SAFER is always looking for passionate young people to write for its blog. If you’re interested in becoming a SAFER blogger, send your resume and a short writing sample to Megan at megan@safercampus.org.
Darci Jenkins is a second year master’s student at the School of Social Service Administration (SSA) at the University of Chicago. Her concentration is social administration and she is interested in research, policy, and advocacy work on anti-violence issues, particularly sexual violence. She is also in the Violence Prevention program of study at SSA, which is the only graduate-level Program of Study in the nation. Her alma mater is the University of New Hampshire where she received a dual bachelor’s in Psychology and Justice Studies. She volunteered at the rape crisis center at UNH for three years. She also interned and worked for a year and a half at the local rape crisis center serving the seacoast in NH. She is extremely passionate about eliminating sexual violence in our communities. She intends to work hard at providing preventative tools to communities in order to prevent sexual violence from plaguing society.
Madalena McNeil is a sophomore at Virginia Tech. She is pursuing a B.A. in International Studies. Madalena is an active member of Sexual Assault and Violence Education by Students, an advocacy program at Virginia Tech. She enjoys writing, traveling, and Hokie football.
Heather Mueller is a recent Ithaca College graduate. Throughout college, she was in a local SAFER organization and, for two of those years, she was Ithaca’s SAFER President. She now lives in in the D.C. Metropolitian Area and works as a consultant at Booz Allen doing Policy Analysis.
Megan McKendry (Blog Manager) is a Master of Public Health Candidate at Columbia University in the City of New York specializing in sexuality and health. She has been working in the fields of sexual and intimate partner violence for nearly five years. Megan is also a sexuality educator, talking to teenagers at alternative high schools throughout New York City about STIs, HIV/AIDS, and safe sex. In her free time, she enjoys snuggling her Chihuahuas, Stewart and Elinor, and reading fantasy fiction.