Coalition chosen as recipient of PROMdemonium funding!

The Carleton Sexual Assault Support Line (via the Coalition for a Carleton Sexual Assault Centre) has been chosen as one of the recipients of funding from PROMdemonium.

For those of you not in the know, PROMdemonium is "the radical, community-oriented, gender-bending, bike-loving, enviro-humping, queer-diggin, slow dancing, big dress wearing prom that you never had." All the proceeds go to various local community initiatives and the Support Line has been chosen as a recipient.

We are incredibly grateful for the opportunity to not only spread the word about our service but also sustain it!

So please consider throwing on some amazing prom wear and coming out to support not only the Support Line but other great community initiatives, as well.

All the event details can be found here: http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=107830965905327&ref=ts

Best,

The Coalition for a Carleton Sexual Assault Centre

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End of term, but not of service!

Even though we are approaching the end of term, the Coalition wants to remind you that the Carleton Sexual Assault Support Line will be open all summer long.

We offer free, confidential peer support to any Carleton student, staff or faculty at 613-620-1030. We're open 7 days a week from 8am-midnight.

We also wanted to clarify that we are not strictly for crisis support. Although crisis intervention is something we do, we also offer support to those who are survivors of past trauma and we have a myriad of resource information for those that are seeking outside support. We are trained in anti-oppressive peer support and do not discriminate based on gender, sex, sexual orientation, race, religion, ethnicity, citizenship, ability, age, Mother Tongue or student status.

The Coalition is also continuing to lobby for a student-run, University funded sexual assault centre. Alongside Equity Services, we will be making a recommendation to the President within the next month or so.

Finally, we'd like to remind everyone that we are not affiliated with or supported by Carleton University and so all of our work is volunteer driven. We were able to start up the line with the help of an anonymous donor, but we have no sustainable funding. Therefore, we are relying on generous community donations.

For more information, to get involved or to make a donation, please contact us at coalitionforcarleton@gmail.com or 613-620-1030.

In solidarity,

The Coalition for a Carleton Sexual Assault Centre

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coalitionforcarleton@gmail.com

LAUNCH OF SUPPORT LINE: Official Statement

The Coalition for a Carleton Sexual Assault Centre officially launched a sexual assault support line for Carleton students, staff and faculty this morning at 8am.

The number is 613-620-1030 and the line is open from 8am to midnight, 7 days a week.

The line offers free, confidential, peer support to all Carleton students, staff, and faculty regardless of gender, sex, sexual orientation, race, religion, ethnicity, citizenship, ability, age, Mother Tongue or student status.

We are NOT affiliated with Carleton University administration in any way.

Our work is funded through an anonymous donor.

We are trained support workers who work within an anti-oppressive, feminist, survivor-driven framework. We are here for survivors, first and foremost and our creation of the line is a result of feedback from students over the past 3 years. The Coalition has been very active and very public since the fall of 2007 and in doing so, have been approached by hundreds of students either through our rallies, our Facebook group, our e-mail or through the Task Force on Gender-Based Violence, which was held in November, 2009. Students want access to services that are non-judgmental, non-hierarchical and responsive to the needs of the student body. Survivors want to be heard.

At the Task Force in November, we promised students that their demands would be heard. We are meeting that promise.

We are continuing to participate in a working group with Equity Services with the goal of a joint recommendation to President Runte by the end of this semester. The hope is that President Runte will consider our recommendations for improved sexual assault services on campus and make an announcement in the fall, bringing concrete changes to Carleton. The Coalition is recommending a student-run, university funded sexual assault centre.

For more information, please call or e-mail us at coalitionforcarleton@gmail.com

In solidarity,

- Julie (Coalition co-founder) and the Coalition for a Carleton Sexual Assault Centre

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Coalition for a Carleton Sexual Assault Centre
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Support Line: 613-620-1030
coalitionforcarleton@gmail.com

Notice: Website Change

The Coalition for a Carleton SAC's home on the web has moved! You can now find us at the following addresses:

This blog: http://coalitionforcarleton.blogspot.com/
Our Twitter: http://twitter.com/CoalitionForCU
Our e-mail: coalitionforcarleton@gmail.com

Thank you for your support! Keep spreading the word and resisting!

