Centre Safe and Community Partners to Hold Events Honoring April as Sexual Assault Awareness Month
With April serving as national Sexual Assault Awareness Month (SAAM), Centre Safe and community partners are joining forces to spread education and prevention efforts across the region.
Centre Safe, formerly the Centre County Women’s Resource Center, has supported victims/survivors of sexual assault, domestic/dating violence, and stalking across Centre County since 1975. Centre Safe provides free, professional, and confidential services like emergency shelter/housing, counseling, advocacy, outreach, education, legal support, and supervised visitation and safe custody exchanges through its Child Access Center.
Events include:
Smarter Parents Safer Kids Workshop
6-8 p.m. April 1, Moshannon Valley YMCA (113 N. 14th St., Phillipsburg)
Centre Safe and Youth Service Bureau present a workshop for parents and caregivers to prevent child sexual abuse. Register at: https://ccysb.com/project-safe-and-smart/
SAAM Proclamation
10 a.m. April 2, Willowbank Building (420 Holmes St., Bellefonte)
Centre County Commissioners will formally recognize April as Sexual Assault Awareness Month.
Honoring Survival: Transforming the Spirit
4:30 p.m., April 4, Memorial Lounge, Pasquerilla Spiritual Center, Penn State campus
Join the Gender Equity Center and Centre Safe to honor the strength and resiliency of survivors through poetry, storytelling, music, and art.
Take Back the Night
6 p.m. April 4, Old Main steps, Penn State campus
Lambda Theta Alpha hosts the annual Take Back the Night event on campus to spread awareness about sexual assault. Co-sponsored by Centre Safe and the Gender Equity Center
Smarter Parents Safer Kids Workshop
6-8 p.m. April 11, Penns Valley YMCA (115 Streamside Place, Spring Mills)
Centre Safe and Youth Service Bureau present a workshop for parents and caregivers to prevent child sexual abuse. Register at: https://ccysb.com/project-safe-and-smart/
Smarter Parents Safer Kids Workshop
6-8 p.m. April 17, Bellefonte YMCA (125 W. High St., Bellefonte)
Centre Safe and Youth Service Bureau present a workshop for parents and caregivers to prevent child sexual abuse. Register at: https://ccysb.com/project-safe-and-smart/
CenClear Child Abuse Prevention Carnival
10 a.m. April 20, Matternville CenClear (3638 North Atherton St., Port Matilda)
Families can spend quality time together while also discovering information about the wealth of resources available in the community. Centre Safe will be tabling at the event, which is sponsored by Matternville CenClear.
YMCA Healthy Kids Day
1-4 p.m., April 20, State College YMCA (677 W. Whitehall Road, State College)
Come and inspire children and families to keep their minds and bodies active throughout the summer months and beyond. Centre Safe will be tabling at the event.
Smarter Parents Safer Kids Workshop
6-8 p.m. April 24, State College YMCA (677 W. Whitehall Road, State College)
Centre Safe and Youth Service Bureau present a workshop for parents and caregivers to prevent child sexual abuse. Register at: https://ccysb.com/project-safe-and-smart/
Denim Day
all day, April 24
Wear denim and make the statement that there is no excuse for sexual violence. Visit denimdayinfo.org and share your photos @CentreSafe.
CenClear Child Abuse Prevention Carnival
10 a.m. April 27, Philipsburg CenClear (1633 Philipsburg Bigler Highway, Philipsburg)