I am grateful for this student’s discovery during my assembly yesterday in Indiana.
The school brings me every year to speak with the entire high school.
- 95% said they are more likely to ask first.
- 99% said they are more likely to proactively intervene for others.
- 99% said they now have a deeper understanding for why their values matter more than what others want of them.
About Mike Domitrz
Mike Domitrz is a Hall-of-Fame Speaker, author, subject matter expert, and founder of The Center for Respect who helps middle schools, high schools, universities, organizations, and the military build cultures rooted in consent, respect, honoring boundaries, bystander intervention, sexual assault prevention, and healthy relationships.
Schools and clients rave how he has a one-of-a-kind skill of being able to engage each audience and each audience member at exactly where they are in their lives. And he does so with an energy rarely seen combined with a deep passion and love for the mission. More than 98% of audience members report they will be changing their own choices after hearing Mike speak.
For over 30 years, he has equipped audiences of all ages with essential real-world tools. Known as one of the first pioneers on teaching consent in the early 1990s, his “Ask First & Respect the Answer” philosophy to consent spread throughout the world. Mike transforms how people engage with each other, stand up for each other, and raise their own standards.
Why does Mike have such a deep passion? For Mike, this work is personal. In 1989, he received a phone call that the youngest of his sisters had been sexually assaulted. That moment would change their lives. A year later at 20-years-old, Mike discovered a way he could try to make a positive impact – by speaking in schools. He continues that mission to this day.