ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
A project of this magnitude requires the collective work of many people. We are deeply grateful to the hundreds of friends and colleagues who contributed to this anthology.
To the founders of SpeakOut: The North American Student Coalition Against Sexual Violence for your friendship, encouragement, and tireless organizing efforts in creating a forum for national student dialogue. We will always cherish our debates and adventures in D.C., Philadelphia, San Francisco, Davis, Buffalo, and Durham: Nate Daun Barnett, Jennifer Beeman, Anne DePrince, Kristen Gremmell, Jack Gorman, Selden Holt, Ellen Plummer, and Jason Schultzwith special thanks to Nate for his work on the books appendix.
To the crew at the University of Pennsylvania, including those staff past and present of the Office of Health Education: Kurt Conklin, Janet Zinser-Arey, Mary Webster, Mimi Collins, Ellie Dilapi, and Ben Schein. Much heartfelt thanks for your support, editorial comments, and creative ideas and for never doubting our resolve to finish this book, or at least keeping those doubts quiet.
To Erica Gutman Strohl and Anne Siegle Yaz for their bravery and ingenuity in founding Students Together Against Acquaintance Rape (STAAR) at Penn. We would not be here without you. And to the other charter members of STAAR: Nick King, April OMalley, and Tristan Svare, who built STAARs foundation, and the others who participated in the First Annual North American Student Conference on Campus Sexual Violence in 1992: Rob Amir, Michael Brody, Derek Goodman, Beth Kaplan, Caryn Karmatz, Nick King, Deborah Levine, Paul Kostyak, Zachary Liff, Beth Lundy, Lynn Pinkus, Jeremy Rossen, Manish Shaw, Nichole Shaw, and Will Van Deveer.
To our feminist colleagues and social justice mentors who helped frame our analysis and remind us of our past: Bernice Sandler, Lesley Rimmel, Py Bateman, Joani Unger, Richard Orton, Michael Kimmel, Charlotte Pierce-Baker, John Stoltenberg, Andrea Dworkin, Marty Langelan, and Namoi Sachs.
To the folks who helped make the book a reality: the Frost Foundation in Santa Fe, New Mexico, for providing funds to start the project; Peggy Reeves Sanday for introducing our work to agent Geri Thoma at Gloria Steinems sixtieth birthday celebration; Geri Thoma and the Elaine Markson Literary Agency for believing a student movement existed and persevering to find a publisher; Jessie Minier, Steve Devlin, and Larry Moneta for helping us develop and publish our national survey; and to the staff at Rowman & Littlefield PublishersDean Birkenkamp, Jill Rothenberg, and Mary C. Hackfor your direction and patience in producing this anthology. Special thanks also to Alan McEroy and the Safe Schools Coalition for their support of the student movement.
For our friends, lovers, and supporters who inspired our work and bravely asked How is the book going? year after year: Lise Anderson, Lonnie and Michael Beer, Jon Caroulis, Jeannine Coyne, Meg Duarte, Lisa Fox, Andy Goodman, Jen Goodman-Feldman, Mike Green, Chris Haines, Sandi Herman, Deni Kasrel, Sharon Kershbaum, Liz Landrigan, Andrea Lazarini, Jim Ryan, Cathy Schwartz, Shari Silverman-Minsky, Greg Spirito-santo, Roger Wolfgram, Mark Woodruff, and the late Kate Webster.
And finally, to the women and men who have survived the degradation of sexual violence, and to the healers, activists, and educators who courageously fight this war against humanity every day.
APPENDIX I
RESOURCES
Campus Outreach Services, Inc.
304 Overlook Lane
Gulph Mills, PA 19428-2634
(610) 9415997
http://www.campusoutreachservices.com
Provides sexual assault education, policy, and risk management services for high schools, colleges, and military academies.
Coalition against Trafficking in Women
http://www.uri.edu/artsci/wms/hughes/catw
Feminist nongovernmental human rights organization committed to fighting all forms of sexual exploitation of women and children. Works with national and international policy makers, women and human rights advocates, and the United Nations.
Men Stopping Rape
306 North Brooks Street
Madison, WI 53715
(608) 257-4444
Offers variety of educational materials including posters, brochures, and videos.
National Association for Women in Education
Suite 210
1325 Eighteenth Street, N.W.
Washington, D.C. 20036-6511
(202) 659-9330
http://www.nawe.org
The Womens Issues Project of the National Association for Women in Education publishes an excellent quarterly newsletter called About Women on Campus, which highlights specific campus cases and available resources related to sexual assault and harassment.
National Coalition against Sexual Assault (NCASA)
125 N. Enola Drive
Enola, PA 17025
(717) 728-9764
http://www.ncasa.org
A feminist organization that provides leadership to the movement to end sexual violence through advocacy, education, and public policy. Also sponsors national conferences.
National Organization of Victim Assistance (NOVA)
1727 Park Road, N.W.
Washington, D.C. 20010
(800) 879-6682
(202) 232-6682
http://www.try-nova.org
Founded in 1975, NOVA is a small nonprofit organization dedicated to improving services for victims and survivors of violent crimes and disasters, offering a twenty-four-hour hotline, conferences, legislative advocacy, and a national clearinghouse.
The New York City Gay and Lesbian Anti-Violence Project
647 Hudson Street
New York, NY 10014
24-hour hotline: (212) 807-6761
Office: (212) 807-6761
Founded in 1980, this is New York Citys primary resource for lesbian and gay survivors of sexual assault. This organization publishes an excellent brochure on male rape.
Rape, Abuse and Incest National Network (RAINN)
252 Tenth Street, N.E.
Washington, D.C. 20002
(202) 5441034
(800) 656-HOPE (national referral to local service)
http://www.rainn.org
National organization founded by musician Tori Amos.
The Safe Schools Coalition, Inc.
P.O. Box 1338, Dept. S112
Holmes Beach, FL 34218-1338
(800) 537-4903
http://www.ed.mtu.edu/safe
Consortium organizer of the International Conference on Sexual Assault and Harassment on Campus held annually.
Santa Monica Rape Treatment Center
1250 Sixteenth Street
Santa Monica, CA 90404
(800) END-RAPE
http://www.endrape.org
In addition to offering twenty-four-hour medical and legal advocacy services, distributes rape prevention posters, brochures, and videos appropriate for use on college campuses.
Security on Campus, Inc.
601 South Henderson Road
Suite 205
King of Prussia, PA 19406
Hotline: (888) 251-7959
(610) 768-9330
http://www.campussafety.org
Founded by Howard and Connie Cleary after their daughter was sexually assaulted and murdered by another student at Lehigh University in 1986. Excellent resource for legislative issues related to campus crime and the reporting of sexual assault.
SpeakOut: The North American Student Coalition against Sexual Violence
http://members.aol.com/nascasv
Organization of U.S. and Canadian campus activists and educators committed to ending sexual violence. Since 1992 SpeakOut has sponsored fifteen North American student conferences. Also serves as clearinghouse for campus programs, resources, and speakers.
Violence against Women Office (Department of Justice)