The REES Community

In this episode of The REES Community, REES founder Mary Lobson is joined by Dan Galpern, CEO of DanceOne to learn about the Keep Kids Safe initiative and their commitment to creating a holisitic approach to safety and well-being in the dance community. Mary and Dan discuss the new partnership between REES and DanceOne and opportunities to collaborate across the dance industry to foster a speak up...

On episode 3 of The REES Community, Mary Lobson welcomes Tracey Vitchers, the executive Director of It’s On Us for an inspiring discussion of how guided and peer-to-peer education on college campuses helps shift students’ perspective on what sexual violence looks like and how to respond to it. Mary and Tracey discuss the positives and the challenges of peer-to-peer education and the experience for...

Kenyora Parham, CEO of End Rape on Campus (EROC), is our next guest in The REES Community! This discussion with Kenyora and Mary Lobson explores the origins of EROC going back to the documentary The Hunting Ground and charts its evolution to present-day initiatives. From the Campus Accountability Map and Tool to the Student Survivor Caucus, EROC programming is helping to set a new standard for dat...

In the first entry of The REES Community, REES founder Mary Lobson is joined by Camille Schoeffel to learn from her experience advocating for the prevention of sexual violence in Australia and beyond! Mary and Camille discuss the founding story of The STOP Campaign and Camille’s journey from advocacy to action, what Camille learned in her Churchill Fellowship about how countries around the world a...