2024 ANNUAL SECURITY REPORT 26 reporting processes through weekly meetings, speakers, discussions, events and posted marketing materials. Hundreds of t-shirts with the It’s On Us branding were printed and distributed to student leaders who attended educational programs, signed the pledge or supported the campaign. It’s On Us Spring Week of Action: This week-long event series that takes place in both the Fall and Spring semesters intends to educate, engage and empower students and communities to do something big or small to end sexual assault. During the 2023-2024 academic year, the week of action included: workshops on Bystander Intervention, relationship violence, Survivor Self-Care, Consent education, “Real Talk” about mental health, promotional tables with information where students are invited to take the pledge, the annual Take Back the Night and Clothesline project events, and the Red Flag campaign. The red flag campaign is a visual and interactive campaign to raise awareness around red flags of dating and relationships, and how to get help and find resources. A national speaker presented a program on understanding the intersections of ethnicity, gender identity, and being a survivor. Clothesline Project: The Clothesline Project, sponsored by the Women’s Center, is a visual display of shirts with written messages and illustrations that graphically demonstrate the impact of violence. These shirts are designed by survivors of violence, their families and/or friends. Assault is Not An Accident Classroom Presentations: The Women’s Center staff provides educational presentations to classes on topics of relationship violence and sexual assault. Each year, there are some faculty members who include this presentation in first year seminars or health classes. These workshops include information on relationship violence, different types of abuse, stalking, harassment, sexual assault, rape, consent, victim blaming, rape culture, organizations associated with sexual assault awareness resources on campus and places to report and contact information for various individuals and places. Campus Advocacy Services Via SafeBerks: The KU Women’s Center works with a community partner, Safe Berks, to provide campus advocacy services, which are confidential. Services include review of all reporting options, accompaniment to the Berks County Courthouse to obtain a Protection Order, law enforcement interviews, and Title IX meetings/hearings and referrals to other Berks County support services and resources, as needed. The Women’s Center, LGBTQ+ Resource Center, It’s On Us Student Chapter and the Feminist Majority Leadership Alliance also partner together throughout the academic year to provide a variety of online and printed resources, small group discussions, awareness campaigns, and education through short films and movies on topics of red flags of dating, healthy relationships, and supporting male and LGBTQ+ survivors. The Clothesline Project: Sponsored by the Women’s Center, this visual exhibition features a display of shirts with written messages and illustrations that graphically demonstrate the impact of violence. “What Were YOU Wearing?” Project: This project is a visual display of survivor’s descriptions of what they were wearing when they experienced sexual violence. The installation asks viewers to consider the amount of self-blame that results from the question: “What were you wearing?”. It is displayed in the Student Union building for one week during the Red Zone, and we also provide informational tables with resources. Safe Berks Silent Witness Project: This program features a display of life-sized red silhouettes which highlight the stories of Berks County citizens who were victims of domestic violence homicide. It is on display for one week during October, Domestic Violence awareness month. University Shuttle Service The KU campus shuttle program offers students safe passage around campus, local housing communities and the downtown area during heavy use times. The on-campus loop runs Monday-Friday with the first pickup occurring at 7:30 AM and the last drop-off at 4:00 PM. The off-campus loop runs Monday-Friday with the first pickup occurring at 7:30 AM and the last drop-off at 3:30 PM. The evening loop runs Monday through Thursday from 4:00 PM through 10:00 PM and
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