What is pissing Meg off?

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).

In this episode, we chat with our very own Executive Director, Meg Hatch. -Meg has overall strategic and operational responsibility for SAPARS staff and programs. She is also responsible for executing SAPARS mission and ensuring the sustainability of the organization. Meg loves supporting the board and staff in the critical work that SAPARS does in our communities. When she isn't working, Meg enjoys spending time outside (running, hiking, swimming, camping, kayaking, and going to the coast) and being with friends and family.

Heather sort of jokingly titled this podcast “What is pissing Meg off today?” and we feel like I should provide our listeners some context behind that.

One quality of our Director is her ability to filter out “Noise” and provide perspective. Personally, I’m a bit of a hyper-focusing person and can get stuck and mad. Meg is either or both- a duck, in that a lot just rolls off and/or she’s just really good at not allowing us to worry until we actually have something to worry about. She also doesn’t get too fired up unless it’s really worthy of getting fired up about.

Because of these qualities- we thought it would be a great idea to sort of collect within a conversation- What is pissing Meg off today- highlighting today, because the world changes rapidly and this answer might change tomorrow.

Tune in to see what has Meg fired up.