On today's Your Call, we’ll talk about the epidemic of rape and sexual assault on college campuses. A recent NPR report said “The number of "forcible rapes" that get reported at four-year colleges increased 49 percent between 2008 and 2012." President Obama has created a task force to address the issue. But is that enough? What does it take to get college campuses to take rape and sexual assaults seriously? What should their responsibility be to foster a rape-free culture and to hold transgressors accountable? Join the conversation on the next Your Call with Rose Aguilar and You.
Guests:
Laura Dunn, campus sexual violence survivor and activist, founder of national nonprofit SurvJustice
Annie Clark, lead complainant in the Title IX and Clery complaints against the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, where she completed a B.S. in Political Science
Resources:
32 National Campus Safety Initiative
National Center for Education Statistics: Indicators of School Crime and Safety: 2013
The Guardian: The only 'privilege' afforded to campus rape victims is actually surviving
NY Times: Obama Seeks to Raise Awareness of Rape on Campus
Stanford Daily: Rape survivor demands change to Stanford’s sexual assault policies
NPR: Seeking Justice for Campus Rapes
San Jose Mercury News: Stanford won't expel student in sexual assault case
NPR: Campus Rape Reports Are Up, And Assaults Aren't The Only Reason
The Root: Top University Kicked Out Student After She Was Raped
Stanford: Sexual Harassment Policy
Elle: THIS NEW APP COULD'VE PREVENTED MY FRIEND'S RAPE
Time: Here’s the Real Reason College Sex Assault Reports are Rising
Huffington Post: U.S. Senate Stands Poised to Extend the Violence Against Women Act's Protections to College and University Campuses