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Coalition for a Carleton Sexual Assault Centre
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Support Line: 613-620-1030
coalitionforcarleton@gmail.com

LAUNCH OF SEXUAL ASSAULT SUPPORT LINE

SEXUAL ASSAULT SUPPORT LINE

613-620-1030

8am-Midnight, 7 days a week

Free. Confidential. Peer Support.

Because it's been three years since we voted for a Centre

Who We Are:

The Coalition for a Carleton Sexual Assault Centre is an independent student-run collective established in 2007. Our goal is a student-run, university funded sexual assault centre. We are NOT affiliated with Carleton University administration. We are trained support workers who believe in survivor directed, peer support. We support all Carleton students, staff, and faculty regardless of gender, sex, sexual orientation, race, religion, ethnicity, citizenship, ability, age, Mother Tongue or student status.

Sexual Assault Support Line: 613-620-1030

For more information, contact the Coalition for a Carleton Sexual Assault Centre at coalitionforcarleton@gmail.com

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Support Line: 613-620-1030

coalitionforcarleton@gmail.com

Sexual Assault Awareness Week: Beyond Beats and Rhymes

Hey everyone,

Have you been to a Sexual Assault Awareness Week event yet?

Just a reminder that TODAY, as part of Sexual Assault Awareness Week, we will be screening the riveting documentary, Hip Hop: Beyond Beats and Rhymes. This film examines representations of gender roles in hip-hop culture and rap music!

The film takes an in-depth look at representations of manhood, sexism and homophobia in hip-hop culture. This groundbreaking documentary is a "loving critique" of certain disturbing developments in rap music culture from the point of view of a fan who challenges the art form's representations of masculinity.

Leading rap and hip-hop artists including Mos Def, Busta Rhymes and Russell Simmons are interviewed and pressed to answer some difficult questions about the violent and sexually explicit content of many hip-hop songs and videos.

This documentary is one of a kind!! I suggest that each and every one of you come out!!

And, to put the icing on the cake, the Capital Slam winning team, The Recipe, will be performing a piece that they specifically prepared for tonight's event--Confessions.

See you all in the Minto Building, Bell Theatre tonight at 7pm!

For more information, see the Sexual Assault Awareness Week Facebook event HERE.

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CU Sexual Assault Awareness Week, Feb. 8-11

Join the Coalition for a Carleton Sexual Assault Centre in their first joint project with Equity Services!

Carleton University's Sexual Assault Awareness Week has been organized by the Coalition for a Carleton Sexual Assault Centre and Equity Services and has been funded by Equity.

All the events are free, open to anyone and cover a wide range of topics and activities.

Monday, February 8th, 2010
10am - 3pm
Join us in the atrium for an info fair with a "Clothesline Project"
There will be FOOD and PRIZES

Tuesday, February 9, 2010
12 - 1:30pm
Join us at 2017 Dunton Tower for "Understanding sexual violence in the context of missing and murdered aboriginal women" presented by Kate Rexe of the Sisters in Spirit Campaign
Snacks will be provided

Wednesday, February 10, 2010
7-9pm
Join us in the Bell Theatre, Minto Building for an evening of taking on sexual violence and popular culture.
We have "Confessions" performed The Recipe (formerly the Capital Poetry Collective) followed by a screening of "Hip Hop: Beyond Beats and Rhymes"
There will be a facilitated discussion and snacks!

Thursday, February 11, 2010
12 - 1:30pm
2017 Dunton Tower
Join us for "What Went Wrong in Rwanda: Rape, Genocide and the International Tribunal for Rwanda" by Professor Doris Buss
Snacks will be provided

and then that night...

7-9pm
435 Patrick Building
Join us for a panel discussion on "Healthy Relationships" with Kandace Price (Womyn's Centre Coordinator), The Carleton GLBTQ Centre and Venus Envy.
Once again, we've got snacks!

Spread the word and do your part to end sexual assault!

For more information, see the Facebook event HERE.

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