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

[Laura Palumbo <>]

Hi Kathleen and sapc members,

 

Our team at NSVRC has received some similar requests from campuses. We are trying to gather resources if others have insight to share. I know SgA sent a reply recommending the book Sexual Citizens, which was an excellent recommendation. Below are a few other resources that might be helpful:

 

Starting a COVID-19 ‘Social Bubble’? How Safe Sex Communication Skills Can Help in NPR
Gets into the connection between consent and safety when social distancing/w masks

 

Sex, Social Distancing and the Fall Semester in Higher Ed (co-written by the author of Sexual Citizen, Jennifer Hirsh)

Looks at how what it means to be socially and sexually responsible on campus.

 

Digital Consent in the Age of COVID-19 from NSVRC

 

I Ask How Power Impacts Consent from NSVRC

 

Thanks,

 

Laura Palumbo

Communications Director

She/her/hers

  

National Sexual Violence Resource Center

2101 N. Front Street

Governor’s Plaza North, Bldg #2

Harrisburg, PA 17110

717.909.0710 x128

877.739.3895 Toll Free

http://www.nsvrc.org

 

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From: [mailto:] On Behalf Of Converse, Kathleen G.
Sent: Tuesday, July 07, 2020 4:50 PM
To:
Subject: COVID and Consent

 

Hi everyone,

 

I'm working on our sexual violence prevention training right now, and realizing all the new complexities around navigating body boundaries with COVID. Do any of you have any good resources on discussing consent within the context of COVID-19?

 

More specifically exploring these questions:

• How do you express/ assess comfort around masks, physical distance etc, and how does that change decisions about various forms of intimacy or sex?
• How does intersectionality around race/gender/ability/positional power/ etc, etc all manifest in how comfortable we feel asserting our body boundaries, and being attune to others levels of comfort?

Kathleen Converse | Pronouns: She/Her/Hers

Director of the Center for Gender Equity | 

Pacific University | 2043 College Way | Forest Grove, OR 97116

p: 503-352-2273  | 

 

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From: <> on behalf of Lockwood, Laura R. <>
Sent: Sunday, July 5, 2020 3:56 PM
To:
Subject: When do you issue a timely warning/campus-wide alert?

 

Hello, everyone.

 

I hope you are safe, healthy, and, enjoying some down time over the holiday weekend.

 

I'm tasked with learning how often and with what criteria does your campus issue a campus-wide alert/timely warning in regards to a report of sexual misconduct/gender based violence, especially when the respondent is a campus member.There is criteria to follow in the guidance. However, FERPA and the wishes of the complainant may inform this decision.

 

 I appreciate in advance you responding as soon as you can: .

 

Thanks so much!

 

Laura

 

 

 

Laura Lockwood
Director
Women & Gender Resource Action Center (WGRAC)
Trinity College
300 Summit Street
Hartford, CT  06106
860-297-2408