{"id":566,"date":"2012-05-03T18:29:44","date_gmt":"2012-05-03T22:29:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/cgsa\/?p=566"},"modified":"2012-09-26T12:51:13","modified_gmt":"2012-09-26T16:51:13","slug":"566","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/cgsa\/2012\/05\/03\/566\/","title":{"rendered":"BU Announces Sexual Assault Crisis and Prevention Center!"},"content":{"rendered":"

PRESIDENT BROWN ANNOUNCES ESTABLISHMENT OF<\/strong>
\n SEXUAL ASSAULT PREVENTION AND RESPONSE CENTER AT BOSTON UNIVERSITY<\/strong><\/p>\n

BOSTON, May 3\u2013 Boston University President Robert A. Brown announced via email Monday
\nmorning the establishment of a center dedicated to preventing and responding to sexual assault on
\ncampus. The center is expected to be operational by the beginning of the 2012-2013 school year.<\/p>\n

The CGSA is proud to be part of an institution that takes sexual assault and interpersonal violence
\nseriously. In creating this center, Boston University is proving its commitment to student safety and
\nwellbeing and is a true leader among higher education institutions.<\/p>\n

The CGSA would like to recognize the group of dedicated students who worked tirelessly in
\ndrafting a detailed proposal<\/a> of the sexual assault prevention office. This 30 page proposal included
\na comprehensive plan for the implementation of this center, including: staffing guides, roles of
\ncounselors, medical services, judicial proceedings and relationship to the BU Police Department, a
\nprojected budget and timeline. <\/p>\n

The proposal also included a comparison of BU\u2019s peer institutions and the resources they have to
\nprevent and respond to sexual assault, letters of support from prominent members of the Boston
\ncommunity, a list of why this center would benefit BU, and the Change.org petition with the list of
\n1,214 signatures and comments of support attached.<\/p>\n

In October, the CGSA advocated for three central services: implementing trainings for faculty and
\nstudent leaders, getting more crisis counselors, and establishing a zero-tolerance policy for sexual
\nassault at BU. Since then, students have campaigned using grassroots organizing tactics to gain
\nmomentum and university-wide support for this cause. Some of these campaign efforts include:
\nlive-stream conversations with Dean Elmore, hosting town halls with the BU community, intensive
\nsocial media campaigning, gaining the support of student union, and meeting with BU faculty and
\nadministration, including the BU Hockey Task Force.<\/p>\n

We look forward to working closely with the administration to see a center for sexual assault
\nresponse and prevention open next year.<\/p>\n

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\nThe Center for Gender, Sexuality and Activism (CGSA) at Boston University strives to be a safe space
\nfor people of all genders and sexualities. Using a social justice framework, The CGSA aims to end
\ngender oppression and violence, and advocates for the full equality and inclusion of women, queer and
\ntrans students. Our dynamic community fosters challenging and open discourse, promotes student
\nactivism, and provides resources and education for the Boston University Community bu.edu\/cgsa \/\/
\n@BUCGSA \/\/ cgsa@bu.edu<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

PRESIDENT BROWN ANNOUNCES ESTABLISHMENT OF SEXUAL ASSAULT PREVENTION AND RESPONSE CENTER AT BOSTON UNIVERSITY BOSTON, May 3\u2013 Boston University President Robert A. Brown announced via email Monday morning the establishment of a center dedicated to preventing and responding to sexual assault on campus. The center is expected to be operational by the beginning of the […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5743,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[13,15,1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/cgsa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/566"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/cgsa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/cgsa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/cgsa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5743"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/cgsa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=566"}],"version-history":[{"count":16,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/cgsa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/566\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":602,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/cgsa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/566\/revisions\/602"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/cgsa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=566"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/cgsa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=566"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/cgsa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=566"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}