2026 KUTZTOWN UNIVERSITY ANNUAL SECURITY REPORT 16 Take Back the Night: This educational event sponsored by the Women’s Center focuses on speaking out about stopping violence within the KU community. This annual in-person event addresses Domestic Violence, Dating Violence and Sexual Assault. It’s On Us Campaign: Kutztown University partners with It’s On Us, a national campaign aimed at changing the culture surrounding campus sexual assault. As one of 28 colleges and universities from across the country as an It’s On Us Campus Innovation Partner School, KU commits to upholding and implementing the three pillars of the It’s On Us campaign: support for survivors of sexual violence, bystander intervention, and consent education. Students are invited to participate in the KU student chapter to support sexual assault prevention initiatives, spread awareness of healthy and unhealthy relationships, educate peers on the reporting process, and how to set personal boundaries. It’s On Us Spring Week of Action: This week-long event series that takes place in both the Fall and Spring semesters intends to educate, engage and empower students and communities to do something big or small to end sexual assault. During the 20252026 academic year, the week of action included: workshops on Bystander Intervention, relationship violence, Survivor Self-Care, Consent education, “Real Talk” about mental health, promotional tables with information where students are invited to take the pledge, the annual Take Back the Night and Clothesline project events, and the Red Flag campaign. The red flag campaign is a visual and interactive campaign to raise awareness around red flags of dating and relationships, and how to get help and find resources. A national speaker presented a program on understanding the intersections of ethnicity, gender identity, and being a survivor. Clothesline Project: sponsored by the Women’s Center, is a visual display of shirts with written messages and illustrations that graphically demonstrate the impact of violence. These shirts are designed by survivors of violence, their families and/or friends. Decoding Health Relationships Classroom Presentations: The Women’s Center staff provides educational presentations to classes on topics of relationship violence and sexual assault. Each year, there are some faculty members who include this presentation in first year seminars or health classes. These workshops include information on relationship violence, different types of abuse, stalking, harassment, sexual assault, rape, consent, victim blaming, rape culture, organizations associated with sexual assault awareness resources on campus and places to report and contact information for various individuals and places. Campus Advocacy Services Via SafeBerks: The KU Women’s Center works with a community partner, Safe Berks, to provide campus advocacy services, which are confidential. Services include review of all reporting options, accompaniment to the Berks County Courthouse to obtain a Protection Order, law enforcement interviews, and Title IX meetings/hearings and referrals to other Berks County support services and resources, as needed. The Women’s Center, LGBTQ+ Resource Center, It’s On Us Student Chapter and the Feminist Majority Leadership Alliance also partner together throughout the academic year to provide a variety of online and printed resources, small group discussions, awareness campaigns, and education through short films and movies on topics of red flags of dating, healthy relationships, and supporting male and LGBTQ+ survivors. “What Were YOU Wearing?” Project: This project is a visual display of survivors’ descriptions of what they were wearing when they experienced sexual violence. The installation asks viewers to consider the amount of self-blame that results from the question: “What were you wearing?”. It is displayed in the Student Union building for one week during the Red Zone, and we also provide informational tables with resources. Safe Berks Silent Witness Project: This program features a display of life-sized red silhouettes which highlight the stories of Berks County citizens who were victims of domestic violence homicide. It is on display
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