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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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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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Election Watch: What to Ask and What to Look For
Friday, July 26, 2019   In the Community  
This campaign season, we’re watching candidates to see whether they make supporting survivors of sexual assault, harassment, and abuse a…
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Op-Ed: Setting the Record Straight on Title IX
Tuesday, June 18, 2019   Media  
In February 2019, BARCC Executive Director penned an op-ed in the Boston Globe regarding Title IX. Excerpt: "Thanks to the 2011 guidance…
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Media: Women Worried About DeVos’ Proposed Title IX Changes
Monday, January 28, 2019   Media  
BARCC Executive Director Gina Scaramella and Senior Bilingual Staff Attorney Patty McNamara went on The Take with Sue O'Connell on NECN to…
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Media: Boston Neighborhood Network News
Monday, January 28, 2019   Media  
BARCC Advocacy and Legislative Affairs Manager Katia Santiago-Taylor went on Boston Neighborhood Network News to talk about the proposed changes to…
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Reasons to Oppose Proposed Changes to Title IX, Part Five: They Block Procedural Justice
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 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: 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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The Basics of Title IX
Wednesday, October 25, 2017   In the Community  
What is Title IX? Title IX is a federal civil rights law, created in 1972 to protect equal access to education in schools that receive federal…
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Media: Interim Title IX Guidelines Leave Advocates for Assault Survivors Concerned
Tuesday, September 26, 2017   Media  
Stephanie DeCandia, BARCC's director of programs, explained how changes to Title IX Guidance could affect survivors in an interview with Metro…
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Media: Trump Administration Scraps Obama-Era Sexual Assault Guidelines
Monday, September 25, 2017   Media  
Last week, BARCC Director of Programs Stephanie DeCandia spoke with Kirk Carapezza, lead correspondent and managing editor of WGBH's On Campus,…
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Letter: Title IX Directive Was Put in Place to Correct Lapses in School Policies
Wednesday, September 20, 2017   Media  
Earlier this month, U.S. Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos announced that the Trump administration would begin an open comment period as the first…
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