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Check out this growing collection of useful articles from the hub for middle and high school students and parents who are looking for information, support, and avenues of action against sexual assault in schools.

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. #UseYourPowerToEmpower #TargetxVitalVoices

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 about why they didn’t initially report their attack. Chessy Prout and her mother Susan became advocates for survivors after Chessy was sexually assaulted by a classmate.

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, Susan Prout stayed close to her phone to get live updates from inside the sentencing of Bill Cosby who was found guilty of drugging and raping a woman in 2004.

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, she was raped by a classmate. She spoke to authorities, brought charges and suffered a backlash. The author of “I Have the Right To,” Prout joins Amna Nawaz of the PBS Newshour to discuss the shame she experienced.

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 nominee Brett Kavanaugh.

#MeToo Founder Tarana Burke on the Rigorous Work that Still Lies Ahead

September 25, 2018

“For too long women and others living on the margins have managed to survive without our full dignity intact. It can’t continue to be our reality.”

N.H. Attorney General’s Settlement Agreement with St. Paul’s “UNPRECEDENTED”

September 15, 2018

An agreement that places St. Paul’s School under government oversight is the first of its kind for an educational institution in New Hampshire and could serve as a model for other states responding to a history of sexual abuse and misconduct at prestigious prep schools, legal experts say.

St. Paul’s School to Get State Monitor, but No Charges, After Sex Abuse Reports

September 13, 2018

BOSTON — Responding to reports of sexual abuse and misconduct over a matter of decades, the state of New Hampshire on Thursday opted not to prosecute former employees of St. Paul’s School, one of the most prestigious prep schools in New England, and instead assigned an independent monitor to the campus for up to five years.

Chessy Prout Speaks Out and Brings #METOO to Asia

August 15, 2018

High school sexual assault survivor speaks out, reclaiming her narrative for young women everywhere

Student advocate Chessy Prout recalls growing up in Asia, her legal battle for justice and why she decided to tell her own story.

Susan and Alex Prout Share Their Story for Stop Sexual Assault in Schools

April 9, 2018


In this video made for Stop Sexual Assault in Schools, Alex and Susan Prout discuss how their lives were also devastated by their daughter Chessy’s rape at the prestigious St. Paul’s School and the subsequent trial that attracted national and international attention. Here they offer heartfelt advice for private school parents and families.

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