Williams College Sexual Assault Prevention & Response

11/03/2022

Hey Ephs! Check your email for the survey link to fill out this comprehensive survey about health needs and experiences. It informs everything from First Days programming to the services of several offices. Confidential, takes about 20 minutes, and will be the first post-COVID campus-wide data we collect on health!

09/29/2022

Join us tomorrow (Friday) at noon starting at the green space opposite Tunnel City! It's not too late to join our team https://p2p.onecause.com/risetogether/team/williams-ephs-rise-together

06/23/2022

Today is the 50th anniversary of the passage of Title IX, a law that is so short (39 words!) but has had such a resounding impact on educational experience for so many students in so many spheres. We celebrate the victories even as we continue to fight hard for equity and access.

06/22/2022

Welcome to our summer intern, Spirit! Spirit is also the outreach specialist in Campus Safety Services. We’re open weekdays in Hopkins 407 all summer, M-F from 9am-5pm. Allison and Meg are available for individual meetings, group workshops, and as always we have sexual health and menstrual supplies for grab-and-go on the shelves just inside the door.

04/30/2022

The use of any tool—whether an anonymous app or social media—to create a hostile environment for an individual or the broader community is unacceptable and we join the many students, staff, and faculty disgusted by the behavior that took place last night. If you have information about who made the posts, please provide that to the identified individuals. Ephs treat each other with respect and we hold our friends accountable when they do things to harm others. In the moment, please downvote and report anonymous posts to the app itself, while talking actively with your social circles about how you expect them to behave online even if they think no one can identify them.

04/20/2022

Happy Harm Reduction Day! We’re celebrating 4/20, STI Awareness Week, and much more. The Berkshire Health Systems mobile unit is on Chapin Hall Drive for free STI testing, Narcan distribution, overdose prevention info and more! In Paresky we have sexual health supplies, brownies and gummies (cannabis-free, obvs), sunscreen, first aid kits, and a drop-box for your expired prescription and OTC medication.

04/14/2022

The is working to create a new tool for college-aged young people who want to talk to their friends about concerns with their friends’ behaviors. will be hosting a focus group on Tue, 4/19 from 6-7:30pm and is looking for 6-8 students to give feedback on form and content. Dinner provided! Signup link at https://forms.glow/nnMmwcEvBGFtzwEq5

02/18/2022

Check out this great new safety partnership between our friends at It's On Us and Snapchat. It's On Us is also partnering with Tinder and rideshare companies for more tools!

And hear about it from Ephs! Tracey Vitchers, the Executive Director of It's On Us is Williams Class of 2010 and Holly Hatcher-Frazier is '92!

As social media apps introduce features to protect students online, Snapchat is introducing a new feature to protect students from sexual assault.

02/10/2022

📢 Important legislative advocacy opportunity! Did you know MA does not have any standards for sexual health education? The Healthy Youth Act coalition has been trying to pass these standards for over a decade to make sure MA young people are getting accurate, inclusive sexual health education in school that goes beyond basic diagrams to include healthy relationships and consent and is inclusive for all our siblings and neighbors. The HYA Coalition is hosting a training on Mon, 2/14 at noon. Details at the bit.ly link!

02/10/2022

The Healing Forward sustainable self-care for survivors group starts Monday, 2/28. This will be a virtual group on Monday evenings from 6-7:15pm. Interested? Contact Alysha (abw3) from and put “Healing Forward” in the subject line

02/08/2022

Spring semester ProjectConnect groups are filling now!

02/08/2022

We’ll have sexual health products (including cleaning supplies for silicone), good advice, and treats 🌹 🍫