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

Dear Sexual Assault Program Coordinators,

       We are hoping you can help at a critical time for our Sexual Assault Response Team. A small group of students and I have presented a proposal to our Dean of Students, with long overdue revisions to our Sexual Assault Policy. We have also recommended that she hire a full time Coordinator for our Sexual Assault Response Team.  We were very encouraged by her initial response and she is certainly considering this, but she feels constrained  by budget limitations. She hoped we could ask other schools how they fund such a position.

    If you could take a minute and answer these short questions, it would be very helpful to us. I know it is asking a lot, and if a short phone conversation would be better for you, please call my cell anytime at 410-905-6643.  Or let me know how to reach you and I will call you at a convenient time.

     Even one or two answers would be greatly appreciated!

 

Here are the questions:

        * Do you have a position for Coordinator of Sexual Assault Education and Response ?___________________________________

   *If so, how is it funded?_______________

   *Where is it housed ( physically and administratively)   In other words, is the position part of a Women's Center? Counseling Center? Other?____________ 

    *What are the qualifications of this staff person?____________

 

    *What are the ( main) responsibilities? _____________________________

________________________________________________________

____________________________________________________________

   

  *What is the Coordinator's role when he/she receives cases of sexual assault____________________________________________________

___________________________________________________

___________________________________________________________

  *What is the Coordinator's role (if any) in the school's judicial procedure when handling sexual assault?_________________________________________

__________________________________________________________

______________________________________________________________

 

  * Is the Coordinator an Advocate? Educator?Counselor?____________________

__________________________________________________

 * Has the hiring of a Coordinator had an effect on the University's stance on Sexual Assault? ________________________________________________

________________________________________________________

*  Has the position resulted in increased reports of sexual assaults?_________________________________________________

       If you have any suggestions about how to get these goals accomplished, how to get the administration to respond, we would be so grateful.

            The students in our Sexual Assault Response Unit are meeting with the Dean next Wednesday, and they are going forward optimistically! Your help may be crucial in getting this position.

             Many, many thanks,

 

Clare King

 

 

Clare V. King, M.S.W., L.C.S.W.
Assistant Director
Johns Hopkins University Counseling Center
Clinical Program Manager
358 Garland Hall
3400 N. Charles St.
Baltimore, MD 21218
410-905-6643( cell)