Mission
End Rape on Campus (EROC) works to end campus sexual violence through direct support for survivors and their communities; prevention through education; and policy reform at the campus, local, state, and federal levels.
Vision
We envision a world in which each individual has an educational experience free from violence, and until then, that all survivors are believed, trusted, and supported.
Approach
Direct Support
EROC directly assists student survivors and their communities. Our work includes, but is not limited to, establishing support networks, filing federal complaints, and mentoring student activists. We help students organize for change on campus as well as work with administrators to ensure best practices are in place and enforced. Though we are not mental health or legal professionals, we are able to connect survivors to our growing network of mental health professionals and lawyers as needed.
Education
EROC trains and develops resources for staff, students, groups, and individuals on how to prevent sexual assault and support survivors, as well as the rights of students under applicable federal and state laws. EROC also provides media trainings to journalists on how to appropriately cover topics related to sexual violence.
Policy Reform
EROC advocates for fair and equitable sexual assault and interpersonal violence policies and legislation on the campus, local, state, and federal levels. We support reforms that ensure holistic support for all survivors, statewide affirmative consent standards, and federal accountability for Title IX, Title II, and Clery Act enforcement.
OUR TEAM
Kenyora Lenair Parham, MSW
Chief Executive Officer & Board Chair
(pronouns: she/her)
Kenyora Lenair Parham is a highly accomplished Chief Executive Officer of End Rape On Campus (EROC). With a passion for empowerment and resilience, Kenyora believes in leading by example and encourages individuals to “walk in their own truth with the courage to love themselves first, then others.” Kenyora has an extensive background of over a decade working with youth and families, college students and administrators, as well as community and government leaders. She has collaborated with prominent figures such as the late Mayor Thomas M. Menino of Boston, MA, and Congresswoman Ayanna Pressley in her former role as the Boston City Councilwoman.
Kenyora’s diverse professional background encompasses roles within non-profit organizations and higher education institutions, including positions at Brandeis University, Strong Women, Strong Girls, and Simmons University. Currently, she holds a position on the advisory board of Culture of Respect, a NASPA initiative. Kenyora is also a co-founder of Students Rise International. In her most recent engagements, she served as the President of the African-American Alumnae/i Association of Simmons University, Vice-Chair of The Institute for Research on Male Supremacism, an Advisory Board member of The Every Voice Coalition, and as part of the Alumni Association Board at Boston University’s School of Social Work.
In addition to her professional accomplishments, Kenyora holds a Certificate in Community Leadership and Social Change from the Jonathan M. Tisch College of Civic Life at Tufts University through the Institute for Nonprofit Practice. She is also a Founder of their CFP Ambassador program. In 2016, Kenyora was recognized as a finalist for the EXTRAordinary Women campaign led by the Mayor’s Office of Women’s Advancement in Boston, MA. In 2021, she was honored as a “Leader on Fire” by IGNITE National during Sexual Assault Awareness Month. Additionally, she is a 2023 Roddenberry Foundation Fellow.
Kenyora is a respected voice on the topic of campus sexual violence and has been featured on various media platforms, podcasts, and conferences. Her work has been recognized by ABCNews, 19th News, Newsy, USA Today, No Grey Zone, Shushbox, SXSWedu, Institute on Violence, Abuse & Trauma, National Women’s Studies Association Conference, The Representation Project, Phillips Exeter’s inaugural Sexual Assault Summit, and Georgetown Day School’s Summit on Consent and Sexual Assault. She has written for esteemed publications such as Ms. Magazine, Forbes, Medium, and Times Union.
Kenyora is a proud alumna of Girls Inc. of Lynn, MA, and member of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Incorporated. She resides in Atlanta, GA and a proud cat mom.
BOARD OF DIRECTORS
Tarana Burke
Board Vice Chair
Founder + Chief Vision Officer, me.too International
For more than 25 years, activist, advocate, and author Tarana J. Burke has worked at the intersection of sexual violence and racial justice. Fueled by commitments to interrupt sexual violence and other systemic inequalities disproportionately impacting marginalized people, particularly Black women and girls, Tarana has created and led various campaigns focused on increasing access to resources and support for impacted communities, including the ‘me too.’ Movement, which has galvanized millions of survivors and allies around the world, and the me too. International nonprofit organization, founded in 2018. Her New York Times bestselling books You Are Your Best Thing and Unbound have illuminated the power of healing, vulnerability, and storytelling in the movement to end sexual violence.
