Current Events

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Past Events

  • Take Back the Night 2003
    Click on the link to go to the schedule page. Take Back the Night is a week of events addressing sexual violence, commemorating its victims, and looking for solutions for the future. Questions or comments can be addressed to Margaret (anadu@fas), Ellenor (honig@fas), or Chia (tsay@fas).

    (1) WORKING WITH COALITION AGAINST SEXUAL VIOLENCE TO PUSH FOR CHANGES IN HARVARD'S SEXUAL ASSUALT POLICY

  • Why is there so little mandatory first year orientation (ONLY 15 MINUTES) on sexual assault at Harvard?
  • Why do the people who determine ADD/DROP also make decisions about rape?
  • Why does Harvard have no trained professional available 24-hours to deal with student concerns?
  • Colleges all across the country have rape crisis centers - why not Harvard?

    • (2) MAKING THE STUDENT BODY MORE AWARE OF THE REALITY OF FINAL CLUBS AND LACK OF FEMALE-OWNED SPACE AT HARVARD

  • RUS discussions last semester about final clubs had a lot to do with ideas and less to do with action. What became clear is that while we might not be able to shut down our not-so-favorite party spaces, we can work to change student perceptions about them.
  • Our main action will be to create a pamphlet to distribute to up-coming first years about Final Clubs: their history, their policies, their traditions, and the fact that a significant number of sexual assualt cases occur in Final Clubs. This will make a big difference towards de-mystifying Final Clubs, thus degrading their power!
  • We will also consider planning an event pre-frosh weekend about final clubs.

    • Take Back the Night 2002
    April 7 - 13

    Queer Studies Meeting

  • If you missed this meeting but still want information, e-mail Professors Brad Epps or Heather Love.