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

[Kristina Fitch <>]

Thank you Dave.  Your response was desperately needed.  There are definite flaws in the collegiate conduct system and it does sound as if his experience was unacceptable, but it was clear that she was writing solely from a perspective of protective mother.  The described experience is one that is frequently felt by the victims attempting to come forward (the silencing, etc) and is not solely relevant to her son's case.  I hope she eventually is able to view things more broadly and objectively.

Best,

-Tina

Like us on facebook: http://www.facebook.com/UNCGSVCAallies

I am part of the solution. I am an ally. - SVCA Allies

"I swore never to be silent whenever and wherever human beings endure suffering and humiliation.  Neutrality helps the oppressor, never the victim.  Silence encourages the tormentor, never the tormented." - Elie Wiesel 

 

Graduate Student, Clinical Mental Health Counseling (M.S. 2013)

Graduate Student Association Representative, Chi Sigma Iota

Graduate Assistant, SVCA (Sexual Violence Campus Advocate)

The University of North Carolina - Greensboro
Wellness Center/Counseling & Testing Center

336-334-3139
  

Intern, Youth Focus Counseling

336.333.6853

http://www.youthfocus.org/counseling.htm

 

As a part time graduate assistant, I am typically in the office on Monday, Thursday, and Friday mornings.  This email is not a crisis contact.and thus an immediate response can not be guaranteed.  If you are in crisis and contacting me regarding SVCA, please call Family Service of the Piedmont on their crisis line 336-273-7273.  SVCA can be reached at 336-202-4867 but it is NOT a crisis line and will be returned during business hours only.

 

Confidentiality Notice:
This email is intended solely for the person or entity to which it is addressed and may contain confidential and/or privileged information. Any review, dissemination, copying, printing or other use of this email by persons or entities other than the addressee is prohibited. If you have received this email in error, please reply to the sender immediately that you have received the message and delete the material from any computer. Additionally, this email account may not be checked daily, on weekends, or during university holidays, and confidentiality cannot be guaranteed, as email is not a secure medium. Thank you.

On Thu, Apr 18, 2013 at 9:51 AM, Liz Seccuro <> wrote:

Agree, Dave.  Excellent posting.  Ms. Grossman indeed misses all of the points you so deftly point out.  And to denounce VAWA and Title IX just because her son suffered so mightily - no.  This is why we need to move away from these tribunals (I speak as a survivor) and keep these cases where they belong - with Police, in the Courts.  

To be so jejeune as to not recognize that a prior consensual relationship never negates the possibility of sexual assault is horrifying and that the Wall Street Journal has given her a huge platform (not as a feminist or mother, but as an attorney, really) to once again throw the shades of victim-blaming and not believing those who report is frightening.  It will just poison an already jaded American society where we don't believe, we shame, etc.  And great timing for the WSJ in light of the two very prominent gang-rape suicide victims in Canada and America, and this close on the heels of Steubenville.

I would have like for her to have gone all in and named said college.  Why not?

On Thu, Apr 18, 2013 at 9:32 AM, Dave Kennedy <> wrote:

Hello all--

I wrote a blog post responding to the article in yesterday's Wall Street Journal regarding the way sexual assault is handled on campus. I'd love to hear your thoughts. http://cjcdave.wordpress.com/2013/04/18/response_to_wall_street_journal/. The worst part is that I actually believe there are many problems with the judicial system. Ms. Grossman just misses all of them. 

I hope all is well.

Best,

Dave 

Dave Kennedy, JD
President, College Judicial Consultants
(617) 287-8782
http://www.CollegeJudicialConsultants.com

Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/CollegeJudicialConsultants
Twitter: @cjcdave

cjcdave.wordpress.com

--

Liz Seccuro

Author/Journalist/Speaker
mobile: 571.216.7950
Tweet: www.twitter.com/LizSeccuro

Facebook: Crash Into Me

Web:  www.lizseccuro.com