Dear transgender and gender nonconforming students, Today, the Departments of Education and Justice rescinded the 2016 Dear Colleague letter that clarifies schools’ obligations to provide you with an education free from discrimination and violence. We, like many of you, are sad, angry, and frustrated. Some of you may be afraid of the possibility of escalated…
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Dear Survivors, Students, and Allies, Yesterday, with the tightest margin in United States history, Betsy DeVos was confirmed as the next U.S. Secretary of Education. We, like many of you, remain deeply concerned that Ms. DeVos has refused to commit to protecting students from discrimination and sexual violence by failing to protect and enforce Title…
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End Rape On Campus (EROC) has recently assisted in filing federal Title IX complaints against Mercer University in Macon, GA, University of Maryland, College Park. Mercer University is currently under federal investigation for violating Title IX due to a complaint a survivor of sexual assault filed with the assistance of EROC. The allegations in the complaint,…
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Donald Trump’s recent comments “bragg[ing] in vulgar terms about kissing, groping and trying to have sex” with women in a video published by the Washington Post are not just lewd. These actions meet the federal definition of sexual assault and cannot be taken lightly. End Rape on Campus condemns these comments as egregious examples of rape culture…
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EROC stands in solidarity with Delaney Robinson and all survivors of sexual violence. Delaney’s story reveals a great injustice, not only because the institution she trusted to protect and support her failed to do so, but because The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill has failed to do so time and time again despite…
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Just a week after taking the Oscars stage with Lady Gaga and Vice President Biden, EROC had one of its most impactful weeks yet: we filed four federal Title IX complaints against universities across the country, testified before two state legislatures, served on 5 conference panels, and celebrated the passing of two pieces of legislation…
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Just a week after taking the Oscars stage with Lady Gaga and Vice President Biden, EROC had one of its most impactful weeks yet: we filed four federal Title IX complaints against universities across the country, testified before two state legislatures, served on 5 conference panels, and celebrated the passing of two pieces of legislation…
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I’ll always be disappointed that I had to leave the school I dreamed of going to since I was little.—Erica Kinsman Erica Kinsman spoke publicly for the first time about her assault and experience reporting to Florida State University (FSU) in the 2015 documentary The Hunting Ground. Erica’s account of FSU’s apathy and deliberate indifference is as…
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