Be The One

One Student Pledge

Most people know someone who has been sexually assaulted. One thing you can do to help end sexual violence is to accept the responsibility to be a part of the solution. By signing the One Student pledge you are making a commitment to, in voice and action, create change. Change begins with one student, one campus, one community.

Start here. Sign the pledge. It is the first step towards changing the way we think about sexual violence. Be the one to use your power to enact change.

Share your commitment with others. Ask your friends, parents, teammates, teachers, mentors, siblings, clergy, cousins, former camp counselors, ask everyone you know to sign the One Student pledge. We are all One Student and we can all make a difference and help make the world safer for all people.

Want to disseminate the One Student Pledge in your community? Contact us at info@onestudent.org for a printable PDF.

Share A One Student Moment

Share your One Student moment in 500 words or less and we will post your note to the One Student community wall. Send us an e-mail and a photo too if you’d like. Feel free to share your One Student Moment with a statement, story, observation, personal success or challenge, commitment, etc., whatever you feel.

Send to: info@onestudent.org

Please include your first name, city, state and campus. If you prefer to remain anonymous let us know and we will respect your privacy.

We look forward to hearing and sharing your moments of inspiration, hope and change!

Host An Event

Below are some of the initiatives communities have embraced to help raise awareness and shift the campus culture. Please consider adopting one or more of these as your own and do not hesitate to contact us about creating a customized One Student event for your campus.

• Clothesline Project
• Denim Day
• No Woman Left Behind
• Pinwheels for Peace
• Red Flag Campaign
• Take Back the Night
• V-Day
• Walk A Mile In Her Shoes
• White Ribbon Campaign

Engage Your Community

• Encourage community members to sign the One Student Pledge.
• Hand out anything that promotes your mission/ encourages respect and consent such as pens, buttons, stickers, condoms, cups etc.
• Wear and distribute ribbons for Sexual Assault Awareness Month.
• Create a Wall of Healing, allowing survivors or friends and loved ones of survivors to create and display art, poetry, and personal messages.
• Use Sexversations® to help create a sex positive community.
• Host a panel of experts from all areas of campus and community life who can talk about creating a violence free community.
• Start a restroom campaign. Put flyers on the back of stall doors in restrooms of college campuses, bars, restaurants, etc. But ask permission first.
• Host a self-defense program to teach and empower your community.
• Show movies on campus or in your community that start the conversation about sex and sexual assault.
• Rock Against Rape. Invite local bands to play in honor of Sexual Assault Awareness Month. Proceeds can benefit community or campus crisis center services or programs.
• Organize a letter writing campaign. Encourage students to write letters to government officials about polices related to sexual violence that affect your community.
• Ask your counseling center on campus or a mental professional to speak about the effects of assault on a person and the process of becoming a survivor. Also share and promote the many wonderful things your counseling center can offer.
• Invite national speakers, authors and experts to tell their story and to inspire your community.
• Start a dialogue about being active and engaged bystanders using No Woman Left Behind resources.

Impact Your Campus Year Round

• Work with or start a student group on campus that will help bring awareness end sexual violence in your community.
• Start a statewide Collegiate Consortium.
• Create a campus or community publication where people can submit original works on sexual responsibility, sexual empowerment and sexual healing.
• Stand up and speak out against violence year round.
• Invite men to be a part this movement. They too care deeply about ending sexual violence.
• Volunteer to teach younger children about healthy relationships.
• On campus make anonymous violence report forms available as well as an electronic version so students can report the incident and make their voice heard (anonymously if they choose).
• Reach out to your Judicial Officers on campus to learn how they represent students on campus and work with them to help promote their services.
• Explore sexual assault and harassment policies that are specific to your campus. Make sure they meet your students/peers needs. If not, work to update them.
• Learn what resources exist in your community and help make the information easy to find and understand.
• Start a No Woman Left Behind chapter.
• If unsatisfactory resources exist — FIGHT FOR THEM!

For more suggestions or assistance contact us at info@onestudent.org

Campaigns

Take The First Step

Poster

Resource

Will You Be The One?

Posters

To order free downloadable posters for your community, contact us at info@onestudent.org.