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9781627795333 English 1627795332 "Me too. It happened to me too." More than one in five women and 5 percent of men are sexually assaulted while at college. Some survivors are coming forward; others are not. In "We Believe You," students from every kind of college and university large and small, public and private, highly selective and less so share experiences of trauma, healing, and everyday activism, representing a diversity of races, economic and family backgrounds, gender identities, immigration statuses, interests, capacities, and loves. Theirs is a bold, irrefutable sampling of voices and stories that should speak to all.", A paradigm-shifting collection of true stories from survivors of campus sexual assault, presented by the two young activists at the forefront of the effective, new national anti-rape movement In 2012, Annie Clark and Andrea Pino-then 23 and 20, and both survivors of campus rapes-devised a legal argument that would, for the first time, hold universities accountable for mishandling student reports of sexual assault. They reframed Title IX, the 1972 law that bars gender-based discrimination in schools, and leaned on the Clery Act, which requires colleges with federal financial aid programs to disclose information about crime on their campuses. The first federal complaint they filed was against UNC-Chapel Hill, their alma mater. Bingo. The U.S. government opened an investigation. Since then, Clark and Pino have helped hundreds of students file complaints. Over 100 schools are currently under federal investigation, including Harvard, Amherst, Swarthmore, Vanderbilt, and more. Clark's and Pino's efforts have ignited a revolutionary movement of unprecedented efficiency, turning a nation's eyes to the disturbing truth that campus rape is far from an aberration and that schools have harvested golden reputations and financial gain from a landscape of pervasive gender inequity and neglect of student safety. Clark and Pino have galvanized thousands of survivors, activists, and supporters toward a united purpose-to end sexual violence on college campuses. The powerful, diverse survivor stories gathered here will bring support to isolated victims and provide inspiration and a safeguard of awareness for students everywhere., From young activists at the forefront of the movement to end sexual assault on college campuses, a collection of survivor stories that will connect with students and inform and inspire us allAcross the U.S. student activists are exposing a pervasive cover-up of sexual violence on college campuses. Every day more survivors come forward. But other survivors choose not to. "We Believe You "elevates the stories the headlines about this issue have been missing--more than 30 experiences of trauma, healing and everyday activism, representing a diversity of races, economic and family backgrounds, gender identities, immigration statuses, interests, capacities and loves.More than 1 in 5 women and 5 percent of men are sexually assaulted at college, a shocking status quo that might have stayed largely hidden and unaddressed but for the two authors of We Believe You. In 2013, Clark and Pino, then 23 and 20, building on the work of earlier activists, outed themselves as assault survivors and filed a federal complaint against the University of North Carolina (Chapel Hill) for mishandling such crimes; within a month, the U.S. government began to investigate UNC. Within a year, dozens of colleges were under federal investigation.But Clark and Pino rightly see themselves as two among many. Students from every kind of college and university large and small, public and private, highly selective and less so are sounding alarms and staking claims to justice by filing complaints, by pressing charges, and by simply living beyond the effects of assault and the betrayals of their schools. A sampling of their voices speak out in this book."
9781627795333 English 1627795332 "Me too. It happened to me too." More than one in five women and 5 percent of men are sexually assaulted while at college. Some survivors are coming forward; others are not. In "We Believe You," students from every kind of college and university large and small, public and private, highly selective and less so share experiences of trauma, healing, and everyday activism, representing a diversity of races, economic and family backgrounds, gender identities, immigration statuses, interests, capacities, and loves. Theirs is a bold, irrefutable sampling of voices and stories that should speak to all.", A paradigm-shifting collection of true stories from survivors of campus sexual assault, presented by the two young activists at the forefront of the effective, new national anti-rape movement In 2012, Annie Clark and Andrea Pino-then 23 and 20, and both survivors of campus rapes-devised a legal argument that would, for the first time, hold universities accountable for mishandling student reports of sexual assault. They reframed Title IX, the 1972 law that bars gender-based discrimination in schools, and leaned on the Clery Act, which requires colleges with federal financial aid programs to disclose information about crime on their campuses. The first federal complaint they filed was against UNC-Chapel Hill, their alma mater. Bingo. The U.S. government opened an investigation. Since then, Clark and Pino have helped hundreds of students file complaints. Over 100 schools are currently under federal investigation, including Harvard, Amherst, Swarthmore, Vanderbilt, and more. Clark's and Pino's efforts have ignited a revolutionary movement of unprecedented efficiency, turning a nation's eyes to the disturbing truth that campus rape is far from an aberration and that schools have harvested golden reputations and financial gain from a landscape of pervasive gender inequity and neglect of student safety. Clark and Pino have galvanized thousands of survivors, activists, and supporters toward a united purpose-to end sexual violence on college campuses. The powerful, diverse survivor stories gathered here will bring support to isolated victims and provide inspiration and a safeguard of awareness for students everywhere., From young activists at the forefront of the movement to end sexual assault on college campuses, a collection of survivor stories that will connect with students and inform and inspire us allAcross the U.S. student activists are exposing a pervasive cover-up of sexual violence on college campuses. Every day more survivors come forward. But other survivors choose not to. "We Believe You "elevates the stories the headlines about this issue have been missing--more than 30 experiences of trauma, healing and everyday activism, representing a diversity of races, economic and family backgrounds, gender identities, immigration statuses, interests, capacities and loves.More than 1 in 5 women and 5 percent of men are sexually assaulted at college, a shocking status quo that might have stayed largely hidden and unaddressed but for the two authors of We Believe You. In 2013, Clark and Pino, then 23 and 20, building on the work of earlier activists, outed themselves as assault survivors and filed a federal complaint against the University of North Carolina (Chapel Hill) for mishandling such crimes; within a month, the U.S. government began to investigate UNC. Within a year, dozens of colleges were under federal investigation.But Clark and Pino rightly see themselves as two among many. Students from every kind of college and university large and small, public and private, highly selective and less so are sounding alarms and staking claims to justice by filing complaints, by pressing charges, and by simply living beyond the effects of assault and the betrayals of their schools. A sampling of their voices speak out in this book."