Throughout the course of the last year, we at SAFER have proudly watched numerous student sexual assault prevention activists speak out against the prevalence of sexual assault on their campuses and call for changes to college and universities policies regarding sexual violence.
In honor of Sexual Assault ACTIVISM Month, SAFER will highlight 10 student sexual assault prevention activists around the nation who are creating change on their campus!
#9 DePaul Exposed, DePaul University
Last week, student activist group “DePaul Exposed” at DePaul University in Chicago, Illinois, accused officials at the nation’s largest Catholic University of covering up campus sexual assaults and has ”demonstrated a level of selectivity when it comes to alerting students on these [sexual assault] incidents.” The students of DePaul Exposed are calling for the administration to begin taking allegations of sexual assault and to “stop enabling rape culture.” The students have also taken responsibility for two banners that were hung in the school’s Arts and Letters building, one of which targeted the university’s athletic department The banners specifically targeted the school’s athletics department, reading “DPU Athletics We Know What You Did #RapeCulture #YouCan’tHide!” It is unclear if a specific incident related to DePaul athletics has triggered the backlash.
SAFER provides student activists with a variety of resources, including the Activist Resource Center, which is our online library of sexual assault-related information and resources; on-campus Teach-Ins for student activists, which are led by skilled facilitators and equip students with the skills and information needed to bring about policy reforms and change; and, our Activist Mentoring Program (AMP!), which is our free mentoring service that provides students with continued support after they have completed an on-campus Teach-In.
