Our Story  

1 in 5 young women will be a victim of sexual assault during college.

We are sick and tired of this behavior. Aren't you? We can all do better to prevent sexual assault and dating violence BEFORE it happens. 

We know that close relationships are the cornerstone of college life. We designed this App to highlight these bonds, and link you to your friends and the people you love, to help prevent violence, get home safely, and look out for each other. To make sure that no one suffers needlessly and to prevent violence before it happens.

To do this, we created the Circle of 6 mobile app and are determined to make it FREE.

Our goal is to get the app in the hands of 30,000 college students by the end of 2012.

The Apps Against Abuse challenge had NO CASH PRIZE. Our amazing team is left to our own devices to raise the funds.

Here's the deal: We are COUNTING ON 2500 donors to give $10 each. To do that, use the Share Tools to tell 10 (or 100!) people you know about Circle of 6. And then, they can each tell 10, and another 10 and so on.

Circle of 6 is a White House award-winning app. Vice President Joe Biden called on us as software innovators to harness the power of mobile tech to prevent dating violence and abuse among students aged 16-24.

Nancy Schwartzman is the director of the cutting edge documentaries “The Line” and “xoxosms.” She is the Founder and Executive Director of The Line Campaign, a non-profit that creates original media to inspire action to end sexual violence. www.whereisyourline.org.

Deb Levine, Exec. Director and Founder of ISIS, a non-profit organization using social and mobile media for sexual and reproductive health, and the development of healthy relationships.  www.isis-inc.org

Christine Corbett Moran is an engineer, artist and dilettante. She is CEO and Co-founder of Kliq, a mobile startup, a freelance iPhone developer, organizer at TedXZurich, and working on her PhD in theoretical physics. www.kliq.in

Thomas Cabus is an award-winning photographer, art director and motion graphics designer. His clients range from Warner Bros. to Orange. Prior, he worked as a Senior Designer at Oracle. www.thomascabus.fr

IMPACT

Circle of 6 has been recognized by the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP) and US Department of Health and Human Services. We've also received significant media buzz in Marie-Claire, The New York Daily News, Christian Science Monitor, and the official Apple blog.

More than 3200 individuals have already taken our Facebook pledge that says
“I won’t let violence happen in my circle” 

 THE CIRCLE  OF 6 APP IS OFFERED FREE TO ALL!

 What We Need

We have an  ambitious campaign to reach 30,000 U.S. students in 2012-- young women and men. We need your support to finish the initial release for iPhone (slated for February 2012) and to develop the Droid version. We are planning a college tour of 300 campuses for 2012 and need funds for travel, speaker fees, and materials. 

We are looking for 2500 people to donate $10 each; OR 25 people to donate $1,000 each.

How You Can Help

• Take the pledge to end violence in your community - www.facebook.com/Circleof6

• Use IndieGoGo share tools to reach out to your friends and ask them to donate.

• Download the app, starting February 2012 at open.gov and circleof6app.com

• Hook us up to your company's matching plan, CSR folks, or volunteer pool - email circleof6app@gmail.com