The swing community continues to deal with issues of sexual assault, rape culture and misuse of positions of power.

NOTE: images of Max Pitruzella and Steven Mitchell are in this video.

Event Codes of Conduct

Lindy Focus http://www.lindyfocus.com/code-of-conduct/
Mobtown Ballroom https://mobtownballroom.com/code
Fog City Stomp http://fogcitystomp.com/code-of-conduct
Boston Lindy Hop http://bostonlindyhop.com/policies.html
A Generic Code of Conduct http://confcodeofconduct.com/

Article: “Safe Conferences are Deliberately Designed” https://medium.com/@jmspool/safe-conferences-are-deliberately-designed-2849b6cd3658

Resources on Sexual Assault

Natl Online Resource Center on Violence Against Women
http://www.vawnet.org/

National Sexual Violence Resource Center
http://nsvrc.org/

New York City Alliance Against Sexual Assault
http://www.svfreenyc.org/survivors.html

Rape, Abuse, and Incest National Network
https://rainn.org/

Bystander Intervention programs/resources
http://www.nsvrc.org/bystander-intervention-campaigns-and-programs

The National Domestic Violence Hotline
http://www.thehotline.org/

Safe Horizon
http://www.safehorizon.org/page/rape-and-sexual-assault-13.html

Resources Specific to Teens and Children
http://www.stopitnow.org/

Places for More Resources and Discussion on Safe Dance Spaces

Safety Dance Facebook group https://www.facebook.com/groups/safety.dance/

Safe Dance Space Tumblr
http://safedancespace.tumblr.com/

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