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

[Nancy Cantalupo <>]

Dear All,

I am writing about the Title IX NPRM.  First, just in case you have not already heard, the deadline to comment has been pushed back the January 30th, due to the website being down during the government shutdown.

Second, I want to make sure you all know about two new resources posted to the FacultySayHandsOffIX since the last time I emailed (I think): 

(1) a page entitled "Want to Contribute to These Efforts as a Researcher and Scholar but Don't Have a Lot of Time? Submit Your Research as a Comment" (https://sites.google.com/view/faculty-say-hands-off-ix/how-to-submit-your-research-as-a-comment?authuser=0) which I hope every one of you with publications you have already written on gender inequality, civil/human rights, the lives of women and gender minorities, etc.-- very broadly defined-- will check out and use the instructions there to submit your already-published writings.

(2) several template letters, written from the perspectives of particular groups of students, all crafted by law students at Rutgers, under the supervision of Professor Penny Venetis), available at this page: https://sites.google.com/view/faculty-say-hands-off-ix/how-to-submit-a-comment?authuser=0. 

Third, I am attaching a comment that will be submitted by a group of law professors on Wednesday morning.  We already have 25 law profs signing on, but will be collecting more signatures for inclusion before we file the comment with the Dept of Ed.  I am sending it to you all because I hope you or your schools can use it in some way if/when either or both of you file comments.  I encourage you to read at least the introduction (under 3 pages) to get a sense of what the comment is all about and potentially to pass it along to the appropriate decisionmakers at your schools, especially if they have decided they don't have the resources to write their own comment.  As you will see, the comment does not take a substantive position on the proposed rules themselves, but attempts to show how unclear the proposals are and how difficult (to impossible) they will make complying with Title IX.  Therefore, a school could write a short comment cover note stating its agreement with the dangers of lack of clarity, then attach the comment.  Anyone who wishes to get a copy of the comment with the full list of law professor signatures as of January 30 morning should email (feel free to also copy me at this address ().

Finally, I am forwarding an invitation to sign on to a comment for "mental health professionals and trauma specialists."  Please see the message below my signature and contact Margaret Hazuka <> if you have any questions.

Best,

Nancy

Nancy Chi Cantalupo 甘念齊

J.D., Georgetown Law

See my latest article, And Even More of Us Are Brave: Intersectionality & Sexual Harassment of Women Students of Color, at my SSRN author site: http://ssrn.com/author=884485

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From: Hazuka, Margaret <>

Date: Fri, Jan 25, 2019 at 3:47 PM

Hello all,

 

I’m writing to share a sign-on comment letter that Judith Herman, author of Trauma and Recovery: The Aftermath of Violence-From Domestic Abuse to Political Terror, wrote opposing the Title IX NPRM. She focuses on the reasons why the rules are problematic from the perspective of mental health experts and trauma specialists, particularly condemning the limitations on supportive measures, the cross-examination requirements, and the proposed mediation rules. Because Dr. Herman’s work focuses on adults, her letter is geared toward the NPRM’s effects on college students.

 

We are helping her circulate the letter for sign-ons from mental health professionals and trauma specialists who also want to oppose the rules. If you have contacts in the mental health/trauma space who may be interested in signing on, please send this along!

 

Those interested in signing on can fill out the google form here by 6PM EST, Tuesday, January 29^th. The text of the letter is in the form and attached as a PDF.

 

We want to limit this sign-on comment to mental health professionals and trauma specialists/experts, so please be judicious with your sharing!

 

Let me or Shiwali know if you have any questions.

 

Best,

 

Margaret

 

Margaret Hazuka

Pronouns: she, her, hers

Workplace Justice & Education Fellow

National Women’s Law Center

Main: 202.588.5180 | Direct: 202.956.3074

| www.nwlc.org

 

 

 

Attachment: Comment Sign-On Opposing Title IX rules for mental health experts.pdf
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Attachment: Joint Comment on Title IX Questions for signature.pdf
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