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New Laws to Celebrate ✅
Friday, January 15, 2021   In the Community  
It was an incredibly busy end of the year at the State House (and unusual, given that the session usually wraps up in July, and it ended this time…
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Top 10 BARCC Posts of 2020
Monday, December 28, 2020   In the Community  
As we start the new year, we wanted to take a look at the 10 most-viewed BARCC blog posts of 2020 to help us reflect and recharge for the year…
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Upcoming Free Webinars: Supporting Survivors on Campus and Beyond
Wednesday, August 26, 2020   In the Community  
Presenters updated September 29, 2020. As students head back to school—whether full remote or in a hybrid model—we are eager to offer…
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Op-Ed: Colleges Need to Prepare For Another Challenge—Radical Changes To Title IX
Friday, August 14, 2020   Media  
In this op-ed, BARCC Executive Director Gina Scaramella outlines just some of the detrimental changes to Title IX that colleges and universities…
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What You Can Do to Support Survivors on Campus
Monday, August 03, 2020   In the Community  
This blog post was written by Samantha Weeks and Natalie Shafer, interns with the BARCC Legal Advocacy team. In May, the federal Department of…
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Media: New Sexual Misconduct Regs Prompt Call for New Remedies
Tuesday, May 19, 2020   Media  
In a conversation with Boston Neighborhood Network News, Katia Santiago-Taylor, BARCC's policy director, discusses the detrimental changes to…
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Press Release: BARCC Responds to New Title IX Regulations and Urges State Lawmakers to Pass Three Bills to Mitigate Local Impact
Friday, May 08, 2020   Media  
This week, the Trump administration published long anticipated regulations governing Title IX, the 1972 law that prohibits sex-based discrimination…
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Ask Legislators to Do Right by Massachusetts Youth
Tuesday, October 22, 2019   In the Community  
For years, we have been talking with legislators about the importance of sexual assault prevention, about setting the foundations for healthy…
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More than Fundraising: Q&A with Delta Tau Delta of Northeastern
Tuesday, April 09, 2019   In the Community  
As we gear up for the Walk for Change on April 28, we’re excited to see almost 80 teams registered and fundraising to support survivors and…
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Reasons to Oppose Proposed Changes to Title IX, Part Four: They Discourage Students from Reporting
Wednesday, January 23, 2019   In the Community  
BARCC is submitting public comment to U.S. Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos detailing the reasons why the Office of Civil Rights at the…
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Reasons to Oppose Proposed Changes to Title IX, Part Three: They Will Cause More Harm, Not Less
Wednesday, January 23, 2019   In the Community  
BARCC is submitting public comment to U.S. Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos detailing the reasons why the Office of Civil Rights at the…
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Reasons to Oppose Proposed Changes to Title IX, Part Two: They Favor Offenders
Wednesday, January 23, 2019   In the Community  
BARCC is submitting public comment to U.S. Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos detailing the reasons why the Office of Civil Rights at the…
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Reasons to Oppose Proposed Changes to Title IX, Part One: They Reinforce Myths about Rape
Friday, January 18, 2019   In the Community  
BARCC is submitting public comment to U.S. Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos detailing the reasons why the Office of Civil Rights at the…
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Full Text of BARCC’s Title IX Public Comment
Thursday, January 17, 2019   Statements  
Below is the full text of BARCC's public comment opposing the proposed changes to Title IX regulations. For more on our take in a digestible…
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Support Student Survivors: Submit Your Title IX Public Comment Today!
