“EROS Peer Health Educators offer an array of services such as presentations and consultations, as well as sponsor events on topics covering sexual and relational health. We have the opportunity to provide our community with valuable information in a professional work environment and provide a program that benefits the larger campus community. We are pre-professionals that are highly educated and trained to best guide you with birth control choices and relevant safe-sex practices, inform you about sexually transmitted infections (STIs), and direct you to make healthy decisions about sex, dating, and relationships.”
Cal Poly protests victim blaming by "Walking in her shoes"
“EROS Peer Health Educators offer an array of services such as presentations and consultations, as well as sponsor events on topics covering sexual and relational health. We have the opportunity to provide our community with valuable information in a professional work environment and provide a program that benefits the larger campus community. We are pre-professionals that are highly educated and trained to best guide you with birth control choices and relevant safe-sex practices, inform you about sexually transmitted infections (STIs), and direct you to make healthy decisions about sex, dating, and relationships.”
Eros hosts events throughout the year, including Love Carefully, Freaky Fall, Buck the Stigma, Walk a Mile In Her Shoes, hosted by RISE, STI Awareness Month, and the Well Being Fair, all attempts to increase sexual awareness, knowledge, and acceptance.
Eros hosts events throughout the year, including Love Carefully, Freaky Fall, Buck the Stigma, Walk a Mile In Her Shoes, hosted by RISE, STI Awareness Month, and the Well Being Fair, all attempts to increase sexual awareness, knowledge, and acceptance.
The purpose of Start by Believing is to create a safe environment for victims of sexual assault to talk about their experience, according to its website. The name itself explains its mission — to make sure that victims are heard and sexual assault is not made light of. The Sexual Assault Recovery and Prevention Center (SARP) of San Luis Obispo became involved with Start by Believing first and began working on its local campaign.
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“I hear a lot of Cal Poly students victim blaming and not believing their friends,” Kaviani said. “There’s lots of psychological reasons for that. Lots of times no one wants to think one of their friends would ever do something like this and no one wants to think that it would ever happen to them.” “ “Oftentimes, people can feel really helpless but this gives people a really tangible thing to do — to start by believing.”
Cal Poly is home to an award-winning Peer Health Education program called PULSE. PULSE promotes the support, health, and well-being of all Cal Poly students. Composed of four separate teams, PULSE dedicates its time to different areas of need for students: Sexual Wellbeing (EROS), Mental Wellbeing (REAL), Nutrition (HEAT), and Alcohol & Drug Education (TLC). PULSE requires its members to provide a certification course in BACCHUS, as well as confirming its members are majoring in related areas of study, to ensure their advice will be beneficial and helpful.