Youth Safety and Equity Info-Zines | Stop Sexual Assault in Schools

The Youth Safety and Equity Info-Zines project invites you to transform important information about safety, relationships, and education equity into creative zines that educate communities and ignite change!

Participants will create zines with information from Stop Sexual Assault in Schools (SSAIS) toolkits and webpages (listed below), photocopy them, and distribute them in their communities. Zines can also be shared to the SSAIS Youth Safety and Equity Info-Zines webpage for download and additional distribution. View our growing gallery here.

Creators of outstanding zines will receive special recognition/prizes. Zine authors may have their first name, club, or organization’s logo on the zine and/or SSAIS website. This is an ongoing project. Get started anytime!

Participants:

Youth age 12+, adult allies, members of school clubs, college students, teachers, librarians, school counselors, youth-serving community organizations, national nonprofits, gender equity advocates, and everyone passionate about youth well-being and/or equity in education.

Materials:

8 x 11- inch paper
Black pen or fine-point sharpie
Stapler
Optional: colored paper for cover, items for collage before photocopying.
Zines should be easy to photocopy in black and white unless color printing is available.

Size:

Half-page or quarter-page zines, 6 pages minimum (including cover). Mini-zines will also be accepted.

Learn how to fold zines here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZAtGPlMHBoQ
Cover art (optional) https://www.youtube.com/watch?

Prizes:

Outstanding zines may receive recognition and prizes ranging from $25–$150. Participants may also submit blogs or short reels describing how they distributed their zine and the impact it had in their community. Contact us to learn more about blog and reel requirements. Participants may request a certificate of achievement for their resumes and earn community service hours!

Submission instructions:

Create your zine pages.
Scan or photograph the pages before folding them.
Please send SSAIS a scan of each page before folding so that we can post it on our website for download (optional but encouraged).
Fill out the submission form for each zine.
Email the images as an attachment to info@stopsexualassaultinschools.org.
Submit one zine per email.

New to zines? Watch our video.

Questions? Email us!

Ideas for distribution:

school libraries or counseling offices
student club tables
community centers or youth organizations
classroom resource folders
digital sharing through school newsletters or social media
person-to-person

Content:

Create zines with information from SSAIS toolkits and illustrated Power Topics on the website here or select their PDFs linked below. Click on the hyperlinked title below to use text-only content.

Wellness and Safety Zines

Acquaintance Rape and Rape Myths PDF

Alcohol and Date Rape Drugs PDF

Boundaries and Consent PDF

Know What to Do When Sexually Assaulted PDF Factsheet

Sexual Harassment and Assault Happen to Males Too! PDF

Sexual Harassment and Assault of Students with Disabilities PDF

Sexual Harassment Defined and its Impact on Students PDF

Sexual Misconduct by School Employees PDF

Teen Dating Violence PDF

What is Sextortion? PDF

Equity and Advocacy Zines