, 2022
As Trump’s education secretary, Betsy DeVos obliterated the already-imperfect Title IX, the civil rights law created to protect students in schools and higher education from sex-based discrimination…

Young Activist’s Google Map Sheds Light on the Prevalence of Sexual Assault

August 18, 2022
“I wondered what can I do to harness the fact that people are willing to talk, they’re willing to do something, and they’re willing to be brave and share their story,” said Aspinwall, who majors in…

During Roe’s Overturn, a Girl Scout Troop at the Capitol Got a Real Glimpse of U.S. Government Misogyny

July 20, 2022
We brought our girls to the Capitol to show them the promise of America, and instead gave them a briefing on its reality.

Opinion: Father’s Day Call to Help Stop the Sexual Assault of Our Nation’s Children

June 19, 2022
Dads, we are failing our children. As men and fathers, we participate in institutions every day that perpetuate a culture of rape. And once a sexual assault occurs, we are often — however un…

Chessy Prout: Sexual Assault, Consent, and Speaking Up on Girls Can Podcast

January 12, 2019
In this episode, the Swain Girls talk with I Have The Right To co-founder about sexual assault, consent, communication, and healthy relationships. Chessy is a student at Barnard College at the t…

TARGET’s A NEW DAY + VITAL VOICES Collection Pairs Great Design with a Meaningful Cause

October 3, 2018
Chessy Prout, Co-Founder of national nonprofit IHavetheRightTo, was 1 of the 6 women to work creatively on collaborating with Target on the A New Day + Vital Voices collection. #UseYourPowerToEmpowe…

Susan Prout | Raising Awareness about Sexual Assault in High Schools

September 27, 2018
CBS This Morning Interview with Susan Prout, Mother of High School Sexual Assault Survivor Chessy Prout Hundreds of thousands of sexual assault survivors are sharing their stories on social media…

Prouts Start Nonprofit to Raise Awareness and Support Survivors of Sexual Assault

September 27, 2018
“Parents of Survivor and Advocate, Chessy Prout, speak out in order to shift the conversation about Rape Culture” With a close family friend and advocate inside a Pennsylvania courthouse Tuesday…

Survivor Chessy Prout Speaks Out Following Kavanaugh Allegations

September 26, 2018
The allegations against Brett Kavanaugh have compelled people to share their own experiences with sexual assault and why they didn’t come forward. When Chessy Prout was a freshman in high school, sh…

I am Chessy Prout’s mother. I know what happens when a 15-year-old sexual assault victim speaks out.

September 26, 2018
As the parent of a child who reported her sexual assault at age 15, I am disgusted by the response to the sexual assault allegations brought forward by Christine Blasey Ford about Supreme Court nomi…
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