I just wanted to make sure our loyal readers have seen this great feature article on RH Reality Check written by SAFER’s all-star board member and awesome blogger, Sarah! Sarah is responding to the recent report by the Center for Public Integrity on campus sexual assault (Part 2 was just released).
A little tidbit from the article:
For the past twenty years, experts on sexual assault, victims’ advocates, and students and their parents have repeatedly called on colleges and universities to take rape seriously and live up to the standards that, beginning with 1990’s Campus Security Act, have been outlined in Federal law. And for the past 20 years most schools have not been paying attention. Last week the Center for Public Integrity (CPI) launched the second series in a three-part investigative report on campus sexual assault, exposing what they call the “culture of indifference” on college campuses that allows perpetrators to go unpunished and re-traumatizes rape survivors. Indifference may indeed be putting it nicely…
…As a Board member of Students Active for Ending Rape (SAFER), a national nonprofit that provides resources to college students who are trying to change how their school prevents and responds to sexual violence, I’m unfortunately not surprised by the CPI findings. SAFER repeatedly hears from student survivors struggling to navigate the complicated process of getting support and seeking justice, and who are often left to fend for themselves…
Check out the rest of the article and leave a comment to let our friends at RH Reality Check know how you feel about it!
