Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson (1970 - Present) received her law degree from Harvard Law School in 1996. Judge Jackson was nominated to the United States Supreme Court by President Biden in February 2022, and she is the one of the most qualified nominees in history.
She has served as a judge on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the DC Circuit, judge on the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia, Vice Chair for the U.S. Sentencing Commission, Supreme Court Clerk for Justice Breyer, and she would be the first Black woman, and first
former federal public defender, to serve on the Supreme Court. During her Supreme Court hearings in March 2022, Judge Jackson faced a particularly racist and sexist line of questioning, and, to no surprise, held herself high despite these attacks. #WomensHistoryMonth
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JUST IN: It has been confirmed that a proposed new #TitleIX rule will be published in April 2022, which will start the public comment period (also known as NPRM--notice for proposed rule-making). This is one month earlier than originally stated.
Consent is more than a single question - it is an ongoing conversation to ensure all partners involved are comfortable, safe, and on the same page.
Thank you @plannedparenthood for creating the FRIES model to help us better understand the different pieces that play a role...
Consent is an agreement between individuals to engage in sexual activity. It requires ongoing communication about boundaries and what each person is comfortable with. There are 5 Core elements of consent - that it is freely given, reversible, informed, enthusiastic, and specific.
Freely given: Consenting is a choice you make without pressure, manipulation, coercion or under the influence of alcohol or drugs. Freely given consent means there is real choice and nothing trying to convince you to say “Yes” when you really want to say “No”.
Welcome to Reclaiming the #DoubleRedZone, Week 1. This week is about raising awareness of the Double Red Zone.
⚠️ TW: Sexual violence statistics.
The following content and program include stats on campus sexual violence and trauma and may be triggering.
Please take care of yourself as you read and engage. For immediate assistance, please contact @RAINN at 800-656-HOPE (4673).
#RedZone is a time between August-November during which over 50% of campus sexual assaults occur, with the majority of those affected being first-year students. Research shows that there are various contributing factors that attribute to this.
1. Listen to Black Survivors. 2. Resister the urge to be skeptical. 3. Use your voice in love and solidarity.
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4. Call out comments and actions that degrade Black women. 5. Protect Black women, femmes, and girls. 6. Interrogate ALL the -isms and phobias that diminish survivors and their experiences.
In 1992 Italy, an 18-year old girl is picked up by her married 45-year old driving instructor for her very first lesson. He takes her to an isolated road, pulls her out of the car, wrestles her out of one leg of her jeans and
2/ forcefully rapes her. Threatened with death if she tells anyone, he makes her drive the car home. Later that night she tells her parents, and they help and support her to press charges. The perpetrator gets arrested and is prosecuted. He is convicted of rape and sentenced
3/ to jail. He appeals the sentence. The case makes it all the way to the Italian Supreme Court. Within a matter of days the case against the driving instructor is overturned, dismissed, and the perpetrator is released. In a statement by the Chief Judge, he
1/ “It was important for me to take part in this initiative because rape culture impacts trans women just as much as our cisgender counterparts. As a Black trans woman and survivor of multiple acts of sexual violence, my claims weren’t solely diminished because of my Blackness...
2/ but because of my gender identity as well. Some made the assumption that I “tricked” the perpetrators, therefore bringing it on myself. Other’s felt I was a liar to identify as a woman therefore I must be lying about the rape. Then, there were those who believed trans women...
3/ can't be raped because of society’s hyper-sexualization of trans bodies and the notion that we only exist for cis-hetero male pleasure; thereby forfeiting our bodily agency and right to consent. I want other Black trans women to know that I believe them...