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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...
A Manifesto on Ass-Grabbing*
by Stephanie Krehbiel *(-slapping, -patting, -squeezing—honestly, if you’re parsing the distinctions by order of offensiveness, you’re already in hot water) The two most salient points I have to make about ass-grabbing are a) It is not trivial, and b) It is...
When the Church Walks Away: Part Two
by Katherine B. Wiens One of the hardest things about pushing a church for more accountability is the overwhelming pressure to “make nice.” Most of us feel this pressure, in one way or another. Women in particular are taught to do emotional caretaking, to accommodate...
When the Church Walks Away: Part One
by Katherine B. Wiens This is part one in what will be a series of posts published over the next few weeks by Kathy Wiens, a sexual violence survivor, and her husband, Tim, who has been her strong ally. Kathy has previously written and published a book that...
Jay’s Story (Education is Power, Part III)
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...
An Open Letter to Administrators
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 have...
Our primary commitment is to make ourselves available to survivors who want strategic support as they navigate their options following an experience of sexual violence, whether that experience happened recently or decades past.