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,…
Stop Rape. Educate.
We are a group of four Eighth Graders that are working to end rape on college campuses. 1 in 5 women will be sexually assaulted in their college time; this needs to be acted on. Women are being silenced as college authorities refuse to take action, trying to protect their reputations.
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…
Interview with Annie J. Gardner President of Sigma Delta Sorority at Dartmouth, 2/4/15
by Florence Finkelstein
This February my Social Justice group and I FaceTimed a woman named Annie J. Gardner She attends Dartmouth College is the President of her Sorority, Sigma Delta. Usually, college parties are held at frat houses, but Annie and her sorority recently opened their house to parties in order to address the issue of rape on campus. We spoke…
Interview with Marybeth Seitz-Brown from SAFER, 1-29-15
by Florence Finkelstein
In January, two members of my Social Justice group and I met with the founder of SAFER organization, activist and speaker Marybeth Seitz Brown. SAFER is an organization that empowers students to hold their universities accountable for having strong campus sexual assault policies and programming. They hold workshops and seminars on the dangers of campus rape,…
Interview with Anna, 10-2-14
by Florence Finkelstein
This December, my Social Justice group and I met with Anna, an LREI Alum and rape survivor. We met her for coffee and had an extremely interesting interview. Anna was a freshman at Hobart University when she was sexually assaulted by multiple collage football players. She immediately wanted to speak out about her experience and…
FaceTime with Annie Gardner
by 19destinyb
FaceTime with Annie GardnerRecently, my group members and I interviewed Annie Gardner, a young woman who goes to Dartmouth University. We were asking her about her sorority, which has different beliefs from regular sororities. Most sororities in the United States don’t allow drinking in their houses. Annie was in a New York Times article about…
Speaking with Annie Gardner, President of Sigma Delta Sorority at Dartmouth, 2/4/15
by Claire Greenburger
On February 2nd, 2015, my social justice group and I Facetimed Annie Gardner. She attends Dartmouth College and is the President of her Sorority, Sigma Delta. In the past, college parties usually occurred at frat houses instead of sorority homes, but Annie and her sorority recently opened their house to parties in order to address…
Meeting and Interviewing Marybeth Seitz-Brown, Rape on Campus Activist for Safer, 1/29/15
by Claire Greenburger
My group and I met with Marybeth Seitz-Brown, who is a rape activist and college rape survivor. She went and graduated from Columbia University and is now closely involved with an organization called Safer and has become an expert on the topic of rape on college campuses. This organization works to make all campuses free…
Lecture at New York University: Rethinking Sexual Violence, 11-10-14
by Florence Finkelstein
Myself and my Social Justice group recently attended a lecture at New York University where people three inspirational women pondered the question, “How Might Shakespeare’s poem “The Rape of Lucrece” and talk about the current conversations about “rape culture” on collage campuses.” The three women who spoke were New York Magazine Journalist Vanessa Grigoriadis (whom…
End Rape Rally at Colombia University, 10-29-14
by Florence Finkelstein
n October 29th, myself and my social justice group attended a student held rally at Colombia University. It was led by a handful of rape and sexual assault survivors who wanted to bring awareness to the topic and make a difference. Around 175 students, faculty, reporters, survivors and ordinary pedestrians attended the event with pillows…
Interview with Anna, Rape Victim and LREI Middle School Graduate, 12/16/14
by Claire Greenburger
My group and I interviewed Anna, who unfortunately was a victim of sexual assault on a college campus and had to suffer through dealing with the college’s awful, unjust ways of handling her rape case. Anna went to LREI until the end of tenth grade. Then transferred to York and went to Hobart College. We…
Interview with Anna
by 19destinyb
The interview with Anna took place on Tuesday, December 16.My group and I interviewed Anna about her experience in sexual assault, and what she did after the fact. After listening carefully to her story, I realized that her’s, just like many other college rapes, were not solved, and the people who committed the crimes were…
Lecture at New York University, 11/10/14
by Claire Greenburger
My group and I attended a lecture at New York University where people spoke about the issue of rape on college campuses. At the lecture a Columbia Graduate and rape survivor named Marybeth spoke, as well as Vanessa Grigoriadis, a New York magazine writer who wrote an article about Emma…
Rally at Columbia University
by 19destinyb
Our group took a trip to Colombia University, in which we attended a rally pertaining to our topic. It was about Emma Sulcowicz, and many other girls who were raped on campus, and not trusted about the retelling of their horrific stories. The rally that we attended was a protest against the idea that people…
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…
Rally at Columbia University,10/29/14
by Claire Greenburger
At the end of October, my group and I attended a rally protest at Columbia University. This was a great experience because we got to get involved by supporting students who were victims of campus rape and people who just like us, think this is an important cause that needs to be acted on. There…
Interview with Vanessa Grigoriadis, New York Magazine Journalist, 10-14-14
by Florence Finkelstein
Our first fieldwork consisted of a wonderful interview with a journalist from New York Magazine named Vanessa Grigoriadis. She kindly met us at our school where we led her to a lower school class room which we transformed into a makeshift conference room. We started off with a conversation…
Interview with Vanessa Grigoriadis
by 19destinyb
My group and I are embarking on a social justice project to end rape on college campuses. We have recently been trying to get in touch with organizations such as EROC, and have been trying to contact victims of campus rape. Recently, the four of us conducted and interview with a writer that worked at…
Interview with Vanessa Grigoriadis, Writer for New York Magazine, 10/14/14
by Claire Greenburger
For this field work my group and I conducted an interview with Vanessa Grigoriadis. She is a writer for New York Magazine and wrote an article about Emma Sulkowicz. Emma was raped on her school campus (Columbia University) by a classmate, in her dorm room her sophomore year. After we read Vanessa’s Article we were…
Stop Rape. Educate.
by Clair
We are a group of four Eighth Graders that are working to end rape on college campuses. 1 in 5 women will be sexually assaulted in their college time; this needs to be acted on. Women are being silenced as college authorities refuse to take action, trying to protect their reputations. To see all of…
