Legal compliance is nothing if survivors can't trust their institutions.
Category: Title IX
Why Science, Engineering, and Medicine Care about Sexual Harassment
Both the quality and quantity of scholarly and professional work in STEMM is greatly diminished by ongoing sexual harassment.
Brought Into the Sun: Speaking Truth to Mennonite Colleges
Dear readers who care about Mennonite colleges, what happens next is largely up to you.
On Whose Backs?: Why We Oppose the Selection of David Boshart as President of Anabaptist Mennonite Biblical Seminary
Hilary's successful process with AMBS must not be co-opted into an institutional narrative that erases the trauma of other survivors, that asserts a false peace while silent suffering continues, and that elevates Hilary as a chosen survivor on the backs of people who do not fall within Dave's narrow-minded understanding of the body of Christ.
Introducing Erin Bergen: Our New Student Advocacy Coordinator
The way that I did advocacy and activism on my campus was incredibly draining and unsustainable. I want to help other people have the empowering aspects of activism without the trauma and burnout.
Our rock is the truth
What we will know, what i will remind you of when you need to hear it, is that all of our truths together have more power than we can fathom.
Action Alert: Tell Goshen to Listen to Survivors
The goal is simple: Empower victims to speak, and encourage the kind of transparency that makes abuse harder to hide or ignore.
Why Abuse Survivors Still Think Twice Before Telling their Stories: Retaliation At Goshen College
When college officials decry survivors’ use of social media, it’s time to pay extra attention to the content of what has been posted.
Let’s Have a Locker Room Talk
At Into Account, we work with athletes from departments at small, religious liberal arts schools who tell us versions of the same story: secrecy, insularity, and complaints of serious abuse being handled, or simply minimized and ignored, by unqualified athletic department personnel.
Better Reporting for Bethel: Student Leaders Discuss Their Resolution to Promote Callisto
For too many college victims, reporting an assault to campus authorities is a scary, obstacle-laden process. At small colleges, where it can seem like everyone knows everyone, reporting can be particularly fraught. What if, for instance, your rapist is related to the Title IX Coordinator? (Yes, unfortunately, we’ve seen that.) What if someone on the … Continue reading Better Reporting for Bethel: Student Leaders Discuss Their Resolution to Promote Callisto