Word: ellertson
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...think it's very important the subject gets increased attention so we can get people talking about it," said Charlotte Ellertson '87, co-director of Response, a peer counseling group that deals with sexual harrassment...
Last spring, Ellertson and Kate Freeman '87circulated a petition calling for mandatoryworkshops on date rape to be held in all freshmandorms during freshman week. The students gatheredabout 1000 signatures in favor of the proposal...
...juniors circulating the petition. Charlotte A. Ellertson '87, who co-directs Harvard's peer counseling group Response, said that when she began the petition drive, the College's committee "hadn't done anything tangible...
...Ellertson also said her organization was willing to accommodate Moses' complaints by allowing all peer counseling groups to participate in the acquaintance rape program...
...many women just bide their time in prison, Ellertson says. "It's really difficult. There's no authorized outlet for anger. You can't write a letter to the head guard. Well, you can, but it won't do anything." Moreover, Ellertson says that the problem with the prisons is that they don't rehabilitate people. "They seem to tear up future generations by separating these women from their families. The damage these women do to society as prostitutes and abusing drugs is much less than the damage they do to themselves...