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is a free innovative video for K-12 parents, middle and high school students, schools, and community organizations. It’s about gender equality in education, students’ protections under Title IX, and much more. Video Contents Excerpts on our YouTube channel.
As high school students plan for their new gender equality group, we watch them interview nationally recognized education, legal, and LGBTQ experts and learn from counselors, advocates, parents, and students. The video offers simple steps and engaging activities to make schools safer with equal learning spaces for all students.
In Part 2, a teenage victim learns about her right to privacy and mandated reporting when she speaks with a victim's advocate.
was created by parents who know—first hand—how important this information is for K-12 families. Share the video and Action Guide widely. Use the Presentation Guide to invite others to start the conversation!
is free of charge. Your tax-deductible donation helps to defray production costs and enables us to produce a Spanish language version. Thank you!
Resources referenced in the video
- The assault that led to the founding of SSAIS
- The Sexy Lie TEDx Youth Talk with Professor Caroline Heldman
- #MeTooK12 Resources
- The Sexy Lie TEDx Youth Talk with Professor Caroline Heldman
- Teen survivor Lauren Allen Proud Activist video and blog
- “Kyle, An Anoka Student” video.
- Carrie Goldberg discusses issues facing girls of color in the NY Times
- Grace McComas Memorial Page
- Ten percent of students are subject to educator and staff abuse
- Example of intimidation of males
- Learn about education equity from the National Women’s Law Center
- Economic impact of sexual harassment
- Challenges for girls of color
- As a Rape Victim’s Mother I know Consent Education isn’t enough
- How to Protect Students from Sexual Harassment: A Primer for Schools (NWLC)
- Education resources at Equal Rights Advocates
- LGBTQ fact sheet Transgender Students’ Rights Schools In Transition: A Guide for Supporting Transgender Students in K-12 Schools
- SSAIS toolkits and factsheets
- Report on San Francisco Bay Area Title IX compliance TV report on noncompliant schools
- Meet Keasara Williams, SFUSD Office of Equity
- Adele P. Kimmel and Public Justice on sex discrimination and sexual violence
- Dating violence resources: Love is Respect, Jewish Women International
- RAINN resources to find sexual assault crisis centers by zip code and Laws in your state
- It Happened Here film
- UnSlut: A Documentary Film
- Verde student magazine, Introduction to the process and report, Salon report
- Start a SASH Club (Students Against Sexual Harassment)
Fact sheets
- Economic impact of sexual harassment National Women’s Law Center
- Challenges for girls of color National Women’s Law Center
- FAQs for LGBT or Gender Nonconforming Students and Their Families National Women’s Law Center
- Transgender Students’ Rights (PDF) National Women’s Law Center
- Know what to do if you are sexually harassed or assaulted (SSAIS)
- Teachers and school staff can protect students from sexual harassment (SSAIS)
- Sexual harassment and students of color (SSAIS and NWLC)
Know your rights
- Know Your Rights (SSAIS.org)
- Filing Complaints (SSAIS.org)
- Legal FAQs (SSAIS.org)
- Quick FAQs (SSAIS.org)
- Webinar: Suspended and Removed: How to Enforce a Student’s Right to School National Women’s Law Center
- Pregnant and Parenting Students’ Rights – What You Can Do National Women’s Law Center
Problems with your school?
- Problem with your school (SSAIS.org)
- Filing complaints (SSAIS.org)
- Title IX Compliance Checklist
- How to gather information about you school district’s Title IX policies? (SSAIS.org)
Abuse by school staff
- Stop Educator Sexual Abuse, Misconduct, & Exploitation (S.E.S.A.M.E.)
- Talk About Abuse to Liberate Kids (TAALK)
Films, online talks, and PSAs
Sexual Assault Prevention
- Awareness videos (SSAIS)
- Dating Violence: Tools for talking to teens from Jewish Women International
- Gender based violence and prevention films from Media Education Fund
Sexual Objectification of Women
- The Sexy Lie Caroline Heldman at TEDxYouth@SanDiego
- Miss Representation film from the Representation Project
- UnSlut: A Documentary Film
Healthy Masculinity
- Masculinity and identity from Media Education Fund
- Violence against women—it’s a men’s issue Ted Talk by Jackson Katz
- A Call to Men Ted Talk by Tony Porter
- My Masculinity Helps explores the role of African American men and boys in the prevention of sexual violence
- The Mask You Live In film from the Representation Project
LGBTQ
- Gender Identity, Sexual Orientation & Culture films from Media Education Fund
Combating Campus Assault (preview recommended)
Selected films on sexual assault (preview recommended)
- Brave Miss World (high school version available)
- Rape Is
- Audrey and Daisy
- It Was Rape
Books and studies
- Student-to-Student Sexual Harassment K-12: Strategies and Solutions for Educators to Use in the Classroom, School, and Community by Bernice Sandler and Harriett Stonehill (2005)
- UnSlut: A Diary and a Memoir
- I Have a Right To
Selected studies and other resources about K-12 sexual harassment and gender equity
- SSAIS Library (SSAIS.org)
- Crossing the Line (AAUW)
- Reinvigorating the Role of Title IX Coordinator: A Requirement and Resource (Feminist Majority Foundation)
- Safe Place to Learn (National Center on Safe Supportive Learning Environments)
Talking to students
How Do I Talk About the Violence I Experienced? A Guide for K-12 Students and their Caretakers by Victim Rights Law Center
Birds an d bees and kids by Amy Lang
