Sexual Assault Awareness Week
activities to extend throughout the year

Date rape drugs will the subject of a talk by U.S. Sen. Joseph Biden as he describes his fight to raise public awareness of and change federal laws governing "club drugs" during Sexual Assault Awareness Week, Oct. 22-24, at the University.

The week's events include a description of rape, sexual assault and sexual harassment by a college student, now a playwright and performance artist, who lived through them; talks on how to recover from sexual violence; the law and sexual assault; cyberstalking and how to protect yourself against it; and martial arts self-defense. There also will be a workshop, for men and women, on sexual harassment in public settings. The week ends with the fourth annual "Take Back the Night" rally, march and "Speak Out" hosted by the University and the city of Newark.

This year, sexual assault awareness activities will continue throughout 2001-2002 with programs scheduled from October through April.

The Sexual Assault Awareness Week planning committee said it based its decision to expand the program on the "strong belief that this issue is one that needs to be addressed and highlighted on a continual basis. A discussion of the issues pertinent to sexual assault cannot be completed in one week's time."

The following discussions, workshops, programs and activities have been scheduled.

Continuing programs-Oct. 22-24

The Delaware Clothesline Project, a display of T-shirts designed by survivors of sexual assault, will be on display in Multipurpose Room A, Trabant University Center, 30 minutes before each program scheduled for Room A. On Wednesday, Oct. 24, participants are invited to make their own shirts from 4:30-6 p.m. in Rooms 209/211. The Clothesline Project is dedicated to the strength and courage of survivors to overcome the past and to increasing awareness of the effects of violence.

Silent Witnesses, memorials to victims of domestic violence in Delaware, will be on display for the three days in the lobby of the Perkins Student Center.

There will be resource booths with information, awareness materials, program announcements and free gifts from 11 a.m.-3 p.m. at a kiosk in the food court area of the Trabant University Center, and from 7 a.m.-midnight, on the Perkins Student Center concourse.

FOR UPDATES & INFORMATION ON EVENTS THAT CONTINUE

THROUGH APRIL 2002 VISIT THE WOMEN'S AFFAIRS WEB SITE AT www.udel.edu/OWA/events.html

TAKE BACK THE NIGHT

ON THE STEPS OF OLD COLLEGE AND ENDING IN

MULTIPURPOSE ROOM A, TRABANT UNIVERSITY CENTER

WEDNESDAY, OCT. 24

6 P.M.

Students Acting for Gender Equality (SAGE) will host the fourth annual 'Take Back the Night" rally, march and speak out. The events are designed to bring awareness and empowerment to individuals and to inspire action that will bring an end to sexual violence.

The rally will feature live music, poetry and the words of Patrick Lemon and Pat McGann of Men Can Stop Rape, a national organization.

The march winds through campus by candlelight as a symbol of bringing the issues resulting from sexual abuse into the streets.

The march concludes with a "Speak Out," giving survivors of sexual violence and other concerned people a chance to come together in a secure setting to share stories and speak out against violence. For more information on "Take Back the Night," see the SAGE web site at [http://copland.udel.edu/stu-org/sage/].

UPCOMING EVENTS

TUESDAY, OCT. 16
WHAT'S LOVE GOT TO DO WITH IT?
General Services Building Rm. 130
Noon-1:15p.m.
Dawn Alexander of CHILD Inc. will provide an overview of the powerful dynamics that are a result of abuse between people involved in intimate relationships. Alexander will talk about age-related factors, warning signs, myths and facts, as well as how to find resources when this type of abuse occurs.

MONDAY, OCT. 22
DANGERS OF DATE RAPE DRUGS
Mitchell Hall
12:15-1:15 p.m.
Sen. Joseph Biden is working on changing federal laws and raising public awareness of the new club drugs that are used to facilitate date rape. He chairs the U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee that has issued several reports on the dangers of drugs such as Rohypnol, known as Roofies, Ecstacy, Ketamine and GHB. His talk will focus on these drugs and what is being done to control them.

RAPE AGGRESSION DEFENSE (RAD) DEMONSTRATIONS
Trabant University Center
Rms. 209/211 4-5 p.m.

The public is invited to join UD Public Safety staff for a discussion on and demonstration of RAD or rape aggression defense. There also will be information on victim assistance services. Snacks and beverages will be served.

AND SHE SURVIVED
Trabant University Center
Multipurpose Room A
7-9 p.m.
Reanae McNeal will tell her own story of being a rape/ sexual assault survivor when she was in college, as well as her experience dealing with sexual harassment by a professor. McNeal is a playwright and performing artist, whose critically acclaimed one-woman shows have received national attention and awards. This event is cosponsored by Zeta Phi Beta Sorority Inc.

TUESDAY, OCT. 23

HEALING AND RECOVERY FROM SEXUAL VIOLENCE ?Trabant University Center Rms. 209/211
12:30-2 p.m.

Catherine Dukes of CONTACT Delaware, David Blackwell of the UD chapter of the United Church of Christ, and Mary Anne Lacour of the Center for Counseling and Student Development, will discuss the different options and activities that can encourage healing and recovery from sexual violence, including, benefits of crisis assistance, medical attention, judicial/legal remedies, psychological therapies, group support and spiritual counseling.

SEXUAL ASSAULT AND THE LAW
Trabant University Center
Multipurpose Room A
4-5:30 p.m.
Jane Brady, Delaware attorney general, will moderate a panel discussion on how sexual assault cases are adjudicated with an emphasis on the successful prosecution of sexual assault cases.

THE WILD, WILD WEB: CYBERSTALKING
Trabant University Center
Multipurpose Room A
6-9 p.m.
Incidents of cyberstalking, using the Internet to repeatedly threaten, harass and intimidate, have increased in recent years. Author Jane Hitchcock will explain cyberstalking and what can be done for protection.

WEDNESDAY, OCT. 24

THE MARTIAL ARTS: WOMEN & SELF-DEFENSE
103 Gore Hall
12:20-1:10 p.m.
What is Hollywood hype and what is actually doable? Jennifer Levi, a UD graduate student in the English department, will review a little of the history of women in the martial arts and will discuss flash, strength and practicality.

STREET HARASSMENT
Trabant University Center
Multipurpose Room A
6-7:30 p.m.
Stacie Brown, a representative of Women Organized Against Rape, will present a workshop for men and women interested in an interactive discussion of harassment in public settings.