Our Mission

1. Start the conversation

Sexual violence is everywhere, and it is here too. Testimony from students in the Monadnock region, regional data, and our research proves this.

That is why it is our shared mission to uproot the issue in our community with hopes to inspire others to do the same. Let's start talking about consent and sex and relationships and rape in a way that is effective and lasting.

2. Oversee the implementation of our comprehensive consent-ed curriculum at ConVal High School

As of May, 2022, HB1263 is signed into NH State law! This bill makes it mandatory for public schools in NH to include sexual violence prevention, interpersonal violence, and consent in their health curriculums. Students must be competent in these topics to graduate, which is something ESVOC has been fighting towards for years. 

Our message: The lack of age-appropriate consent education is responsible for generations that don’t understand consent and its importance. While schools often teach about sexually transmitted diseases and basic sexual anatomy, it is NOW required that schools discuss consent and sexual violence prevention. 

Our goal: To implement our (or other equally comprehensive curricula) research-based consent curriculum at ConVal. In 2022, health administrators agreed to adopt elements of the curriculum at ConVal. We learned in the Fall of 2022 that these promises were not kept. Help us hold CV and schools responsible for meeting our state mandate. For more information on the curriculum and research, email reagan.riffle@gmail.com or loriensagetyne@gmail.com

3. Anonymously distribute menstrual and sexual healthcare products shame-free and at no cost

Through our Sexual Healthcare Anonymous Distribution Effort (SHADE), we at ESVOC want all of our followers to have access to safe, free, and effective sexual healthcare products, without the stigma and shame attached to purchasing them in person. This is why we have chosen to direct our funds towards providing our followers with products like condoms, pregnancy tests, and menstrual care products.

We offer a variety of small-ticket and large-ticket items and are always open to specific requests. To learn more about the products we offer, how to place an order, and anonymous delivery options, visit our SHADE page.

We aim to expand SHADE to reach more parts of NH on the seacoast, in the North, and greater-Cheshire region. If you are interested in assisting this cause, please email esvocapril@gmail.com. If you are a business or center looking to host a dispensary location or to promote these resources, please email esvocapril@gmail.com

4. Bring trauma-informed and survivor-centric counseling to the ConVal district

One of the most controversial and unspoken issues regarding the issue of sexual violence is confidentiality. In New Hampshire, all adults are considered mandatory reporters. If there is reason for concern, it is the adult's legal responsibility to report it to law enforcement. In essence, this "see something, say something" philosophy is meant to keep our communities safe and accounted for.

But it can also be the #1 reason why survivors of sexual violence choose not to speak about their trauma - specifically minors.

If a minor chooses to tell somebody about their trauma, the institution of mandatory reporting immediately gives the survivor a new objective. Their case must be reported to law enforcement, the parents must be informed (as they hold legal responsibility over the minor), basic questioning must occur (which includes the victims' repeated recount of their trauma), and although it is ultimately the minor's decision whether or not they want the other party to be involved or to press charges, all of this chaos happens before the survivor is given basic counseling or time to unpack with a mental health professional. This system; law before survivor, is flawed.

Our message: We want to reverse the priorities for reporting and make reporting a safe, comfortable, and survivor-centric process. By doing this, the stigma and intimidation surrounding reporting is removed for survivors who need help. 

Our goal: Our team plans to advocate for the funding and implementation of a trauma-informed confidentiality counselor in the ConVal district. This role will provide survivors with a way to talk, heal, and ease their way into reporting. Hopefully, this will not only help survivors, but also keep schools and the nation's statistics more honest by allowing survivors to safely report.

5. Bring Restorative Justice initiatives to Hillsborough County and encourage the use of juvenile diversion programs as a means to effectively address offenders of sexual violence

E.S.V.O.C. is a subscribed member of the Citizens for Criminal Justice Reform in New Hampshire. The mission of this group, taken directly from their website is:

"Citizens for Criminal Justice Reform works for a just, humane, and restorative judicial and correctional system by means of research, public education, legislative advocacy, coalition building, community organizing, and litigation. We support rational, cost-effective programs and policies that reduce crime, lower recidivism, and make our society safer."

Our work intersects with theirs; wishing for a future with less focus on punishment, and more on restoring communities affected by the lack of consent education and sexual violence. We advocate for alternative resources for safety other than the police and building community through mutual aid and direct action. 

Are you in?