‘Shatter the Silence’ lecture to promote sexual assault awareness
KEARNEY – To promote Sexual Assault Awareness Month, University of Nebraska at Kearney is hosting educational activities and a special lecture by two women featured in the groundbreaking film “The Hunting Ground,” at a free, public lecture 7 p.m. April 21. Activists and authors Annie Clark and Andrea Pino were featured in the film for their role in promoting Title IX legislation and challenging federal government and university officials across the country to improve their practices of … [Read more...]
‘Hunting Ground’ showing Thursday at World Theatre
https://youtu.be/GBNHGi36nlM KEARNEY – UNK welcomes students, faculty and staff to a free movie-night screening of “The Hunting Ground,” a new documentary about campus sexual assaults. The movie will be shown at 6:30 p.m. Thursday (Sept. 17) at The World Theatre, 2318 Central Ave., followed by a panel discussion about sexual assault, focusing on prevention and bystander intervention. Free tickets for the event can be picked up at the Nebraskan Student Union Welcome Desk prior to the … [Read more...]
New UNK online course to teach ‘Respect Boundaries’
KEARNEY – New University of Nebraska at Kearney students will take a new online course this fall called “Respect Boundaries” to inform them on sexual assault, domestic violence, sexual harassment, stalking and other issues related to sexual violence. The free course is one facet of UNK’s response to the Campus SaVE (Sexual Violence Elimination) Act which became law in March 2013. The online course will help UNK students understand federal and state laws and campus policies on sexual … [Read more...]
