Title IX works to make campuses safer from sexual assault
This commentary was published in the Monterey Herald on 9/25/17.
During the week of September 10th, 2017, the Monterey Herald published two articles by New York Times Columnists that were in support of Education Secretary Betsy Devos’ recent statement about Title IX and sexual assault on campus. (Bret Stephens:...
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Monterey County Rape Crisis Center opposes the Administration’s decision to end the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA). Terminating DACA undermines the safety and security of 800,000 young people and their families in the United States and leaves them vulnerable to deportation; including over 200,000 young people in California. We stand with immigrant communities in Monterey County and with all those who defend the rights of immigrants.
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Our volunteers - or, as we prefer to call them, Advocates - complete a 47-hour training to become certified Sexual Assault Counselors. They answer crisis line calls, provide in-person advocacy at forensic medical exams, volunteer at our events, and more. We asked our Advocates what they had to say about volunteering with MCRCC:
"One unanticipated aspect about being a volunteer Advocate at MCRCC is the power of listening. I once took a crisis line call with a survivor who mentioned to me how wonderful it felt to just speak to someone about it and how incredibly grateful they were...