"Social media is not just a place we 'go' anymore. It's a place we live, work, and play. That's why it's more crucial than ever to ensure that all people can safely access these spaces and freely express themselves without fear of retribution," Jenna Sherman, campaign director at UltraViolet
"Adriana Smith's family should have had a choice. Her mother was clear that she wanted to make the decision about whether her daughter's body should be kept on life support. But Georgia doctors and legislators failed Adriana and her family." said Arisha Hatch, interim executive director of UltraViolet
NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell may have thought he put the league’s mishandling of the Ray Rice domestic assault case behind him when Robert Mueller released his independent report earlier this month, but some aren’t so ready to forgive and definitely not to forget. The national women’s advocacy organization UltraViolet has plans to resurrect its “#GoodellMustGo” banners, which flew over certain regular-season games last year, for the NFC and AFC championship games on Sunday.
The prosecution of a school administrator at the center of a notorious rape case settled out of court on Monday. An anti-rape-activist considers the deal excessively lenient and worries about what it means for a related prosecution of another school official.
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The Princeton Review doesn’t grade schools based on how they handle sexual violence on campus, so one organization has come up with its own solution.
“While the policy itself may be a step in the right direction, leadership matters,” said Nita Chaudhary, a founder of UltraViolet, a women’s group. “And Roger Goodell is no leader.”
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About 50 Michigan State University students marched through campus Wednesday chanting and holding signs in protest of the university’s decision to invite George Will to speak at Saturday’ commencement ceremony.
Michigan State University’s decision to host George Will as a commencement speaker this weekend is sparking angry opposition from students, a prominent women’s equality group, and campus sexual assault advocates who plan to protest the event because of Will’s past comments about campus sexual assault.
A group of activists will deliver a petition signed by tens of thousands of people to Michigan State University to protest winter commencement speaker George Will, who they call a “rape apologist,” leaders announced Monday.
The problem here is the NFL’s long history of sweeping abuse under the rug.
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The national advocacy group UltraViolet has taken up the cause to get the mom of three out of prison, after reading about her in BuzzFeed News’ original investigation.
A women’s rights group is demanding that the Department of Homeland Security’s Office of Civil Rights investigate allegations of sexual abuse at a Texas immigrant detention center that houses families.