Students at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign have organized as activists, advocates, and educators to end sexual misconduct. Here are some of the existing registered student organizations doing work around these topics!
Sexual Health Peers
The Sexual Health Peers are a volunteer peer education group that promotes healthy choices related to sexual health and relationships. Their programs are available to any campus or community group and address areas of sexually transmissible diseases, safer sex, relationships and dating, and birth control. They also take part in events such as Breast Cancer Awareness Month, World AIDS Day, and Safe Spring Break. These trained peer educators are great resources for the Illinois community. They welcome interested students at the beginning of fall and spring semester. The group meets every Friday from 1:00-3:00 pm at McKinley, and there are no pre-requisites for joining. All members are trained by the Sexual Health Educator. For more information, contact Kim Rice, Sexual Health Educator at McKinley Health Center, or visit our website.
Amnesty International
Amnesty International is a worldwide organization of more than 2.2 million members working to promote and protect human rights for all people. The UIUC chapter works to carry out this mission through demonstrations, lectures, petitions and letter-writing campaigns to governments at home and abroad. For more information, visit us on Facebook.