Guilford College SAASA Organization

Piedmont Cotillions - Greensboro, NC and Surrounding Areas
27407

The Sexual Assault Awareness Support & Advocacy Organization serves as a safe space for survivors of

SAASA MISSION STATEMENT

We, the members of the Guilford College Sexual Assault Awareness, Support and Advocacy group (SAASA), hereby offer ourselves to the Guilford and wider Greensboro community as a collection of resources accessible to survivors/perpetrators of, and allies against sexual violence. We are committed to providing emotional, physical, and Student Conduct support to all community m

embers without exception. This support can present itself in infinitely variable forms: however, we are particularly committed to risk reduction, bystander intervention, and education on risk factors as well as seeking out medical/legal resources pertaining to trans*, gender nonconforming, and undocumented folks. We also hope to improve existing programs for rehabilitating perpetrators as well as providing safe(r) spaces for survivors to speak about their experiences with their offenders. We aspire to be a radical group that can accommodate the needs of all Guilford students, and as we grow in that direction we pledge to be critical of our own inherent biases and blind spots, and ask the community for its continuous critical feedback. As of September 2015, we are committed to working with clubs and groups both on and off campus with a special focus on addressing the intersections of sexual violence and race, ability, and gender identity. We also uphold the importance of maintaining an open relationship with Public Safety and the campus judicial system as integral for changing campus attitudes and actions around sexual violence. As undergraduate students we do not claim to offer any professional services such as counseling, self-defense, or legal advising, and we reserve the right to refer inquiries for such services to the appropriate parties. One of the most important things we can pledge ourselves to is the practice of holistic and subversive self-care, and in our meetings we aim to honor this commitment to individual and group health by working non-hierarchically, keeping an open dialogue at all times for members to express their needs and concerns, as well as working to maintain the appropriate professional positions available on campus for students to be referred to. With love and light,
SAASA
[email protected]
https://sites.google.com/a/guilford.edu/saasa/home

We meet Wednesday evenings at 8:30 PM at the Greenleaf Coffee Cooperative.

10/17/2017

RAINN Telephone hotline:
https://www.rainn.org/about-national-s*xual-assault-telephone-hotline

Online chat support:
https://hotline.rainn.org/online/terms-of-service.jsp

About the National Sexual Assault Telephone Hotline | RAINN When you call 800.656.HOPE (4673), you'll to be routed to a local s*xual assault service provider in your area. Trained staff can provide confidential support and connect you to resources in your area.

09/26/2016

This Saturday! Convening for divestment from the prison industrial complex, the occupation of Palestine, and fossil fuels. New Garden Friends Meeting, 9ish-5. Come through!

Oscars 2016: Watch Lady Gaga’s Show-Stopping Performance of ‘Til It Happens to You’

02/29/2016

Miss SAASA!!! this was powerful, check it out. -Anna

Oscars 2016: Watch Lady Gaga’s Show-Stopping Performance of ‘Til It Happens to You’ The pop star played her song from "The Hunting Ground" and had s*xual assault survivors join her on stage.

02/29/2016

HELLO! Come by SAASA tomorrow at 9pm in the Greenleaf to debrief last semester's s*xual assault forum and the community senate forum about r**e culture from two weeks ago -- we will be having ILLEGALLY HARVESTED DOLPHIN SASHIMI so get pumped!

09/08/2015

Tonight SAASA will be having a meeting at 9pm in the Greenleaf (basement of Milner).
Returning members, people interested in becoming members, or those just wanting to stop by and see what we're all about - JOIN US!
We'll be talking about fun ways we can recruit new members at the involvement fair, and have some hot tea and lovely people.
Email [email protected] with questions!

08/26/2015

How Faculty Can Use Syllabi to Reduce the Campus Sexual Assault Epidemic As university presidents, deans, lawyers and counselors are called to task for their missteps in handling the rash of campus s*x abuse scandals, the one group that has the most interaction with students is largely left out to sea -- their professors.

For Black Women, Police Brutality And Sexual Harassment Go Hand In Hand

06/10/2015

"There are some who will say that it is a 'reach' to accuse Casebolt of s*xual assault. But in the case of a grown man physically dominating a 15-year-old girl, it's hard to see how else it can be described."

For Black Women, Police Brutality And Sexual Harassment Go Hand In Hand There is a moment in the McKinney, Texas pool party video that’s both horrifying and absurd: when Cpl. Eric Casebolt manhandles, violently restrains, then sits on top of an unarmed, 15-year-old,

Marco Flores: The boy who burned inside - The Boston Globe

05/26/2015

Hey SAASers, this article about s*xual assault/child abuse was on the front page of my Sunday paper.. If you feel comfortable reading it (CW: r**e, abuse, pe******ia, murder, deportation) I would love to hear your reactions!
Though the story is tragic, why is the case of a male-bodied person who literally KILLED his attacker legitimized and rationalized on the front page, when this is a story that so many (nonviolent) trans/femme folks have trouble getting ANY recognition for?

Marco Flores: The boy who burned inside - The Boston Globe This story is based on extensive court and police documentation, including Marco Flores’s recorded confession to police and his video recording of the murder, which was viewed by the Globe with permission of the court. Dialogue in quotation marks was taken from recorded source material.

05/04/2015

Congrats and thanks to all the SAASA members who made the 2014-2015 year so amazing.
Dick Dyer Award for "Most Socially Active Club" two years running!!

The Guilfordian : Take Back the Night creates safe space to share

05/01/2015

Check out today's Guilfordian - a piece on SAASA's Take Back the Night made front page!

http://www.guilfordian.com/features/2015/05/01/take-back-the-night-creates-safe-space-to-share/

The Guilfordian : Take Back the Night creates safe space to share The student news site of Guilford College

While We Focus on Shootings, These Are the Police Victims We're Ignoring

04/30/2015

http://mic.com/articles/116216/the-type-of-police-brutality-no-one-is-talking-about?utm_source=policymicTBLR&utm_medium=main&utm_campaign=social

While We Focus on Shootings, These Are the Police Victims We're Ignoring "Nobody's going to believe me over the police."

04/27/2015

Very often we hear that having a support system is vital to the healing journey of survivors!! And this is true on many aspects. But many question as a friend or significant other what does that look like...what do I say, do, etc? Join us this Wednesday from 1:30p to 3:30p to hear from Supporters of Survivors & Survivors as they share their experience of what support looked like and the challenges they themselves had to overcome.

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