Addressing Sexual Misconduct and Abuse in Schools with Compassion, Integrity and Clarity
Learning Courage gives school leaders the tools they need to reduce the number of incidents and respond appropriately when they do occur.
Connecting schools with ground-breaking programs, best practices and both human and academic resources will prevent incidents and minimize trauma from each occurrence.
Learning Courage is a nonprofit membership organization that works with K12 independent schools to reduce incidents, improve responses and support healing from sexual misconduct and abuse by guiding and advising on best practices, tools and resources.
Founded by survivors, Learning Courage understands both the institutional challenges and the importance of keeping survivors at the center of the process, whether the misconduct occurred recently or in the past.
Listen to Learning Courage’s CEO, Jamie Forbes, from the TEDx stage as he discusses what he has learned about the power of shame from his own experience of childhood sexual abuse. These and other insights inspired him to work with schools to reduce and respond to sexual misconduct in ways that minimizes harm and maximizes healing.
Hear from from our member schools how we work with them by first understanding who they are and what they have done to reduce and respond to sexual assault in the past. We think of this as "meeting schools where they are". But don't just take it from us, listen to what they have to say about how we partner with schools and the impact it has on their entire community.
Membership
Learning Courage gives school leaders the tools they need to reduce the number of incidents and respond appropriately when they do occur.
Help reduce the trauma from sexual misconduct and abuse in schools. We’re building a resource that collects and shares best practices for prevention and response for school leaders so they can reduce incidents and support healing when it does occur. Your donation helps us build this critical tool.
“Marin Country Day is a Founding Member of Learning Courage because keeping students safe is one of our greatest concerns. We recognize the importance of knowing the most current thinking for reducing and responding to incidents of sexual misconduct in schools. That’s exactly what Learning Courage gives us."
“Learning Courage is exactly what school leaders need so they can plan with confidence and respond quickly, knowing they are using the best practices."
“Learning Courage fills a crucial hole in the response to Sexual Misconduct that has been an enormous obstacle: an accurate, compassionate and LONG term, BIG picture solution to this chronic issue. This organization is one that I feel confident in fully standing behind."
"My work with survivors of sexual misconduct asked more of me than anything I'd previously done or imagined. It was also a privilege to be afforded the responsibility to do it as well as possible. I only wish that I had met the team at Learning Courage before taking on the work; their wisdom, compassion, and commitment to supporting school leaders in keeping students safe will serve generations of individuals and school communities to come."
Learning Courage membership gives your school timely, relevant and vital information about how to reduce sexual misconduct and respond appropriately to incidents when they do occur.
