ATHLETES
Sports have an incredible influence on culture around the world.
You can be a leader in your school community and a role model to others. Athletes hold social capital– they are social influencers. And sexual assault and dating abuse are serious social issues.
School sports can be the place where people come together, team members lift each other up, and good sportsmanship is fostered.
“I feel like a better person.”
—Participant in Athletes as Leaders
Athletes As Leaders
Athletes As Leaders is a gender-inclusive program designed for high school athletes on girls’ sports teams. The program aims to empower student athletes to take an active role in promoting healthy relationships and ending sexual violence. Athletes As Leaders is based on research and best practices in the field of sexual assault prevention. Athletes are encouraged to be leaders in changing peer norms and school climate to a culture of safety and respect. The program is designed to be used in conjunction with programs with intentional efforts to engage men and boys, and athletes on boys’ sports teams.
Coaching Boys into Men
Athletes As Leaders is a gender-inclusive program designed for high school athletes on girls’ sports teams. The program aims to empower student athletes to take an active role in promoting healthy relationships and ending sexual violence. Athletes As Leaders is based on research and best practices in the field of sexual assault prevention. Athletes are encouraged to be leaders in changing peer norms and school climate to a culture of safety and respect. The program is designed to be used in conjunction with programs with intentional efforts to engage men and boys, and athletes on boys’ sports teams.