A State of the State with MECASA's Executive Director, Elizabeth Ward Saxl

Welcome to The Consent Chronicles, a discussion with our collective of Prevention Educators at Sexual Assault Prevention and Response Services. Our agency serves Androscoggin, Oxford, and Franklin Counties in Maine. The intent of our productions is to provide trauma informed information and conversation around the topic of consent.

We recognize that this can be a sensitive topic, so we ask that you take good care of yourself while listening and taking in the conversation. If you are in need of help or someone to talk to at any time the Maine helpline is available at 1-800-871-7741. If you are outside of Maine and need to talk, please contact the national sexual assault helpline at 800.656.HOPE (4673).

Here at Sexual Assault Prevention and Response Services, our agency falls within a coalition of member centers, with the larger coalition organization, MECASA- Maine Coalition Against Sexual Assault, that provides member centers with a host of support, trainings, guidance, policy oversight, and many other functions for our centers and survivors across the state.

In this episode, we are lucky enough to be joined by our very own MECASA Executive Director, Elizabeth Ward Saxl.

Elizabeth has overall strategic and operational responsibility for MECASA’s staff, programs, expansion, and the execution of its mission to end sexual violence in Maine and to support high quality sexual violence prevention and response within Maine’s communities. In addition, she focuses on initiating and advocating for victim-centered public policy at the State House and in other policy arenas.

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To learn more about the Maine Coalition Against Sexual Assault, please visit MECASA.org.

If you have questions about this podcast or our services, visit Sexual Assault Prevention and Response Services.