Tag: Project SAFE
Project SAFE hosts annual Empowerment Week
Occidental’s Project SAFE hosted their annual Empowerment Week Oct. 25–29 during Domestic Violence Awareness Month. According to Project SAFE Manager and Survivor Advocate Tirzah...
Fall 2021 semester poses “Double Red Zone”
Content warning: This article contains discussions of sexual assault on campus. While moving onto campus for the first time is a celebratory achievement for students...
Department of Education Title IX changes lead to new interim sexual...
Occidental College has implemented Title IX policy changes to comply with the new guidelines issued by U.S. Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos May 7....
Confusion among Greek orgs leads to noncompliance with bylaws
As fraternities and sororities on campus prepare to welcome new members next semester, their Greek Council representatives are working to edit bylaws within the...
Occidental’s lack of a permanent Title IX coordinator makes me feel...
In a self-defense class I took last Sunday, I learned how to defend myself from an attacker. I learned to stomp on their feet, use the...
Project SAFE hosts Empowerment Week
Project SAFE hosted Empowerment Week Oct. 21–25, organizing community gardening events in the Food, Energy and Sustainability Team (FEAST) garden, tie-dying shirts on the...
Project SAFE takes back the week with survivor-centered events
Project SAFE's Take Back the Week featured numerous events and workshops April 22–25 to raise awareness about sexual assault and provide healing spaces for...
We need to stand up to sexual assault at Oxy
As a woman, I know what it's like to feel like my body doesn't completely belong to me. I felt like my body wasn’t mine...
Occidental introduces interim sexual misconduct policy in response to state Title...
The U.S. Department of Education (DOE) published its new proposed Title IX regulations in the Federal Register Nov. 29, 2018, amending college and university policies for how sexual...
Occidental Title IX office looks to fight proposed Department of Education...
Department of Education (DOE) Secretary Betsy DeVos revealed her proposal for an overhaul of the current rules governing campus sexual assault under Title IX...