Today finds me crawling out of blog hibernation to point ya’ll to the latest installment of “College Boys Just Want to Have Fun…By Demeaning Women and Making Jokes About Rape.” Today’s episode takes place at the University of Vermont, where a puzzling and revolting survey was recently distributed to the brothers of Sigma Phi Epsilon. [...]

Obviously, we at SAFER appreciate that with the increased federal attention to the issue of campus sexual violence, increased media attention has followed. More stories heard—and more survivors given the opportunity to speak out—means that more assaults will be reported, more activists will be driven to action, more schools will feel the pressure to respond, and [...]

Petitions can be a great tool to show the strength (in numbers!) behind your campaign. During SAAM, I highlighted a couple of Change.org petitions that were focused on campus sexual assault policies. This week I was alerted to another, this time from the community at California Polytechnic, where three rapes have been reported just this May . Two of [...]

As you probably know by now, on Monday the Obama Administration and Office of Civil Rights released new “ regulatory guidance on how colleges and universities must respond to campus sexual assaults .” NPR does a great job of breaking down the doc’s main points . It’s a 19 page document that I’m not going to do a full [...]

This was posted originally by SAFER Communications Co-Coordinator Megan at Change Happens One of the great things about social media is the way that, to a certain extent, it has democratized public conversations. I think this is especially true when it comes to experiences that are hidden or marginalized, such as sexual assault or the decision to [...]

Amanda Hess has been doing a great job of covering the activists at American University who are pushing the school to sign off on a VAWA grant that will fund the school to improve their sexual assault resources. As Selena mentioned , the grant application was being blocked because the Vice President refused to sign off on mandating [...]

This post was written by SAFER’s awesome intern Avanti and originally published at Change Happens After thinking about what consent means for  people with disabilities , I want to explore other often marginalized identities and discuss how campus sexual assault policies use (or don’t use) lesbian, gay, bisexual, queer transgender and gender non-conforming inclusive language. Let’s begin with some [...]

For the past ten years, April has been known as Sexual Assault Awareness Month. This year, SAFER decided we wanted to take a slightly different approach. We’re recognizing this April as Sexual Assault ACTIVISM Month , and we’re asking students and their allies to join us in pledging to take concrete steps toward holding their schools and [...]

For the past ten years, April has been known as Sexual Assault Awareness Month. This year, SAFER decided we wanted to take a slightly different approach. We’re recognizing this April as Sexual Assault ACTIVISM Month , and we’re asking students and their allies to join us in pledging to take concrete steps toward holding their schools and [...]

I posted this a week or so ago on Change Happens and forgot to share it here! I found this sign in an NYU bathroom stall: Instead of “watch your drink,” this poster focuses on knowing your own limits, “communicating clearly and vocally about your sexual desires” and being prepared with contraception. Unbelievably refreshing message from a [...]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gaxBR1AiFS4&feature=player_embedded Students at Wesleyan and Oberlin made these great videos in support of Planned Parenthood. Check them out, and look below the cut for the explanation from the Wesleyan students.

A message from students at Wesleyan University in Connecticut: In order to “balance the budget” the House of Representatives recently announced the intention to strip all [...]

I came to my computer today ready to write an incensed post about how the De Anza civil trial is playing out, to find that Cara at The Curvature had me covered. Please read her post for the full update on the trial, but beware the depressing amount of victim-blaming/”slut-shaming” involved in this case. Last year, [...]

On Thursday I briefly mentioned the protests going on at Dickinson College, but by Friday the protesting students were getting some major coverage! Both Jezebel and Philly.com ran stories about the students’ demands, which include:

1. Full transparency of the sexual misconduct policy process 2. The Department of Public Safety must send red alerts to the whole campus when [...]