Check in on the Campus Conversations website for updates on the new Title IX Task Force, led by interim Title IX Coordinator Christi Hurt, which met for the first time May 15 at the Friday Center.
Christi Hurt will be blogging after each meeting with regular updates about the task force and its work.
Volunteers Needed!
The Orange County Rape Crisis Center is accepting applications for our upcoming volunteer training that will begin on August 10. The Center seeks dedicated individuals with diverse backgrounds to volunteer as Community Educators.
Community Educators (CEs) prevent sexual violence in our community by presenting educational programs to students in local schools.
CEs present our “Safe Touch” child sexual abuse prevention programs in local elementary schools. This program teaches children about good, bad, and uncomfortable touches; to trust their instincts; how to “say no, get away, and tell someone;” and to always tell a trusted adult about uncomfortable touches. Volunteer training totals 42 hours and includes basic information about sexual violence and child abuse, services and resources offered by the Center, presentation skills, and protocol for responding to disclosures of abuse.
The deadline for applications is July 29. Training will begin Saturday, August 10, and continues on Tuesday evenings and Saturdays through September 17. We ask that CEs commit to presenting at least 4 programs each month in the Chapel Hill-Carrboro and Orange County elementary schools through the entire 2013-14 school year. This requires daytime availability on weekdays.
Volunteer applications and a full training schedule can be found online at www.ocrcc.org/ce.
For detailed information about all our volunteer positions and training schedules, please visit www.ocrcc.org/volunteer.
Contact the Orange County Rape Crisis Center at 919-968-4647 or info@ocrcc.org.
A team of UNC psychology majors created this public service announcement about sexual assault on college campuses. The project was part of PSYC 566 Persuasion & Attitude Change class taught by Dr. Steven Buzinksi and the purpose of the campaign is to decrease stigma towards victims and to encourage these individuals to speak up and seek help. As part of the project, they have created a video with the help of Chancellor Thorp.
Trigger Warning for description of rape trauma
Project Dinah recently created a public service announcement called “Carolina Stands With Survivors” in order to let survivors and allies know how they can get involved in the movement to end interpersonal violence and show that there is a community of support on campus.
Watch it here: 
Seeking to raise public awareness about sexual violence and to educate communities and individuals on how to prevent sexual violence.
Sexual Assault Awareness Month (SAAM 2013) kicks off on Monday, April 1st with The Clothesline Project at UNC. This is a display that will go up in Polk Place from April 1-3 and consists of clotheslines strung across the quad with t-shirts designed by survivors of sexual violence used to help raise awareness about sexual violence and show support for survivors. If you would like to donate plain t-shirts, or are a survivor/second-hand survivor and would like to anonymously design a shirt to hang on the clothesline, you can drop them off at the Carolina Women’s Center, the Orange County Rape Crisis Center, or the Campus Y.
SAAM 2013 will also feature a number of events throughout April, including film screenings, workshops and trainings, and Human Trafficking Awareness Week.
Sponsored by the Carolina Women’s Center
The theme for Gender Week 2013 is “Mapping the Margins.” Our goal is to encourage the campus and greater communities to better understand and map the intersections of identity and examine the ways that gender, race, class, etc. influence our daily lives. The intersectional focus of Gender Week will challenge us to reexamine the assumptions and actions that make up our habits, while having in-depth discussions of context and history to illuminate many truths about our identities and experiences that are often ignored.
We’ll be hosting events throughout the week that highlight at least one aspect of the intersectional identities that impact our daily experiences. Join the Facebook event and invite your friends!
7:00pm Jaclyn Friedman Keynote Presentation, Stone Center Auditorium
12:00pm The Importance of Intersectional Research, Jameta Barlow, Hitchcock Room, Stone Center
7:00 pm “Mama C: Urban Warrior in the African Bush” Film and Discussion,” Stone Center Multipurpose Room
10:00am-2:00pm Wage Gap Bake Sale, The Pit
1:00-2:30pm “Identity and Gender: Intersections and Opportunities,” Toy Lounge, Dey Hall
4:00-5:00pm Spoken Word and Music performance by Charlotte O’Neal, a.k.a. Mama C, Ackland Art Museum
5:00pm- 6:00pm Transgender Health CHECS presentation, Murphy 112
1:00-2:30 pm University Awards for Advancement of Women, Anne Queen Faculty Commons Room, Campus Y
7:00 pm Ackland Film Forum screening: Pariah (Dee Rees, 2011), Varsity Theatre, Franklin Street
11:00am-12:30 pm Chat with the Chancellor, Anne Queen Faculty Commons Room, Campus Y
7:00-8:00pm EROT Performance featuring Testimonies from UNC Workers, Stone Center Auditorium
Film Screening: “Cairo 678”
April 9, 2013
7:00pm
Varsity Theatre, 123 E. Franklin Street
Chapel Hill
Three Cairo women from different backgrounds join together in uneasy solidarity to combat sexual harassment in their lives. Introduction and discussion will be led by UNC Prof. Sahar Amer.
This event is free and open to the public. Part of “Cinema of the Global Middle East Film Series” and “ReOrienting the Veil Film Series.” For more information, please contact Regina Higgins (rkhiggin@email.unc.edu).
Learn more about the film here.
Sponsors: North Carolina Public Radio WUNC is the Official Media Sponsor of the Ackland Film Forum. Middle East Film Series sponsored by Art\Islam, Carolina Center for the Study of the Middle East and Muslim Civilizations, and Duke-UNC Consortium for Middle East Studies.
Please see the Campus Conversation on Sexual Assault website for updates.
INFORMATIONAL EMAIL
To the Carolina Campus Community:
I am pleased to announce the appointment of Jayne Grandes as an Investigator in the Equal Opportunity/ADA Office. She joined the Office on March 4, 2013. This position serves as the primary Investigator for complaints of harassment, sexual misconduct and discrimination made by students, faculty and staff pursuant to all applicable University policies, including the Policy on Prohibited Harassment, Including Sexual Misconduct, and Discrimination. The Investigator will conduct prompt, thorough, objective and confidential investigations of complaints of harassment, including sexual misconduct, and discrimination; provide consultation and information regarding complaint procedures; and provide educational and training programs for the campus community. The position will work closely with the Student Complaint Coordinator/Deputy Title IX Officer in Student Affairs, and the Grievance Coordinator in the Office of Human Resources in the investigation and resolution of complaints. The Investigator will assure appropriate coordination with Public Safety, the Office of University Counsel and other university offices as appropriate.
Jayne previously worked as Director of the Office of Employment Equity at Rutgers, the State University of New Jersey where she directed and administered the University’s Affirmative Action and Equal Opportunity Policies and the Policy Prohibiting Discrimination and harassment for 20,000 faculty and staff, and over 58,000 students over three campuses.
She was also responsible for Title IX compliance. She has over 18 years of experience conducting investigations and in the resolution of harassment and discrimination complaints.
Please join me in welcoming Jayne to Carolina.
Ann Penn,
Director Equal Opportunity/ADA