Tuesday, January 15, 2019   In the Community  
In November, U.S. Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos released new proposed Title IX regulations, which govern how to handle sexual assault and…
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Media: ‘A Victory for Survivors of Sexual Assault’
Thursday, August 02, 2018   Media  
BARCC Executive Director Gina Scaramella recently spoke about the importance of pending legislation that would require campus climate surveys…
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Media: ASAP and BARCC Discuss Future Plans, Resources, #MeToo Campaign
Tuesday, November 21, 2017   Media  
The Tufts Daily spoke with BARCC Executive Director Gina Scaramella to refamiliarize the Tufts campus with BARCC services, discuss the #MeToo…
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Media: Senate Confirms Legislation Ramping up University Sexual Assault Policies
Tuesday, November 07, 2017   Media  
The Daily Free Press, Boston University's independent student newspaper, spoke with BARCC's Advocacy and Legislative Affairs Manager Katia…
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Media: Rape Crisis Center Reaches out after #MeToo
Friday, November 03, 2017   Media  
The Hungtinton News spoke with BARCC Executive Director Gina Scaramella and Northeastern student and hotline volunteer Danielle Dottor to talk…
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Op-Ed: DeVos Halts Progress Toward Ending Campus Rape
Wednesday, September 13, 2017   Media  
BARCC Executive Director Gina Scaramella took on the Trump administration's planned rollback of the Title IX Guidance in a recent op-ed for the…
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Media: Trump Administration Plans Rollback Of Campus Assault Rules
Monday, September 11, 2017   Media  
The Boston Globe recently reported on Education Secretary Betsy DeVos' accouncement that the Trump administration plans to replace Title IX…
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Statement on Trump Administration Decision to Replace Title IX Guidance
Thursday, September 07, 2017   Statements  
Today, during a speech at George Mason University, U.S. Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos announced that the Trump administration would replace…
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Media: Law Firms Focused On Those Accused Of Campus Sexual Assault Open Doors In Boston
Thursday, September 07, 2017   Media  
The Boston Globe's Dugan Arnett reported recently that a law firm that focuses on representing students accused of campus sexual assault has…
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Reducing Sexual Assault at School
Wednesday, September 06, 2017   In the Community  
How BARCC Partners with Schools to Create Cultures that Are Safe and Equitable for All Sexual abuse at private boarding schools has been all over…
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Betsy DeVos and Title IX
Monday, July 31, 2017   In the Community  
Check out our recent tweetstorm on the latest from Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos regarding Title IX, which provides essential mandates for…
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Op-Ed: Sexual Assault On Campus Is Real
Tuesday, July 18, 2017   Media  
(And I Can't Believe I Have To Say This In 2017.) Last week, a Department of Education official made comments trivializing incidents of campus…
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Missed Opportunities for Prevention: 13 Reasons Why
Friday, June 02, 2017   In the Community  
We’ve been hearing a lot in the schools that we work in—and in national dialogue—about the Netflix series 13 Reasons Why. The…
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Press Release: Boston Area Rape Crisis Center Receives $100K Award for Investment in the Future
Thursday, May 25, 2017   Media  
Award is part of Cummings Foundation $100K for 100 program Cambridge, MA, May 25, 2017―The Boston Area Rape Crisis Center (BARCC) announces…
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Take Action to Protect Title IX
Wednesday, February 15, 2017   In the Community  
Today, BARCC is joining a national day of action, part of the #DearBetsy campaign spearheaded by End Rape on Campus (EROC) and supported by Futures…
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News Roundup for Independence Day
Wednesday, July 03, 2013   In the Community  
Good afternoon BARCC blog readers! I came to work this morning, convinced that I would not be able to write a blog piece today. However BARCC is…
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It takes more than words
Friday, May 03, 2013  
What is enough for an individual or organization to prove that they are against or that they support a certain issue? Would this just have to…
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The Fear That Our Communities Will Fail Us
Thursday, October 18, 2012  
Yesterday, Angie Epifano wrote an account of her experiences with her school following her sexual assault at Amherst College, a small, elite…
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Responses to the BU Task Force
Wednesday, September 19, 2012   In the Community  
There has been a lot of chatter and response pieces in regards to the BU Task Force about the hockey team. Below are two responses that I would…
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Project Unspoken
Wednesday, September 05, 2012   In the Community  
I want to share this video created by students at Emory University as part of Project Unspoken, a summer intern project at Emory University's…
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Come out to the rally on Tuesday!
Friday, April 22, 2011   In the Community  
Rape on campus! It's a big deal! We need to make sure it stops! In conjunction with city councilors Ayanna Pressley, Felix Arroyo, the Victim…
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