About

History

The MVRHS SWEAR program started from an internship and senior project from now MVRHS alumni Keila Vecchia-Zeitz. Keila worked with CONNECT to end violence and MVRHS School Adjustment counselor Amy Lilavois to replicate what four boys from Dover-Sherbourne High School created. The four D-S students heard a female friend of their's had been raped while attending college. The boys created an assembly for their school and began advocating for boys and men to get involved in ending gender-based violence. Since 2015, MVRHS SWEAR has joined the campaign to END sexual assault, rape & all gender-based violence. We teach our peers about consent & promote healthy relationships. The MVRHS SWEAR program has grown in number each year and is led predominately by males.

“The reporting rate is even lower in New York City, with an estimated 96% of sexual harassment and 86% of sexual assaults in the subway system going unreported, while in London, where a fifth of women have reportedly been physically assaulted while using public transport, a 2017 study found that 'around 90% of people who experience unwanted sexual behavior would not report it.”

― Caroline Criado-Pérez, Invisible Women: Data Bias in a World Designed for Men

“We talk about how many women were raped last year, not about how many men raped women.” - Jackson Katz

Who we are

Being part of the SWEAR program means you step-down in order to step-in to a world - a perspective, that may be foreign and unknown. Being part of SWEAR means you are willing to learn, to grow and to transcend your awareness of truth. Not only does being part of SWEAR require courage, but most importantly humility. The majority of men are good men. We need to activate all of them in order to end this pandemic of gender-based violence through sexual assault and rape. If still interested then APPLY! Application form is here and below.