Karla Arango
Board Secretary
Program Logistics Coordinator, Cincinnati Youth Collaborative
Karla Arango is a first generation Cuban-American who has discovered her voice through advocacy. During her time at Northern Kentucky University, she helped develop trainings and programming for interpersonal violence prevention on the local and national scale. She is an alumna of the EROC Student Survivor Caucus and had continued her advocacy for sexual assault prevention through helping other survivors share their stories.
Sarah Colomé
Board Treasurer
CEO & Founder, Collective Futures LLC
Sarah brings a passion for collective liberation to all aspects of her work. Catalyzed by her commitment to advancing liberatory frameworks, she founded Collective Futures LLC in 2021 with the mission to support organizations in building value-driven capacity for community-centered social change. With more than a decade of experience in the movement to end violence, she has bolstered the capacity of organizations as a strategist, trainer, TA provider, policy advisor, and educator. During her tenure as the Director of the Women’s Resources Center at the University of Illinois, she oversaw the Center’s three key divisions: gender equity, sexual misconduct prevention, and advocacy and support. Through this role she secured the institution’s first OVW Campus Program grant and created the nationally recognized Embedded Confidential Advisor Model in collaboration with two campus cultural centers. Prior to Illinois, she served as the Manager of Break the Cycle’s Capacity Building Program, focusing on preventing and addressing gender-based violence among young people 12-24, across the nation.
As a community-centered educator and capacity builder, Sarah has presented across the globe and collaborated with a diverse group of partners such as Freeform, Johns Hopkins University, NASPA, Alpha Chi Omega, the National Organization for Victim Assistance, and the Center for Justice Innovation. She has also managed three OVW technical assistance projects supporting grantees with a focus on youth-led approaches that center marginalized communities. Building on her experiences as a domestic violence and sexual assault survivor advocate, Sarah currently serves the Co-Chair of Legislative Landscape and Position Statements for the Campus Advocates and Prevention Professionals Association (CAPPA), and on the Editorial Board for the Journal of Women and Gender in Higher Education. Her writing has been featured in Ms. Magazine and the Journal of Pediatric Health Care, and in 2015 was selected as an International Delegate to the Centre Hubertine Auclert in Paris.
Jennifer M. Gómez
Board Member
Assistant Professor, Boston University School of Social Work
Jennifer M. Gómez, Ph.D., is an Assistant Professor in the School of Social Work at Boston University (BU), Faculty Affiliate at the Center for Innovation in Social Work & Health at BU, Board Member and Chair of the Research Advisory Committee at the Center for Institutional Courage, Member of the Advisory Committee of the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, & Medicine (NASEM) Action Collaborative on Preventing Sexual Harassment in Higher Education, and Board Member of End Rape On Campus (EROC). She created cultural betrayal trauma theory (CBTT) as a Black feminist framework for researching the impact of violence on Black and other marginalized peoples within the context of inequality. In addition to her book, “The Cultural Betrayal of Black Women & Girls: A Black Feminist Approach to Healing from Sexual Abuse” (American Psychological Association; 2023), she has published over 100 peer-reviewed journal articles, book chapters, other scholarly writings, professional development documents, and public scholarship.
Amy Kingman
Board Member
President, Amy Kingman Consulting
Amy has over 20 years of experience in the social sector, specifically in grant-making, fundraising, and strategic planning. As a consultant, she works with foundations on developing and implementing deeply impactful giving strategies. She has extensive experience with NextGen engagement, implementing a trust-based approach to giving, and refining and evaluating grant-making. For nonprofits, she provides fundraising strategy, executive coaching and hiring, and board development.
Prior to launching her own consulting firm, she was the chief executive for two private family foundations funded by Doris Buffett: The Learning by Giving Foundation and Letters Foundation. In 2018, she was honored as one of Boston’s “40 under 40” for expanding and diversifying Doris’ philanthropy. While at Learning by Giving, she oversaw a national program that taught philanthropy to 1,000 young adults annually. Simultaneously, she led the Letters Foundation, a direct philanthropy program to help families who have experienced a financial crisis get back on their feet. In four years, the Letters Foundation team deployed almost $10M to individuals and families and published Letters to Doris, a book exploring the impact of cash assistance.
She holds a Masters in Social Policy and Practice from the University of Pennsylvania.
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