problem

Most of us don’t learn enough about consent in school. In the United States alone, only 13 states mandate comprehensive sex education and 19 states require abstinence only education. Instead, most teach consent through simple phrases like “no means no.” As a result, extensive studies demonstrate that young people struggle to interpret what consent looks like.

our solution

Stories of Consent is an organization devoted to community-based consent education. By sharing personal stories about how affirmative consent looks and feels, Stories of Consent works to make consent education more accessible, actionable, and relatable to young people. With your support, this project can normalize consent as the bare minimum and describe what it actually looks like.

Stories of Consent is fiscally sponsored by SafeBAE, a 501c3 not-for-profit organization working to prevent sexual violence exclusively among middle and high school students in the US.

our impact

Stories of Consent is the first and only international organization that uses a youth-led, peer-education model to provide consent education, particularly in regions without educational mandates. In just a year and a half, they initiated conversations about consent with over 500,000 individuals and have directly collaborated with teachers and students across 14 countries and 31 U.S. states to expand consent education.

about the founders

Emily Bach and Maya Siegel are both survivors and sexual violence prevention advocates. They began working together in 2019 when they started Space to Speak, a digital project that blossomed into a community of around 3,000 young people, predominantly POC survivors, and raised over $118,000 for survivors experiencing domestic violence at the height of the COVID-19 pandemic. Their work has been recognized by the U.S. Dept of State and the National Women’s Health Network. Stories of Consent is an extension of this work and their next initiative aimed at creating a safer world, online and offline.