Students Against the Sexual Solicitation of Youth (SASSY) is committed to raising awareness and transforming public perception of the Commercial Sexual Exploitation of Children (CSEC). SASSY works directly with Girls Educational and Mentoring Services (GEMS), a non-profit agency in New York City, whose mission is to “empower girls and young women, ages 12–24, who have experienced commercial sexual exploitation and domestic trafficking to exit the commercial sex industry and develop to their full potential. GEMS is committed to ending commercial sexual exploitation and domestic trafficking by changing individual lives, transforming public perception, and revolutionizing the systems and policies that impact commercially sexually exploited youth.” SASSY is a program of the David M. Einhorn Center for Community Engagement.

SASSY has engaged with the Cornell community while maintaining and strengthening its relationship with and support for GEMS. SASSY has hosted several workshops, discussions, and movie screenings for the Cornell community.

Learn more on the SASSY CampusGroups website.

Email: sassy@cornell.edu

Publicity Chair - Duties include, but are not limited to, creating advertisements (posters, stickers, Q-Cards, etc.) for different SASSY events, distributing PR on campus, updating the SASSY social media websites/accounts, finding ways to increase SASSY’s presence and visibility both on campus and in the greater Southern Tier area.

Organizational Chair - Duties include, but are not limited to, reserving rooms, managing meeting minutes, managing communication through the SASSY email account as advised, keeping up-to-date written documentation of programs, documents, spreadsheets, and other materials for SASSY, securing and reserving large and small-scale event space on campus.

Community Outreach Chair - Duties include, but are not limited to forging connections with other like-minded Social Justice organizations on campus and in the Southern Tier community, and maintaining correspondence with SASSY members and campus at large.

Students can apply via this Google form: