Home / BlogNew York Just Passed a Bill to Protect Minors from Unsafe AI Chatbots. When a teenager is scared that they crossed a line with a friend or partner, they usually have three options. They can open ChatGPT and hope for honest advice. They can fall down a Reddit rabbit hole. Or they can…
Home / BlogWhy Students Walk Out: The Westlake High Protest and the Power of Youth Activism What happens when schools fail to protect survivors? Students lead the way. The Walkout at Westlake High On May 2, 2025, students at Westlake High School in Thousand Oaks, California, took a bold stand against what they describe as…
Home / BlogTennessee Bill to Guarantee Teen Rape Kits Fails in Committee With the bill’s defeat, Tennessee remains one of only three states forcing minors to get parental consent for forensic exams. What Just Happened in Tennessee In April 2025, Tennessee lawmakers debated Senate Bill 1382, a proposal that would have allowed rape survivors under…
Home / BlogConsent Education Wins in Indiana After Students Speak Out After protests from students, teachers, and parents — Indiana restores consent education to school bill. What Happened in Indiana Earlier this year, Indiana lawmakers quietly removed consent education from a proposed sex ed bill — a decision that sparked immediate outrage. Parents, educators, advocates,…
Home / BlogWhy Is Consent Education Being Removed from Sex Ed Laws? Indiana lawmakers removed consent education from state sex ed laws. Here’s why that’s dangerous — and how SafeBAE is working nationally to protect students. In April 2025, Indiana lawmakers quietly made a dangerous change to the state’s sex education legislation: they removed the…
Home / BlogA Future Without the Department of Education: What We Must Do Now Without federal leadership, protecting students falls to all of us—parents, educators, and students alike. Written By Founding Executive Director – Shael Norris Protecting Students in a Post-Department of Education Era As we begin to process the possibility of a country without the…
Home / BlogHomewood-Flossmoor High School Settles $3.5M Lawsuit Over Mishandling Sexual Assault Case Amayah Blair fought for justice. Schools should be fighting to prevent harm in the first place. The Cost of Ignoring Survivors: Schools Keep Paying, But Students Keep Suffering When a school fails a survivor, who really pays the price? This week, Homewood-Flossmoor…
Home / BlogOklahoma Judge Dismisses R*pe Case Against Sperry High School Students If the legal system won’t protect survivors, who will? When the Law Fails Survivors in Oklahoma Oklahoma has long been at the center of controversial legal decisions when it comes to sexual violence—but the latest ruling in the Sperry High School case has…
Home / BlogIn a Time of Federal Cutbacks, Students Are Demanding Consent Education—We Need to Keep Showing Up Middle schoolers at the NYC GSA Summit proved these conversations matter. The Next Generation is Showing Up for Consent Education When we walked into the NYC GSA Summit at LaGuardia High School, we expected to see a…