“Making Campuses
Safer From Rape”
“I have had a
very satisfying career as a university professor for more than 15 years now.
Back in 1988, however, I couldn't have imagined such a future for myself. I was
a junior in college and had just survived a sexual assault. It was a stranger
rape. It was brutal. It happened in my off-campus apartment, just blocks away
from the university. I learned later that the perpetrator was a relative of the
president of the Board of Trustees at my university”.
“At the time there were few university resources available
for survivors like myself. I had to contact each of my professors to see if I
could get extensions on my papers and exams. I was left to navigate the legal
system without guidance or support. I sought medical services on my own. I
arranged to have friends escort me to and from classes. And, there were no
organized counseling programs for survivors on campus. As a result, along with
several others, I helped to create one of the nation's first survivor-run
support groups at a university”.
Read the rest here: http://chronicle.com/article/Making-Campuses-Safer-From/141219/?cid=at&utm_source=at&utm_medium=en
A well shared story
Dr Flavius A B
Akerele III
The ETeam
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