Jennifer Schweer
Jen is a licensed professional counselor in the District of Columbia and a SAVRAA*trained DC Sexual Assault Counselor who provides confidential services to survivors and those who support them.
Additionally, she provides outreach, education, training, and programming around all issues of sexual assault, stalking, harassment and other forms of power-based violence. Jen has been a member of the DC Sexual Assault Response Team and the DC Sexual Assault Victims Rights Amendment Act Task Force. In addition to her work as a counselor and advocate for survivors of violence, she is also an adjunct faculty member in the Georgetown Women’s and Gender Studies Department where she teaches a class on gender violence and she is a fellow and with the The Engelhard Project for Connecting Life and Learning.
Jen began her work over 20 years ago as an advocate and counselor within a community based domestic violence and sexual assault crisis center, a place that has helped shape her understanding of these issues and continues to inform her work to this day.