Sexual Assault Victims Want Colleges to Apologize
Students who say colleges have mishandled sexual assault complaints demand on social media that colleges #JustSaySorry.
Inside Higher Ed reports.
Sexual assault victims urge colleges to apologize for mishandling cases
On Monday, Wagatwe Wanjuki, a former Tufts University student, posted a video on Facebook of her setting a Tufts sweatshirt on fire. “I’m not proud to wear a sweatshirt of an institution that refuses to acknowledge that I exist, that survivors should be helped,” Wanjuki said, her camera pointed at the smoldering shirt.
The following day, Kamilah Willingham, a graduate of Harvard Law School, burned a pair of Harvard University sweatpants and posted a photo of the smoking remains on Instagram. Both posts were labeled with the hashtag #JustSaySorry — the beginnings of a new social media campaign aimed at getting colleges to apologize for mishandling cases of campus sexual assault.
Sexual assault victims urge colleges to apologize for mishandling cases (Inside Higher Ed | News)