SafeSport Seeking Athlete to Join Nationwide Study on Abuse
The U.S. Center for SafeSport is launching the 2024 Athlete Culture and Climate Survey, looking for adult athletes at all levels of sport to share their stories of misconduct or abuse in sporting environments.
All submissions to the survey, compiled by Pacific Research and Evaluation, are anonymous. The study will be published ahead of this summer’s Olympics in Paris. SafeSport last conducted a similar survey in 2020 that garnered nearly 4,000 responses.
Interested athletes can find the survey link here. Incidents can be reported here to SafeSport, and SafeSport’s resources are available at its main site.
It’s part of SafeSport’s mission to root out, provide resources and ultimately curtail abuse of athletes in sports settings. It is the U.S.’s only independent organization devoted to finding and preventing abuse of all sorts in American Olympic sports, with athlete wellbeing at its center.
The survey aims to:
- Understanding and assessing adult athlete experiences throughout all levels of sport
- Providing data-driven insights to inform SafeSport’s prevention education work and processes
- Informing the wider sports community about the needs and experiences of athletes
“From the practice field to the podium, SafeSport wants to understand the experiences of athletes at every level,” U.S. Center for SafeSport CEO, Ju’Riese Colon said. “This information is critical to our efforts to change sport culture, and we will use it to guide our processes and prevention strategies.”
About U.S. Center for SafeSport
The Protecting Young Victims from Sexual Abuse and Safe Sport Authorization Act of 2017 codified the U.S. Center for SafeSport (the Center), a Denver, Colorado based 501(c)(3) nonprofit, as the nation’s safe sport organization. It furthered the Center’s independence while underscoring its authority to hold individuals accountable. It also charged the Center with developing policies, procedures, and training to prevent abuse and misconduct to protect the 11 million individuals affiliated with the U.S. Olympic and Paralympic Movement. In October of 2020, the Empowering Olympic, Paralympic, and Amateur Athletes Act of 2020 became law, even further strengthening the Center’s independence and oversight functions while mandating minimum funding requirements for the U.S. Olympic & Paralympic Committee. The Center opened its doors in March of 2017.
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