Bring in the Bystander training (4/29, 6 - 8 p.m.) Learn skills for safe, effective intervention
An in-person educational program that encourages participants to become positive bystanders in instances of sexual and interpersonal violence and harassment. Participants learn to identify problem situations; they also learn practical skills for safe and effective intervention.

The training will be held Monday, April 29, 6 to 8 p.m. in Room 310, University Center. Dinner and training are provided free of charge. Registration required here. 

Please share with students!

Contact Jacki Stone at j.stone@umbc.edu or 410-455-2393 with questions or dietary restrictions.
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This event will be held Monday, April 22, 7-8 p.m. in the Recital Hall, Fine Arts Building. More information is available here.
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Sexual Assault Awareness Month is a national campaign focused on preventing sexual assault, harassment, and abuse, and it’s a month of great significance for the UMBC community. This year's programming at UMBC is especially meaningful as the University responds to a call by students, faculty, and staff to do more to prevent sexual assault and other forms of sexual misconduct.

Read the full story on the UMBC News site.

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Increasing access to resources for sexual violence/misconduct prevention and response is one of the priorities for UMBC’s Retriever Courage initiative. In September 2018, students shared that UMBC community members often don’t know how or where to seek help and support, or where they can access training and learn how to be better bystanders and support survivors.


The activist/advocacy student group, We Believe You proposed a pilot project featuring two resource stands in The Commons with brochures for on- and off-campus information. The stands are installed on the ground floor by the stairs near the Yum Shoppe and in the lobby across from the information desk. They include UMBC’s on-campus resources brochure and materials from the Maryland Coalition Against Sexual Assault, Sexual Assault Legal Institute, Turnaround, and RAINN.


“We want resources for survivors to be as easily accessible as possible, but it is also important for conversations about assault and prevention to be normalized and not considered taboo,” explains We Believe You President Nadia BenAissa ‘20, gender, women’s, and sexuality studies. “We want people to walk into buildings and see that we’re putting more into the conversation and that the University is doing what was promised last fall.”


We Believe You members will keep track of brochure quantities to determine how the stands are being used during the spring semester before making recommendations to Retriever Courage partners about expanding the project. The Retriever Courage Implementation Team is also working with partners to find additional ways to post resources and information across campus.


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As campus leaders working in community to prevent and address discriminatory conduct, including sexual violence and misconduct at UMBC and beyond, we feel compelled to address demeaning content published by The Retriever staff in the paper’s April 1 (April Fools’ Day) edition. While intended as satire, the content has harmed many in our community and may be viewed as creating a hostile environment that accepts and normalizes predatory sexual behavior and sexual assault.

In the context of UMBC’s commitment to inclusive excellence and community actions to create a safer and more caring campus climate for all, we are deeply concerned about discriminatory content presented in any context. The Retriever’s circulation of degrading and humiliating language about women and people who identify as LGBTQ, and its normalization of toxic masculinity, is unacceptable within UMBC’s values.

To build an inclusive community and invite dialogue around these important issues, we have reached out to The Retriever. We will engage them in conversation around the impact of language and satire as it intersects with the experience of sexual violence. We believe in taking action to create space for conversation and learning around these concerns together. In doing so we aim to build mutual understanding with the goal of making our campus community safe, inclusive, and empowering for everyone. We hope to empower others to do the same when it feels safe and appropriate to do so.

We invite all who want to stand against sexual misconduct and sexual violence to make your supportive presence felt during Sexual Assault Awareness Month by joining with us at one or more of these upcoming campus events:

Stand-Up Screening: Cameron Esposito's "Rape Jokes"
Tuesday, April 2, 6 – 8 p.m. in The Commons Sports Zone
To kick off Sexual Assault Awareness Month, the Women's Center and We Believe You are hosting a screening of Cameron Esposito's stand-up routine, “Rape Jokes.” “Rape Jokes” is a stand-up special about sexual assault from a survivor's perspective. Esposito explores how rape jokes have entered mainstream comedy and provides a powerful critique of rape culture. After the viewing, the Women's Center will have a few activities for viewers to process and react to this powerful piece, as well as an opportunity to discuss survivorship, consent, and how mainstream comedy perpetuates rape culture. This event is free but donations to RAINN, the nation's largest anti-sexual violence organization, will be accepted.

The Clothesline Project T-Shirt Making for Survivors and the Clothesline Display on April 8 
Throughout all of April, opportunities to make shirts for UMBC's Clothesline Project will be made available in the Women's Center. Community members wishing to make a shirt can let someone at the front desk know they are interested in making a shirt and a staff member will be able to assist you. A full display will be held on Commons Main Street, 11 a.m. – 4 p.m., on Monday, April 8. A small display of the Clothesline Project will be at Take Back the Night on Thursday, April 18.

Supporting Survivors of Sexual Assault Workshop
Thursday, April 11, 4 – 5:30 p.m., for UMBC students in the Women's Center. Please register via myUMBC if you plan on attending.

Take Back the Night
Thursday, April 18 on Commons Main Street.
The survivor speak-out will begin at 6:15 p.m. and will be followed by a march on campus. Participants should arrive no later than 6 p.m. to find a seat and check out the resource fair before the survivor speak-out begins. Bring your rally signs (which you can make in the Women's Center during the week of April 15). Follow #UMBCtbtn on social media for updates and join the Facebook event. You can learn more about UMBC's TBTN by following the blog post series "What You Need to Know about Take Back the Night."

