On episode 3 of The REES Community, Mary Lobson welcomes Tracey Vitchers, the executive Director of It’s On Us for an inspiring discussion of how guided and peer-to-peer education on college campuses helps shift students’ perspective on what sexual violence looks like and how to respond to it.
Mary and Tracey discuss the positives and the challenges of peer-to-peer education and the experience for colleges having to account for inconsistencies in new students’ familiarity with discussions around sexual violence. Tracey shares several stories about how It’s On Us has found new ways to engage men in these impactful conversations and help them find their voice as participants in creating a positive campus culture.
Through offering several different types of programming and developing playbooks for campuses to follow, It’s On Us providing more impactful education that shifts the narrative and improves outcomes for all students on college campuses across the nation.
0:00 Introductions
1:25 The Power of Peer-to-Peer Education
3:06 How It’s On Us Functions on a Campus
7:34 Training and Educating Students
10:10 Challenges in Peer-to-Peer Education
13:57 What Education Do Students Have Before College?
16:39 Engaging Men in Sexual Violence Conversations
26:34 Is More Education Driving Better Outcomes?
30:46 Building a Playbook for Male Student-Athletes
36:05 How Different Populations Recognize Consent
40:11 Scaling from Guided to Peer-to-Peer Education
47:51 The Power of Conversation
52:43 What’s Next For It’s On Us
