Word: assaults
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...Clothesline Project—an initiative organized by the Office of Sexual Assault Prevention and Response in light of Sexual Assault Awareness Month—offers women the opportunity to decorate a shirt and hang it in public to raise awareness of sexual violence...
Palin then traveled some 250 miles northwest to join the Tea Party assault on Harry Reid in his ink-dot hometown of Searchlight, Nev. (pop. 738). Despite fears of unrest and a crowd of several thousand angry activists, the Searchlight event turned out to be a tame affair, mostly vague speeches about freedom and the evils of Washington. But the rhetoric was at times deviant and downright ugly: placards and T-shirts reading "Send Obuma [sic] back to Kenya" and "Pelosi is the White House's new Monica" were visible during Palin's brief speech, and she made no effort...
Abbas Jaffer, a Divinity School student active in HMAR, said that many men become involved in assault prevention because they are close to women who have been affected by sexual violence...
According to Jaffer, members of final clubs, fraternities, and athletic teams who are involved with both HMAR and the Campaign are taking a proactive approach to combating the stigma that much sexual assault is perpetrated by men in these organizations...
Jaffer said that a limited time frame is the most challenging aspect of efforts like the week-long White Ribbon Campaign and the few weeks of Sexual Assault Awareness Month...