Discussion List for campus-based and allied personnel working to end gender-based violence on campus.

["Juliette Grimmett" <>]

Hello All,

The first one may not have worked....here you go.

Recent events in the United States have moved us to action. Violence
against women is sadly, not a new phenomenon in our country or in the
world, however, in the last year women of color have experienced brutal
forms of violence, torture, rape and injustice which have gone
unnoticed, received little to no media coverage, or a limited community
response. We are responding to:

The brutal and inhumane rape, torture, and kidnaping of Megan Williams
in Logan , West Virginia who was held by six assailants for a month.Rape
survivors in the Dunbar Housing Projects in
West Palm Beach , Florida one of whom was forced to perform sexual acts
on her own child.A 13 year old native American girl was beaten by two
white women and has since been harassed by several men yelling "white
power" outside of her home.Seven black lesbian girls attempted to stop
an attacker and were later charged with aggravated assault and are
facing up to 11 year prison sentences.

In a Litany of Survival, Audre Lorde writes, "When we are silent, we
are still afraid. So it is better to speak remembering we were never
meant to survive." These words shape our collective organizing to break
the silence surrounding women of coloŕs stories of violence. We are
asking for community groups, grass-root organizations, college campus
students and groups, communities of faith, online communities, and
individuals to join us in speaking out against violence against women of
color. If we speak, we cannot be invisible.

Join us and stand up to violence against women by wearing Red on
October 31, 2007.

I have attached two important documents detailing the "Be Red Be Bold
Wear Red on October 31st Campaign."

please send questions to 
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For updated information, please visit our website
http://documentthesilence.wordpress.com/ on Wearing Red on October
31, 2007.



"It's so liberating and important for men to understand that they can
actually be friendly to women instead of playing some gender-specific
role, and that women are in most ways the same as they are. I think that
lots of women already know that, but not so many guys do."  -my dad
8/3/07
 
Juliette Grimmett, MPH
Rape Prevention Education Coordinator
NC State University
Women's Center
3120 Talley Student Center
Campus BOX 7306
Raleigh, NC 27695-7306
Office: (919) 513-3232
24 Hour Sexual Violence Hotline: (919)618-RAPE (7273)
Fax: (919) 515-1066
email: 

website: http://www.ncsu.edu/womens_center