We met with Marybeth Seitz-Brown at a coffee shop near Union square. Marybeth founded an anti-rape organization called SAFER. SAFER stands for Students Active For Ending Rape. SAFER’s mission states: Strong college sexual assault policies are a key element in the prevention of sexual assault. Despite the well-known prevalence of sexual violence among college students,…
Interview with Anna
by Ella Wexler
Meeting with Anna: Our group met with Anna, an alumn of LREI and a rape victim, on December 2nd. We met her for coffee at Coffee Bean and Tea Leaf, where a very successful interview would soon take place. Anna was a freshman at Hobart University when she was sexually assaulted by multiple college football…
Lecture at NYU
by Ella Wexler
My social justice group nervously walked into the NYU building, not really knowing what to expect. We made the wrong turn a few times, but eventually found what we were looking for. As we took our seats in the lecture room I looked around and noticed my surroundings; mostly college student, presumably NYU, taking out…
Rally at Columbia University
by Ella Wexler
In October, my group attended a rally at Columbia University. It was lead by the group on the Columbia campus that fights for victims of sexual assault, More than 150 Columbia students, faculty, and community members gathered on University steps holding mattresses, pillows, and signs to rally against the University’s handling of sexual assault on campus.…
Interview with Vanessa Grigoriadis
by Ella Wexler
For this fieldwork, my group and I conducted an interview with New York Times Magazine, Vanessa Grigoriadis, a writer who wrote last month’s cover story on rape on college campuses. The article was centered around students from Columbia, UPenn, and other U.S. colleges. The article primarily revolved around Columbia student Emma Sulkowicz who was raped…
