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

[Shael Norris <>]

Her story became hugely viral.  You likely all have read it.  She is an amazing young woman with incredible resiliency and she is using her experience and her voice to talk about the issues of campus sexual violence.  V-Day is supporting her work to visit colleges & I wanted to share the opportunity here.  Her letter is below!

Shael Norris
Director, College & Community Campaigns
917 449 8708

www.vday.org/organize-event

ONE BILLION RISING

February 14, 2013

onebillionrising.org

Hello,

 

My name is Angie Epifano, I am a former student of Amherst College where I was raped and mistreated by my campus administration. After withdrawing from Amherst I wrote an article in our student newspaper that detailed the school's abuses against me. My article has since gone viral and has been featured in The New York Times, The Huffington Post, several documentaries, and hundreds of newspapers and blogs around the world.

 

I am currently doing activism work for Survivors across the country, and along with other Survivors we have created an educational website – Know Your IX - detailing student's rights after they suffer from sexual assault.

 

Right now, I am working onsetting up speaking engagements at schools across the country in order to educate students about their rights, offer support, and teach students how to deal with sexual assault. My goal for these talks is to educate students about the national problem of sexual assault by discussing my experience atAmherst and its universality. I also want to discuss the rights that students have, as guaranteed by Title IX and the Clery Act, and how students can become more engaged in the national movement to guarantee students their rights. The only way for long-lasting change to occur on unsafe campuses is for people to realize that sexual assault is a pressing issue that does not just affect women, but affects all humans. Even if one is not a Survivor, you can still be a positive activist. 

 

I would love the opportunity to speak at your school some time this year, and I think that it could be a wonderful opportunity to engage students on your campus in a national discussion.

 

If you are interested I can be reached at Thank you for your time.

 

All the best,

Angie Epifano