Violence Prevention Programs and Camp Safe Berks From Safe Berks
The Education and Outreach Department at Safe Berks offers free programs that raise awareness of domestic violence and sexual assault and work to prevent it, and it runs Camp Safe Berks, a free week-long summer day camp. Safe Berks, formerly Berks Women in Crisis, is the Reading agency that supports victims of domestic violence and sexual assault.
Camp Safe Berks is called A Teen Alliance to End Violence. It brings together Berks County youth and adults to form alliances of support that promote peace and justice in schools and communities. The camp begins the process of developing youth as leaders in oppression work and is built on the principle that violence is anything that hinders, limits or damages us as human beings, including not only direct hurt but the long-term internalized effects of that hurt. Through the week the camp focuses on several oppressions including Adultism, Racism, Sexism, Heterosexism and Classism, and participants gain a deeper understanding of the role oppression plays as a root cause of violence in our society.
Participants take part in open discussions and group activities that build over the week and are designed to cultivate empathy and acceptance of differences in others. They also learn and develop the skills to see, understand and address social injustice, and to build strategies to be promoters of peace and justice in their own schools and communities.
To learn more about the Education and Outreach Department and the free services available, contact Ashley Moyer, Director of Education and Outreach Programs, at 610-370-7811, ext. 132, or AshleyM@SafeBerks.org. The department's 2023 education and outreach curriculum and a bilingual brochure are both posted on safeberks.org.
Safe Berks staff also share information about the agency's free services by staffing tables at community events. To request Safe Berks staff at an event, contact Erica Caceres, Interim Director of Development, at ericac@safeberks.org or 610-373-1206 x 116.
All Safe Berks services are provided free of charge, are strictly confidential, and are available in English and Spanish. The main office is at 255 Chestnut Street, Reading, PA 19602, and 610-373-1206 is the general office number.
The page does not say what dates Camp Safe Berks is held, what ages may attend, where it takes place, or how to sign up, so ask when you get in touch. It also does not give hours for the education programs or describe how a school or group requests one.
If you need help now, Safe Berks answers a free 24-hour hotline at 844-789-SAFE, or you can text SAFE BERKS to 20121. Help on the hotline is available in English and Spanish.
Source: safeberks.org/services/education-outreach, read October 3, 2026.
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Camp Safe Berks is a free week-long summer day camp which brings together Berks County youth and adults to form alliances of support that promote peace and justice in our schools and communities. Camp Safe Berks begins the process of developing youth as leaders in oppression-work and is built on the principle that violence is anything that hinders, limits, or damages us as human beings, including not only direct hurt but the long-term internalized effects of that hurt. Throughout the week we…
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