It has been estimated that one out of every four to six college women experience sexual assault during their college career and eighty-four percent of those assaults are by men they know.

SABER (Sexual Assault Behavior Education Response) is a student organization at UTM whose goal is to promote awareness, prevention and effective response to sexual assault. SABER is dedicated to reducing the amount of sexual abuse on campus.
SABER is looking forward to a very active spring semester and is now ready to do presentations for groups. SABER will be offering a ‘Peer Education Training’ opportunity to students if enough people are interested sometime during spring. The peer education training consists of training sessions that allow students to be able to give presentations about sexual abuse to different organizations and classes. These presentations consist of ways to educate about sexual abuse, how to communicate with others when dealing with sexual issues and skits showing how to react when involved in a high-risk situation.

You do not have to become a peer educator to be involved with SABER. There are many ways that you can help. The organization is always happy to accept new members including students as well as faculty members and encourages people in the community to become involved.

SABER has meetings every first and third Tuesday of each month at 6p.m. in room 229 in the UC. These meetings usually are brief and informative with different issues discussed and guest speakers.
If you would like to become involved or need more information on SABER you can contact the organizations advisor, Dr. Jennifer Levy, at UTM Counseling and Career Services.

Along with Dr. Levy, students can also contact Nichole Brown, SABER president or Lt. Ray Coleman. You can also visit the SABER Web site at http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/saberutm/.

Brown encourages anyone who can to become involved with SABER and says, “A voice heard is a future saved! Sexual assault steals futures. Your voice makes a difference! Look for big things from SABER this spring.”