As always, we encourage those who have observed or experienced sexual violence/misconduct to seek support as needed at any time. There are many resources available on campus and in the community that offer confidential medical support, confidential psychological/emotional support, and interim protective measures (e.g., no-contact orders, housing adjustments, academic concerns). For emergency situations, contact campus police via 410-455-5555 or local police via 911.

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Input Form for consultant team »

The form will be available until March 15. If you would like to share any thoughts or ideas beyond the March 15 deadline, please use the Community Input Form found on courage.umbc.edu.
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Nadia BenAissa ՚20, gender, women’s, and sexuality studies, was invited to join a newly created task force that will review how sexual assaults are investigated in Baltimore County. The task force was formed by Baltimore County Executive Johnny Olszewski Jr., Ph.D. ՚17, public policy.


BenAissa is co-chair of the Retriever CourageStudent Advisory Committee and president of UMBC’s We Believe You survivor activist and advocacy group.

An article about the task force was published in the February 25 issue of the Baltimore Sun.


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On March 1, Retriever Courage partners will hold a second information gathering session with Jody Shipper, J.D., and Cherie Scricca, Ed.D. of Grand River Solutions, Inc., our consultant team, from 12 to 1 p.m. in the Proscenium Theatre, Performing Arts and Humanities Building.

Participants will be invited to share ideas, experiences, and concerns with the consultants in order to inform their work at UMBC. This will not be a traditional Q&A format. Rather, the consultants will be listening for direct input from the UMBC community.

For those who prefer not to share publicly or are unable to attend the information gathering session, you may use this anonymous Google form and your feedback will be shared with Shipper and Scricca.

More information about Retriever Courage and the consultant timeline is available here.

Thank you for your commitment to Retriever Courage and for the input and suggestions you are sharing to inform this work.

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On March 1, Retriever Courage partners will hold a second information gathering session with Jody Shipper, J.D., and Cherie Scricca, Ed.D. of Grand River Solutions, Inc., our consultant team, from 12 to 1 p.m. in the Proscenium Theatre, Performing Arts and Humanities Building.

The March 1 information gathering session will be similar in format to the session that took place on February 7. After a brief introduction to Shipper and Scricca and their work on campus, participants will be invited to share ideas, experiences, and concerns with the consultants in order to inform their work at UMBC. This will not be a traditional Q&A format. Rather, the consultants will be listening for direct input from the UMBC community.

For those who prefer not to share publicly or are unable to attend the information gathering session, you may use this anonymous Google form and your feedback will be shared with Shipper and Scricca.

Throughout the spring semester, Shipper and Scricca will review current university processes, policies, procedures, and practices regarding sexual misconduct. This review includes meetings in February with Retriever Courage partners as well as with campus groups that they and Retriever Courage partners have identified.

Based on the information Shipper and Scricca receive, they will help to assess what is working well and where we can learn from other institutions’ best practices and from evidence-based research. This effort will have a broad scope, beyond the specifics of Title IX alone, also including models for prevention and training for students, faculty, and staff, and best practices for providing support to those impacted by sexual violence. Their recommendations to UMBC will be presented to the campus in May.

Thank you for your commitment to Retriever Courage and for the input and suggestions you are sharing to inform this work. While some important actions are already underway, this work is just the beginning. It is challenging, and it calls for each one of us to be involved, to listen, and to learn from one another, so that UMBC will become a stronger community and Retriever Courage can have a lasting impact on the campus and beyond. There are many different ways to be involved, such as joining an advisory committee, participating in educational workshops and training, becoming an advocate for survivors, and committing to being an observant, vocal community member.

We encourage those who have observed or experienced sexual violence/misconduct to seek support as needed at any time. There are many resources available on campus and in the community that offer confidential medical support, confidential psychological/emotional support, and interim protective measures (e.g., no-contact orders, housing adjustments, academic concerns). For emergency situations, contact campus police via 410-455-5555 or local police via 911.

The Implementation Team will continue to share updates on the consultants’ future campus visits and process, additional Retriever Courage progress, and ways to stay engaged.

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Jody Shipper, J.D., and Cherie Scricca, Ed.D. of Grand River Solutions, Inc., will return to UMBC on February 21, 22, and 28, and March 1, for meetings with Retriever Courage partners, as well as with campus groups that they and Retriever Courage partners have identified. 

Shipper and Scricca will hold a second information gathering session for the UMBC community on March 1, 12 - 1 p.m. in the Proscenium Theatre, Performing Arts and Humanities Building. 

The information gathering session will be similar in format to the session that took place on February 7. It will start with a brief introduction to the consultants and their work on campus. Then, participants will be invited to share ideas and concerns with the consultants in order to inform their work at UMBC. 

For those who prefer not to share publicly or are unable to attend the information gathering session, you may use this anonymous Google form and your feedback will be shared with Shipper and Scricca.

Thank you for your commitment to Retriever Courage and for the input and suggestions you are sharing to inform this work. Please help us spread the word about this upcoming session by sharing with your colleagues and friends.

More information about Retriever Courage and the timeline for the consultants' work is available here. 
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