Originally appeared in The Huffington Post. Sure, we’re all about consent. That’s because we know–firsthand–the indelible nightmare of sexual assault. Maybe if the tenth-grade football player who raped our daughter on a high school field trip had consent education he might
Originally appeared in The Huffington Post Lady Gaga is rightly applauded for her brave efforts to support sexual assault victims. Her performance of ‘Till It Happens to You is an integral part of The Hunting Ground film documenting campus assault,
University of La Verne professor of journalism Elizabeth Zwerling interviewed SSAIS co-founder Esther Warkov for an article titled Lawmakers Shift Campus Rape Conversation to High Schools. It appeared in the December 7 edition of Women’s eNews. From the article: Warkov said
Jules Irvin-Rooney discusses why effective post-secondary programs should be tailored to middle and high schools to create culture change. Title IX prohibits sex discrimination in education. In fact, the language of Title IX reads: “No person in the United States
Stop Sexual Assault in Schools launched its website on September 28th. Within 24 hours a grandmother contacted SSAIS seeking help after her school district showed deliberate indifference to reports of sexual assault upon her five-year-old granddaughter. A Title IX complaint
From the Executive Director of SSAIS, Esther Warkov, Ph.D Today’s launch of the SSAIS website is the result of one family’s prolonged nightmare amidst the epidemic of sexual harassment and assault in schools. Three years have passed since the school
This feature story in the University of Washington Daily discusses our work in educating the Seattle Public Schools and the Seattle community about Title IX and sexual harassment/assault in schools. Our education and activism is beginning to bear fruit in
Thank you Lady Gaga and Paul Blavin for “Till it Happens to You,” a wrenching portrait of sexual assault that drives home the point we make: families can’t imagine that this nightmare could visit their K-12 student. It can, it
This CS Monitor article reports on a study released Wednesday about the prevalence of rape among first-year college women. The study points to the degree to which sexual victimization before college increases the likelihood of being raped in college. This
“I entered college with no understanding of sexual coercion,” says the NYU student who spearheads the #BetterSexTalk initiative. Our education initiatives raise awareness among pre-college students about their right to an education free from sexual harassment/assault, and schools’ responsibilities to
An appeals court overturned the ruling of a lower court in this shocking case, allowing the victim to pursue a Title IX suit against an Alabama school district. In their decision, the appeals court judges wrote: “A person in [the
