Buena Vista University- Students Against a Violent Environment

09/24/2016

09/09/2016

This collection of photographs conveys a frightening reality.

09/19/2015

A powerful new video is out for Lady Gaga's "Till It Happens to You". TRIGGER WARNING: very realistic portrayals of situations concerning sexual assault.*

Gaga's back, but it's not for a club/summer/dance jam/remixable popstravaganza. Lady Gaga's new song is a serious turn, a PSA more about the message than the music. Gaga has been

07/28/2015

Violence has costs. Learn your school’s obligations to fix it: http://knowyourix.org/violence-costs/

Protections for Students Experiencing Financial Harm as a Result of Gender-Based Violence As a result of the gender-based violence they experienced, some student survivors may suffer financial costs, including lost tuition and expenses for services such as counseling and tutoring that may be essenti…

07/18/2015

18-year-old Lena has Hodgkin's lymphoma and is also a survivor of sexual abuse. She decided to use her one Make-A-Wish to share her story and inspire other survivors to get help: http://ow.ly/PKH7a

Cancer and sexual assault survivor Lena Strickling never wanted any other victim to feel alone again.

05/10/2015

Two new reports show the U.S. Department of Education has been hit with a massive increase in complaints about schools' handling of sexual violence over the last few years. Meanwhile, the number of st...

05/10/2015

Follow us in learning about Savannah's powerful story as a survivor of sexual assault in UCLA. Learn how she coped with the assault and her passion to campai...

05/10/2015

"Their efforts, along with those of other activists, have placed the issue of campus sexual assault squarely on the national agenda. In 2014, the White House launched a task force on college sexual assault, which President Barack Obama said was partly in response to Clark and Pino's work."

Left: Annie E. Clark speaks at the Women In The World Summit in New YorkCity in April. Right: Andrea Pino speaks at the Inher Circle on R**e & Sexual Assault on College Campuses event in Beverly H

02/22/2015

Gillibrand Leads Bipartisan Senate Coalition Urging White House Task Force to Adopt Key Recommendations to Combat Campus Sexual Assaults

Washington, DC – U.S. Senator Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY) released a letter today by a bipartisan coalition of seven U.S. Senators sent last week to the White House Task Force to Protect Students from Sexual Assault urging consideration of three key proposals as part of their upcoming recommendations…

02/22/2015

Senator Gillibrand states, “Today we are announcing our solution to America’s epidemic of college sexual assault. Campus Accountability and Safety Act is a Bipartisan Bill that finally forces colleges and universities across the county to face this problem head on, aggressively, with making our schools safer."

02/22/2015

An image explaining what "yes means yes" really looks like.

02/22/2015

February is dating violence awareness month. Supporting a DV survivor can be confusing and often counter-intuitive -- check out Know Your IX's tips, written by student survivors and their friends, below.

Supporting a Survivor of Dating Violence This resource is part of our Campus Dating Violence Project, written by survivors and their friends based on their own experiences. Supporting a friend through an abusive relationship is hard. Often your friend won’t recognize their partner as abusive, at lea…