Empowering Young Men In Ending Sexual Exploitation

Progress Report on the Implementation of

CAASE’s Prevention Curriculum:

Empowering Youth to End Sexual Exploitation

December, 2013

Although the academic year is not quite halfway done, the calendar year is almost over.  As such, it seems like a nice time to reflect on the efforts of the prevention team’s efforts.

In 2013 the prevention educators:

• Facilitated Empowering Young Men to End Sexual Exploitation with 486 young men between the ages of 14 and 18;
• Facilitated Empowering Young Women to End Sexual Exploitation with 407 young women between the ages of 14 and 18;
• Presented workshops on topics such as healthy relationships, sexual harassment, sexual assault, and human trafficking to 1,002 young people between the ages of 14 and 18;
• Maintained partnerships with 15 Chicago high schools;
• Completed the adaptation of the Empowering Youth Curriculum for lower grade levels; and
• Presented on exploitation prevention education work at conferences in five different states and in Canada.

Thank you for your support of our efforts.  This program is continuing to each day, and is now receiving national attention for the innovative way in which it engages young people—especially young men—in a conversation about ending sexual violence and exploitation.  Please continue to support CAASE’s prevention team as we continue to empower the young men and women of Chicago to make a difference.