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The Center for Respect (formerly Date Safe Project) is an anti-sexual assault organization in the United States which provides prevention materials and advocacy programs for middle schools, high schools, universities, community organizations, and the United States Military. Headquartered in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, The Center for Respect addresses consent, sexual assault awareness, bystander intervention, and support for survivors of rape.2 It was founded in 2003.1 Wikipedia text CC BY-SA 4.0

Last updated Oct 21, 2026.

Overview

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The Center for Respect (formerly Date Safe Project) is an anti-sexual assault organization in the United States which provides prevention materials and advocacy programs for middle schools, high schools, universities, community organizations, and the United States Military. Headquartered in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, The Center for Respect addresses consent, sexual assault awareness, bystander intervention, and support for survivors of rape.2

The story

Mike Domitrz became an educator in the field of sexual assault awareness in 1991 after his older sister became a victim of a sexual assault in 1989. In 2003, he founded the organization, The Center for Respect, to help prevent such crimes. The organization helps sexual assault survivors cope with their trauma as well as arranges and gives presentations at schools and military institutions to prevent the issue all together from occurring in the society.

The Center for Respect, has been actively interacting with teenagers, school students, college & university students, Army, Air Force and Navy personnel to in its campaign to help them understand importance of such issues through various events.

The project came into being as a formal and overt start of Mike's initial campaign of dedicated seminars titled "Can I Kiss you?", in 1991, that focused on getting the participants to focus on clear communication via asking first as opposed to mind reading.

As a result of a series of events regarding the cause, the founder Mike Domitrz and The Center for Respect received media attention, interviews and coverage.

From Wikipedia’s article on The Center for Respect, shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.3

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