The Sudbury-Wayland-Lincoln Domestic Violence Roundtable
Presents
The Culture of Sexual Assault on College Campuses: Challenges and New Responses
It is estimated that 1 in 5 women will experience sexual assault during her college years. While the majority of these assaults go unreported, the impact of this trauma can be life altering and long lasting. While this problem is not new, the increase in student activism and media attention to the issue of sexual assault on college campuses has increased the public's awareness and identified the need for social and policy changes. The White House Campaign, 'It's on Us' encourages us all to make a personal commitment to step off the sidelines and be part of the solution to campus sexual assault.
Please join the Sudbury-Wayland-Lincoln Domestic Violence Roundtable for a panel discussion of The Culture of Sexual Assault on College Campuses: Challenges and New Responses. The program will be held Tuesday, May 12, 2015 at 3 PM in the Community Meeting Room of the Wayland Public Safety building located at 38 Cochituate Road in Wayland.
The panel, moderated by Jessica Teperow, Director of Prevention Programs at REACH Beyond Domestic Violence, will feature the following panelists:
Karen L. Raye is an assistant professor at Lasell College and teaches a variety of classes on Domestic Violence and in the college’s Criminal Justice Department. She spends much of her time engaging and educating the Lasell College community around Title IX issues.
Jacqueline Anchondo Silva, ESQ is the Director of Title IX Compliance at Mt. Ida College. In this role, she directs the college’s response to and prevention of Sexual Misconduct which includes sexual and domestic violence. Previously, Jacqueline ran the legal program at the Boston Area Rape Crisis Center (BARCC) where she advised victims of sexual assault on a range of Civil and Criminal matters.
StephTrilling, LICSW, is Manager of Community Awareness and Prevention Services at the Boston Area Rape Crisis Center (BARCC).
The format for the panel will be as follows. Each Panelist will have ten minutes to provide information about their role and how they address sexual violence on their campus or in their organization. They will also discuss what they want parents and/or students to know in regard to their own safety or safety of others when getting ready for college.
For many parents and students who are getting ready to go off to college, there can be many concerns and questions about this issue. Following the panel presentation, there will be time for questions and answers from the audience.
Join us for this program to hear from experts in the field who will talk about how their campuses and organizations are responding to campus sexual assault and how you as a parent or young person can become part of the solution.