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Passing this on from Tsivia:



SEXUAL ASSAULT - SUPPORT NEEDED


Carleton U. is being sued by the woman who was brutally sexually assaulted
in 2007.
In response, the university states that the victim's injuries
were "caused or contributed to by the Plaintiff through her own
negligence... she was not keeping a proper lookout for her own safety"


1) We urge all community members who believe in women's rights to email
your thoughts to:

President Roseann O'Reilly Runte presidents_office@carleton.ca
Vice President Duncan Watt duncan_watt@carleton.ca
Equity Services equity@carleton.ca

The Coalition for a Carleton Sexual Assault Support Centre is launching a
campaign in response: "Accountability, safety, respect, dignity: We're
Asking For It!"

2) We are organizing an emergency rally for next Monday, Aug. 17th:

A demonstration, organized by Carleton Students and members of the Ottawa
community, is being held to bring attention to Carleton's stance on sexual
assault. Student demonstrators will meet at at 2:30pm in the atrium of the
University Centre and will head to the CU's administration offices at
3:00pm to present petitions and opposition letters.

We will then march to the Carleton U. Bronson/Sunnyside entrance where we will be joined by members of the larger community for a rally from 4:30-6:00pm.



More Information Available Here (on Blogspot and Twitter).

There is also a Facebook group: Carleton University's Views on Sexual Assault Do Not Represent Me


For more information and to get involved, contact:
coalitionforcarleton@gmail.com