by intoaccount | Nov 28, 2017 | advocacy, Anabaptism/Mennonites, College & university focus, Title IX
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...
by intoaccount | Oct 23, 2017 | advocacy, Anabaptism/Mennonites, College & university focus, Education is Power, Survivors speak, Title IX
When I sketched out the shape of our Education is Power series, I envisioned a three-part release of informative articles that could help people understand what is at stake for sexual violence survivors in an attack on Title IX. That was back in July. I had it planned...
by intoaccount | Oct 22, 2017 | advocacy, Anabaptism/Mennonites, College & university focus, Title IX
On October 5, Into Account’s staff sent the following letter to the administrators of U.S. Mennonite colleges, universities, and seminaries. The list of schools includes our personal alma maters, as well as schools attended by some of the survivors for whom we...
by intoaccount | Sep 12, 2017 | Education is Power, Title IX
by Stephanie Krehbiel (Read Part One of this series here.) There’s one question I hear again and again when I’m talking to people about Title IX and sexual violence: Why are schools involved in this at all? Sexual assault is a crime, so why not leave it solely in the...
by intoaccount | Jul 24, 2017 | advocacy, Education is Power, Title IX
by Stephanie Krehbiel Series Introduction: With all the drama to choose from in the news, a person could be forgiven for not following the latest Title IX developments in the U.S. Department of Education. A lot has been going on there, though, and unfortunately, none...
by intoaccount | Apr 22, 2017 | advocacy, Anabaptism/Mennonites, College & university focus, theology, Title IX
“Launch Your Future,” EMU’s website shouts in bold capital letters, as they prepare to hand a social work degree to a student who has – by EMU’s own finding – committed sexual violence. Continuing Eastern Mennonite University...
