Thursdays in Black Aotearoa

Another Thursday - another slay in Black. 🖤 Sending lots of aroha to everyone wearing black today, together we are fighting against r**e culture and for safer communities!! Thank you for this edit ❤️

A big welcome and welcome back to semester 1! We cannot wait for our first Thursdays in Black of the university year TOMORROW - so time to fish out those black outfits!

It’s not too late to tag us in your for Thursdays in Black!
Here’s some pics of our amazing ✨ National Council✨ of TIB leaders. We’d love to give a special shoutout to Genna, Cassius, Joanna, Amelia, Eden and Maia who have joined our whānau since the start of the year.
Working towards a world without r**e and violence is a massive kaupapa - and it’ll be done with everyone working together! 🖤

Chilling in the winter months, it’s easy to get bogged down with what’s happening around the world. However, there are amazing and inspiring people around us constantly pushing for change! And it’s these people I look to when I’m feeling more on the dejected side. They inspire me, and show me just show much people care ♥️ in the sexual harm space, there are a number rangatahi activists - your TIB leaders included - pushing for a safer community for all ♥️

Plus, it’s Thursday! You know what to do! Tag us in those black

Ngā mihi for the excellent post

“This week we enter R**e Awareness Week and ask all to keep in mind that at the crux of our kaupapa, we are trying to make safe spaces for everyone. Sometimes this can look loud (👀 like making submissions to our Have Your Say form in bio and signing up to out Korero & Kai night on Thursday in bio 👀), but sometimes it can look like a conversation and knowing how to support your loved ones, friends, and even strangers through some of the toughest moments of their healing journey.

If you’d like support or would just like to talk, please reach out.”

Safe to Talk is a free sexual harm help line, free text: 4334, free call: 0800 044 334, live chat: www.safetotalk.nz or email [email protected]

**eawarenessweek

As part of R**e Awareness Week join us this Thursday for Kōrero and Kai!

🎉Register for free in the link in our bio! For either the online panel, or in person panel & workshop in Tāmaki 🎉

We’ll be hearing from experts, activists and change makers about transformative change across different areas of sexual violence, and the different barriers and opportunities they see to a society that upholds justice for survivors. Following the formal panel discussion, we plan to workshop and discuss what has just been shared, and explore our own ideas around achieving change within our university communities.

Looking forward to seeing you there! 🖤🖤

Ngā mihi for this “very brief consent for dummies” right in time for the whole of Aotearoa going into orange light!

Going out this mid sem break? We have collected a small number of reminders of what consent looks like. Look out for yourself, your friends and others. At the end of the day, consent is about respect and we create the culture together.

Even if it’s not a Thursday, if you’re fit is in black out in town give us a tag for consent!!

Ngā mihi for the Amendment Update: Harmful Digital Communications Amendment Act.

As of the 9th of March, Aotearoa has declared that survivors of harmful digital communications who choose to report it to the police, are no longer required to prove an intent to cause harm.

What is harmful digital communication? The posting of intimate photos/videos online without consent. i.e. revenge p**n.

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Calling all Victoria University of Wellington students!! has an upcoming SGM (Special General Meeting) at 5:30pm this Thursdays 31st of March, via Zoom. They will be electing up to three general exec members to our executive team!
From TIB VUW:
“To those interested in standing for one of these roles, please message us on Facebook or Instagram. Please prepare a small introduction about yourself, your interest in the sexual violence prevention kaupapa, and what you bring to the table.

For those who don't want to stand for the exec but want to get to know us/network with others involved, please feel free to come along! We would love to know how we can enrich your experience in this space at university, and get to know you!

The Zoom link will be in the FB event description and also in our Instagram bio. Looking forward to seeing you on the 31st!”

Report from our friends at .nz : This week .massey are hosting their Let's Talk Webinar Series. Across the 3 webinars they will be sharing in some important discussions around consent, sexual harm and safe partying, STI's and contraception, and p**n.

Our friends at will be joining the conversation around consent, sexual harm and safe partying at 5pm this evening. Just scan the QR code to join the webinar on zoom!

This webinar series will include discussions of sexual harm and gendered violence. The panels will be hosted in a webinar format, which means you can attend and remain anonymous to the rest of the audience.

Report from : CW: sexual harassment, r**e.
If you’d like support or would just like to talk, please reach out. Safe to Talk is a free sexual harm help line, free text: 4334, free call: 0800 044 334 or live chat: www.safetotalk.nz 🖤

This morning the media released an article which detailed incredible disappointing and appalling events surrounding action UoA took when dealing with sexual harm. We are incredibly disappointed in the university’s response, lack of adequate support for the student and the severe lack of accountability for perpetrator. We stand we the survivor and all those affected. We also know this isn’t an isolated event, and plays into a much needed cultural shift. Looking ahead, we want to continue calling out the university and work together to make sure our campus and spaces are safe for all staff and students.

Support is available for anyone and we want to remind you you’re not alone. We’ve compiled some support services on our link tree and in these slides. All these organisations are operating remotely and are here to support anyone. Kia kaha x

Calling all Massey Students! Opportunity to hear and take part in really important kōrero

We invite you to join Massey’s S*xual Harm Prevention Advisor and a range of experts for our "Let's Talk Webinar Series: How to Navigate S*x; Consent; Safe Partying; and Po*******hy” - three nuanced discussions around Consent and Safe Partying; STI’s and Contraception; and Po*******hy, across three days;

Monday 21st March 5-6pm – NZ Police Adult S*xual Assault team and HELP discuss sexual harm, consent, and safe partying

Tuesday 22nd March 5-6pm – Family Planning discuss STI’s and Contraception

Wednesday 23rd March 1-2pm – R**e Prevention Education discuss Po*******hy