Exciting news! The Campus SaVE Act has officially received bipartisan support in the Senate! Show your support by heading over to Change.org and signing the petition!
The Chicago Tribune ran a story yesterday about campus sexual assault at Midwestern universities. The article analyzes the problem primarily through the lens of the criminal justice system, focusing upon the fact that arrest and conviction rates for perpetrators on college campuses remain low.
I’ve been meaning to post this for, like, a really long time, but the University of Michigan has a fantastic, comprehensive website that addresses intimate partner violence.
While she believes that sexual assault is a major issue on Australian college campuses, this writer questions the methodology of a recent study which showed that 1 in 6 college women in Australia have been raped.
Campus Progress reports that “Pennsylvania has overturned the conviction of three men who were tried for the sexual assault of a West Chester University student two years ago.” Unsurprisingly, this ruling seems to have been informed by rape myths that, apparently, can’t be debunked enough times.
I haven’t yet finished reading the transcript for this great NPR podcast, but it’s definitely worth checking out. One of the guests points listeners to this amazing website, which is part of End Violence Against Women International’s Start By Believing campaign.
Thanks for providing some great resources here! My company has a free app for download that can help to keep students safe (soslink.com if you’re interested).
Up here in Canada there was an attack on campus in broad daylight at York University. I blogged about it but we’re still trying to spread the message to other campus groups.
As a post-secondary student who has stuck around campus during late hours I know what it’s like to feel a bit unsafe, but hearing about an attack in mid-day, that really shook me up.
Keep spreading the good word; hope to reblog/retweet you soon!
Adam