{"id":19528,"date":"2017-04-17T07:05:08","date_gmt":"2017-04-17T12:05:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.uww.edu\/library\/?p=19528"},"modified":"2017-04-18T09:32:12","modified_gmt":"2017-04-18T14:32:12","slug":"april-is-sexual-assault-awareness-month","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.uww.edu\/library\/archives\/19528","title":{"rendered":"April is Sexual Assault Awareness Month"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>April is <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nsvrc.org\/saam\/saam-history\" target=\"_blank\">Sexual Assault Awareness Month<\/a>, which is intended to &#8220;raise public awareness about sexual violence and to educate communities on how to prevent it.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #2f178f;\"><strong>It&#8217;s up to all of us to promote a safe campus community!<\/strong><\/span> You can read the campus Sexual Misconduct Policy and find links to support resources and reporting information at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.uww.edu\/sexual-misconduct-information\" target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/www.uww.edu\/sexual-misconduct-information<\/a>. The Title IX training I took recently said that &#8220;Research suggests that college students are particularly vulnerable to many forms of sexual violence.&#8221; and &#8220;College-age women experience the highest rates of rape and sexual assault of any other age group.&#8221; Even <em>one<\/em> incident is unacceptable!<\/p>\n<p>UWW is hosting several <a href=\"http:\/\/www.uww.edu\/news\/archive\/2017-04-sex-assault-awareness\" target=\"_blank\">Sexual Assault Awareness Month events<\/a>, including:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Apr. 20 (Thurs) 5-6:30pm: Survival Mindset Workshop, Esker Hall 108<\/li>\n<li>Apr. 26 (Wed) all day: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.powtoon.com\/embed\/bYPEKtqQ4cr\/\" target=\"_blank\">Denim Day<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Apr. 27 (Fri) 6:30pm: Take Back the Night, Esker Hall 108<\/li>\n<li>Apr. 30 (Sun) 1-3:30pm: Survival Mindset Workshop, Esker Hall 108<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>[youtube]https:\/\/youtu.be\/fW5xFo22oQg[\/youtube]<\/p>\n<p><strong>Andersen Library can help you learn more<\/strong>, with books such as <em>Campus sexual assault: College women respond<\/em> (online via <a href=\"https:\/\/ibproxy.uww.edu:9443\/login?url=https:\/\/muse.jhu.edu\/book\/44602\/\" target=\"_blank\">Project MUSE<\/a>), DVDs such as <em>Understanding sexual assault, legal consent, and bystander intervention<\/em> (2nd-floor Academic DVDs, HQ35.2 .U64 2012), and government information such as the Congressional committee hearing <em>Preventing and responding to sexual assault on college campuses<\/em> (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.gpo.gov\/fdsys\/pkg\/CHRG-114hhrg96035\/pdf\/CHRG-114hhrg96035.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">online<\/a>). See additional government online information, such as <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nij.gov\/topics\/crime\/rape-sexual-violence\/campus\/Pages\/welcome.aspx\" target=\"_blank\"><em>Sexual assault on campus<\/em><\/a> (U.S. Dept. of Justice), <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cdc.gov\/violenceprevention\/pdf\/campussvprevention.pdf\" target=\"_blank\"><em>Sexual violence on campus: Strategies for prevention<\/em><\/a> (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention), and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dhs.wisconsin.gov\/injury-prevention\/sexual-violence\/index.htm\" target=\"_blank\"><em>Sexual assault prevention<\/em><\/a> (Wisconsin Dept. of Health Services).<\/p>\n<p>If you\u2019d like assistance with finding additional information, please <a href=\"http:\/\/library.uww.edu\/get-help\/ask-a-librarian\" target=\"_blank\">ask a librarian<\/a> (choose chat or email, phone 262-472-1032, or visit the Reference Desk).<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000080;\">Andersen Library is a federal and Wisconsin depository library with federal and state government documents on a variety of current and relevant issues available to you in various formats (print, DVD\/CD-ROM, online). Check out <em>your<\/em> government at Andersen Library!<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>April is Sexual Assault Awareness Month, which is intended to &#8220;raise public awareness about sexual violence and to educate communities on how to prevent it.&#8221; It&#8217;s up to all of us to promote a safe campus community! 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