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Members of the Coalition Against Sexual Violence (CASV) cite PSLM’s example in attempting to get the word out about their opposition to the change in the University’s sexual assault policy last year. “We definitely did try and follow the advice of people who had been involved in PSLM, like how to contact the media and how to make press packets,” says Alisha C. Johnson ’04, a member of CASV...
Last April, when CASV organized a protest against the Faculty’s vote to require corroborating evidence before the Administrative Board will investigate peer dispute cases. They went through the main talking points, called their press contacts the best they could, and went out with their posters and slogans. “We weren’t in the position to have The New York Times at our beck and call,” says one CASV member. The Times bit, though, and the change did get extensive coverage. Photos of protesters bearing signs reading “Rape...
...CASV faced challenges that the Living Wage campaign did not. For one thing, its cause was reacting to a surprise action by the administration, as opposed to creating an event. Some say there was always the fear of antagonizing the administration to the extent that they would no longer listen. For another, unlike Living Wage, CASV lacks the backing of a nationally organized movement...
Johnson said that CASV anticipates that the committee’s proposals, which will be released this month, will set a more positive precedent for other universities than OCR’s current ruling does...
...CASV still believes that requiring corroboration, no matter what it is called, is bad and prevents survivors from coming forward and having investigations,” she said...