Support & Safety Program

Alpha Sigma Alpha believes it is important to empower members to take a stand against sexual assault and to give them the tools they need to speak up and intervene in difficult situations.

 

The Support & Safety Program provides members with information through chapter workshops to be facilitated by trained volunteers.The support & safety workshops focus on the following topics: 

 

Healthy relationships 

Survivor support  

Bystander intervention 

Risk reduction 

  

Each year the chapter should host one workshop that focuses on support & safety topics. There are four workshops the chapter can select to fulfill the chapter programming. Each workshop must be facilitated by a trained volunteer. The Support & Safety Program is an exclusive member-only program. 

 

In the fall of 2023, Alpha Sigma Alpha sunset the Sexual Assault Prevention Program (SAPP) and began offering the new Support & Safety Program (SSP). The SSP covers the same topics as the SAPP, with a title change that more accurately reflects the intention of the program and revised, updated lessons. 

SSP Volunteers

We are now accepting applications for Support & Safety Program facilitators for the 2025-27 volunteer term. Applicants should have experience facilitating conversations regarding sensitive topics with college students. You do not need to be a member of Alpha Sigma Alpha to apply.  

Applications will be accepted until Friday, May 2, 2025. Applicants will hear of their application status before the end of May 2025.  

Selected facilitators will be expected to fulfil the volunteer commitments listed on the application, including completion of the Behind Happy Faces Advisor Resource Series and attending a live virtual training in the summer of 2025.  

If you have additional questions regarding this volunteer role, contact Allison Ball, program coordinator for more information.