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

[Gillian Greensite <>]

Dear colleagues:

I can only speak for California, but yes, Assembly Bill 1088 mandates  
education on rape prevention for all incoming students. This bill was  
passed quite a while ago but has been basically ignored until now.  
The Office of the President recently clarified that it was supposed  
to apply to all ten University of California campuses, as well as  
state and community colleges. Historically, the UC system has been  
able to avoid such legislation by having a clause added to the bills  
that unless the Regents voted to have the bill apply to UC, it  
wouldn't apply. I kid you not. Apparently the Regents did in fact  
support the bill but nobody passed the message down to the campuses.  
Until now and in  the context of the system-wide grant from OVW and a  
relatively new Vice Chancellor of Student Affairs on our campus who  
is the first to say, "it will be done. and Gillian will do it". As a  
result, I am reaching 5,000 new students in groups of 400 with a  
ninety minute program. What a difference, mandatory makes. For the  
past 29 years I've butted against brick walls of disinterest which  
often took the form of personal attacks since as they have said in my  
performance evals, "she won't take no for an answer". It's an  
educator's dream to have every student (with exceptions for  
survivors) including new transfer students having to attend. So far,  
eleven programs in one week with four to go. I'd be happy to share  
more details with anyone who is interested, once the programs are  
concluded. Assembly Bill attached.

Best,

Gillian

Gillian Greensite
UCSC Rape Prevention Education