Submission: CALCASA’s support of SB 668 betrays wishes of student survivors, activists

At the urging of University of California student survivors and activists, the UC President’s Task Force on Preventing and Responding to Sexual Violence and Sexual Assault produced a mandated recommendation for all UC campuses to have a confidential and privileged advocate on each campus. This confidential and privileged advocate is essentially a one-stop shop for […]

Submission: UC task force needs more student input to address sexual assault

Sexual violence on college campuses is a silent, stigmatized epidemic, and no campus is exempt. Even universities absent from the Department of Education’s list of colleges currently under investigation for violating federal laws meant to protect survivors of sexual assault – Title IX and the Clery Act – desperately need to improve their policies, prevention […]

Submission: UCLA should cover omissions in revised UC sexual violence policy

Today, April 1, marks the beginning of Sexual Assault Awareness Month. This month is important to survivors both on our campus and across the world, who have all struggled with the trauma of sexual violence. Throughout the upcoming weeks, campus sexual assault prevention groups like 7,000 in Solidarity, Counseling and Psychological Services’ Campus Assault Resources […]