Break the Silence or BTS is a peer education organization whose mission is to spread awareness about gender violence including sexual assault, intimate partner abuse, stalking, sexual exploitation, and sexual harassment and to prevent gender violence through healthy sexuality education. BTS facilitates trainings on topics such as sexuality education, consent, sex communication, bystander intervention, relationships, and gender based violence. Their goal is to make their peers feel comfortable, empowered, and educated so that sex and pleasure can become part of everyday conversations.
Website: https://studentaffairs.lehigh.edu/content/break-silence
Contact: inssie@lehigh.edu; 610-758-1303
Timeline: Apply by September 30, 2024
Cost/Funding: No cost/funded through the SSIE office, optional 2 credit peer educator course during spring semester, academic credit can also be offered for a WGSS internship
