| OFFICE OF SEXUAL VIOLENCE SUPPORT SERVICES |
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ABOUT USThis office emerged from DePaul students, staff and faculty coming together to address issues of sexual violence on campus. Student Affairs started the Stop Sexual Violence Taskforce to address the programmatic and policy aspects of sexual assault. Staff members from Residential Education and the Ray Meyer Fitness Center applied for and received a Vincentian Endowment grant to start the Rape Aggression Defense program which has now run for over 6 years. And a student group called R.I.S.E. (Resources, Information, Services, Empowerment) created a resource website, held workshops for student groups and classes, and met with administrators to encourage the University toward creating a position to head up the responsibilities they had taken on themselves.In May 2007, R.I.S.E. students held a demonstration to voice their concern about lack of institutional response or resources for sexual violence on campus. The Stop Sexual Violence Taskforce listened to these concerns and moved quickly to create the department of Sexual Violence Support Services as part of the Dean of Students office. It is a testament to the determination and commitment of DePaul students, staff and faculty that this office was able to come in to existence in January 2008. |
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