05/03/2026
As we step into May, I want to take a moment to reflect on April, Sexual Assault Awareness Month
BGSU Take Back the Night.
This work is about more than acknowledgment, it’s about accountability.
It’s about ending the culture of minimizing harm, dismissing stories and failing to create environments where people feel safe to exist without fear of abuse or harassment.
We have to be intentional about building spaces, workplaces, schools, communities. Where survivors are believed, supported and protected. Where policies aren’t just written, but lived. Where safety isn’t a privilege but a standard.
I’m grateful for institutions and employees, volunteers and students at the Center for Women and Gender Equity at BGSU that continue to create space for survivors and their supporters to come together, to uplift one another, honor those we’ve lost and advocate for a future where this harm no longer exists.
This is ongoing work.