Thread by @knowyourIX

🧵Thread: It's day 2 of the Title IX listening sessions. Follow along for quotes from survivors and those who support them on the current Title IX regulation, and what they would like to see in the new rule.

Tune into the livestream here: web.cvent.com/event/06428d78…

"I didn't feel like a student, I felt like a liability... in my Title IX process, I learned that schools will do anything to protect themselves, not survivors."

DeVos' rule prioritizes schools' bottom lines over survivors' access to education, that's why it has to go #EDActNow

Title IX Coordinators are joining the listening sessions to share that requiring schools to alter their campus policies within 3 months made it impossible for schools to work with stakeholders, especially students, to try and implement best practices under the regulations.

.@PCARORG raises how ridiculous it is that the DeVos regulation allows respondents to dodge evidence against them through refusing cross-examination. Especially confessions.

Learn more about this here: time.com/5879262/devos-…

"I have heard numerous students say 'MeToo,' but they are too scared to report because they know the law won't help them."

By keeping survivors from reporting, DeVos' rule is making campuses more dangerous and pushing survivors out of school. The rule has got to go!

“Today, Title IX is a complicated, quasi-criminal process. School districts often engage counsel to manage claims and don’t adequately explain the Title IX processes to complainants, including their obligations for student safety and protection from retaliation.”

“While Betsy DeVos hung her hat on what she considers to be due process, we must remember that due process does not look the same for everyone, let alone a Black survivor on a college campus, especially a Black trans woman.”

“Survivors have asked: Why report when the victim knows that they will face and be questioned by the person who took their control? Why report when the perpetrator has more rights than the victim? Why report when it could take a year or more to get a ruling?”

“With the new rule, we cannot treat multiple perpetrator sexual assault cases as though they are the same as single perpetrator cases… For survivors of MPSA there is a heightened risk for retaliation and intimidation because of the number of respondents involved…” (1/3)

“During the case against my assaulters, my university refused to consolidate, leaving me with 2 hearings. The respondents, as well as their witnesses, were able to communicate and unfairly utilised the time between the hearings to alter their statements to their advantage.”(2/3)

“We need a rule that addresses the necessity of consolidating cases so an extra burden is not placed on the complainant.” (3/3)