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By noothernamesleft • 15 years ago

Responding to Campus Sexual Assault: A Simple but Important Way to Get Active

Hi Feministing readers. Everyone has been reading and talking about the Center for Public Integrity report about campus sexual assault, the second installment of which was released last week. When the first part of the report came out, Ann was kind enough to plug a project that V-Day and Students Active for Ending Rape are currently working to get students involved with the issue on their campus. The Campus Accountability Project asks students to take a copy of their school’s sexual assault policy, and use the step-by-step questionairre on SAFER’s site to review the strengths and weaknesses of their school’s policy and programming. These analyses will be submitted to the SAFER/V-Day Campus Sexual Assault Policies Database (must register to view) and maintained there permenently.

Yesterday RH Reality Check put up a feature I wrote on the connection between CPI’s findings and the need for good campus sexual assault policies. Please check it out and consider becoming a part of CAP (if you’re currently a college student—if you’re not, encourage any college students that you know!) Growing this database is important. It’s a great tool for student organizers who are trying to change policy and programming on their campus, but it also plays a big role in promoting administrative transparency and reminding schools that policy matters and people are paying attention to what kinds of attitudes and practices they are promoting.

We have a lot of goals for this database—once it ...

By noothernamesleft • 15 years ago

Now Accepting Submissions for the Feminist Carnival #14!

The next Feminist Blog Carnival is on February 17, and will be hosted by SAFER at our blog, Change Happens . We’ve chosen a theme for this round: Social Justice Organizing . Nominate your favorite activist posts or posts you like over at the blog carnival submit site , and check out the background on the Feminist Carnival here.

Ready, set, blog!

By noothernamesleft • 15 years ago

Bill Passed in the House on Sexual Assault In the Coast Guard; on Cruise Ships

(Cross-posted at SAFER’s blog, Change Happens )

The government works in mysterious ways. For example, you wouldn’t think that the Coast Guard Authorization Bill of 2010 has a whole lot to do with sexual assault. But you, like me, would be oddly wrong.

The bill, HR 3619, was passed in the House on October 23 (votes: 385 to 11), and is now on the Senate’s legislative calendar. The bill authorizes the Coast Guard’s $10 billion 2010 (fiscal year) budget, and two thirds of the budget will reportedly go to “financ[ing] core missions such as searches and rescues, combating drug smugglers and defending the U.S. coast against terrorists.” The bill also “increases Coast Guard personnel by 1,500 positions to a force ...

(Cross-posted at SAFER’s blog, Change Happens )

The government works in mysterious ways. For example, you wouldn’t think that the Coast Guard Authorization Bill of 2010 has a whole lot to do with sexual assault. But you, ...

By noothernamesleft • 15 years ago

We Need Your Vote Once More to Win $10,000

(Cross-Posted from Change Happens )

First things first: PLEASE CLICK HERE AND VOTE FOR SAFER TO WIN $10,000!

You might remember that we entered a contest at the beginning of the month and, thanks to our awesome supporters, made in into the finals. Well as of today the final showdown has begun! All vote counters are turned back to zero, so if you voted the first time please vote again, and if you didn’t get a chance before, we need your help now more than ever! It takes only a couple of minutes to register and open the confirmation email (you can use your old login info if you already registered) but those couple minutes can help us win ...

(Cross-Posted from Change Happens )

First things first: PLEASE CLICK HERE AND VOTE FOR SAFER TO WIN $10,000!

You might remember that we entered a contest at the beginning of the month and, thanks to our ...

By noothernamesleft • 15 years ago

Offensive Advertising on Chicago Buses

Hey Feministing. This is the kind of thing I usually wouldn’t cross post from SAFER’s blog as it doesn’t directly have to do with our work, but a woman in Chicago contacted us trying to raise more attention on the current ad campaign the Chicago Transit Authority has endorsed by allowing the below ads to run on city buses. Please contact them if you’re as angry as we are.

These are the promotional ads for Tucker Max’s new film currently running on the side of some Chicago buses .

A columnist for the Chicago Tribune has also spotted a bus ad that says, “Deaf Girls Can’t Hear You Coming.”

I’m not even going to bother explaining AGAIN why Max’s messages ...

By noothernamesleft • 15 years ago

Was I the Only One Offended By Madonna’s MJ Speech?

So last nignt on the MTV Video Music Awards, Madonna opened the show with a long speech about Michael Jackson. The full text of this speech can be found here . Everyone seems to be talking about how heartfelt it was, what a beautiful tribute, etc etc etc. But frankly, I was shocked, and kind of appalled by the direction she chose to take with it. Because she didn’t just talk about what an amazing artist the man was; she didn’t just share fond personal memories of him. She stood up there and made a speech that basically proclaimed him innocent of the crimes he was never proved to have or have not committed. And as if that in ...

So last nignt on the MTV Video Music Awards, Madonna opened the show with a long speech about Michael Jackson. The full text of this speech can be found here . Everyone seems to be talking ...

By noothernamesleft • 15 years ago

5 Minutes of Your Time to Help Us Fight Sexual Assault?

Hi everyone. Just wanted to reach out into the internet ether to ask for some help. SAFER (Students Active for Ending Rape) is a national nonprofit dedicated to helping college students reform their schools’ sexual assault policies and challenge rape culture. This month we are part of an online contest to win $10,000. The contest is entirely voter-determined, so if you could vote for us, we would be incredibly appreciative.

VOTE HERE!

It really only takes a couple minutes, is free, and shouldn’t result in tons of spam, but you do have to register, open up a registration email, and then vote.

The money will help us with two major projects we’re working on, including launching our online student resource library, which ...

By noothernamesleft • 15 years ago

Students Active for Ending Rape (SAFER) : Upcoming Events and News

Hi Everyone!

I want to invite all of you (in NYC) to a couple of upcoming SAFER events, as well as plug some fundraising opps for us…

–On July 25, Cara of The Curvature will be participating in the 2009 Blogathon on behalf of SAFER. She’ll be spending 12 hours posting about sexual violence on her blogathon sub-blog. You can still sponsor her , and because all donations go directly to SAFER’s programming and upcoming projects, sponsors are beyond appreciated.

–On July 29, SAFER will be hosting a happy hour at the Village Pourhouse Bar in NYC (64 3rd Ave. at 11th st). For $5 at the door there will be an open bar from 6 to 7. Come have a drink ...

Hi Everyone!

I want to invite all of you (in NYC) to a couple of upcoming SAFER events, as well as plug some fundraising opps for us…

–On July 25, Cara of The Curvature will be participating in the ...