Teens are aware of stranger danger from a really young age, but most of them have never thought about misconduct from known adults. Using SafeSport training as a springboard, Coach Libby Boghossian leads in-depth discussions with her Brookline High School rowers about the concepts of consent, power imbalance, and coercion.

Jalen Baldwin, Angelina Koch, and Faby Velazques – our third-annual class of Changemaker Scholars to attend the USRowing Annual Convention – are a young, diverse group, all in the early years of their coaching careers. We talk about the people and ideas that sparked them at the convention, and what they’re exited to put into practice this season.

Corin Wiggins, a recruited coxswain for the Hobart College men’s crew, established @TheBlackCoxswain Instagram account in 2020, in an effort to connect athletes of color in the rowing community. Two years later, she has forged a community of thousands online and on the water.