On June 28-29, 2016, MS Coalition Against Sexual Assault hosted the Trauma Informed Victim Interviewing and Investigations Training for Campus and Local Law Enforcement Officers in collaboration with The MS Association of Community and Junior College Student Affairs Officers and The Office of MS Attorney General Jim Hood. The event took place at The Muse Center […]
With sexual assault a growing concern on college campuses nationwide, Mississippi College leaders are setting up information tables on the Quad to make students more aware of the serious situation, and taking steps to stop it. A recent study of over 150,000 students at 27 universities shows 23 percent of the women reported they were […]
In addition to the Departments’ joint Title IX guidance, the Department of Education’s Office of Elementary and Secondary Education also released Examples of Policies and Emerging Practices for Supporting Transgender Students, a compilation of policies and practices that schools across the country are already using to support transgender students. The document shares some common questions on topics […]
The U.S. Departments of Education and Justice released joint guidance to help provide educators the information they need to ensure that all students, including transgender students, can attend school in an environment free from discrimination based on sex. The guidance explains that when students or their parents, as appropriate, notify a school that a student is transgender, […]
The University of Southern Mississippi is increasing awareness among their students and faculty during Sexual Assault Awareness month by featuring this flyer across their campus during the month of April!
President Barack Obama has appointed Phyliss J. Anderson, the first-ever female tribal chief of the Mississippi Band of Choctaw Indians, to serve on the National Advisory Council on Indian Education. “The responsibility of education in our tribal communities is very important to our future. I am extremely honored in President Obama’s confidence in my leadership, […]
The Shafer Center for Crisis Intervention in Hattiesburg, MS host their Annual Walk a Mile in Her Shoes event in collaboration with Alpha Chi Omega at The University of Southern Mississippi. Walk a Mile in Her Shoes is based on the old saying: “You can’t really understand another person’s experience until you’ve walked a mile in their shoes.” […]
In recent years, nearly 30 percent of American schoolchildren have reported being a part of bullying, either as the bully, victim or bystander, accounting for 5.7 million children throughout the nation. While those numbers are staggering enough on their own, other reports found that 64 percent of children who were bullied did not report the […]
The Justice Department’s Bureau of Justice Statistics (BJS) report – the Campus Climate Survey Validation Study (CCSVS) Final Technical Report, a key deliverable of the White House Taskforce to Protect Students from Sexual Assault (Task Force) – was released January 20, 2016. The report presents the results of a nine-school pilot test that was conducted to develop […]
The NSVRC is happy to provide access to our latest publication. Key Findings from Sexual Violence Victimization and Associations with Health in a Community Sample of African American Women Basile, Smith, Dawnovise, Walters, and Hamburger (2016) offer a window into the lived experiences of African American women in Sexual violence victimization and associations with health […]
