What is Rise Up?

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College campuses focus their attention regarding rape and sexual assault towards the victims...

"What were you wearing?- Did you say no?- Were you drinking?"

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It's time for colleges to stop re-victimizing victims and start humanizing their students like their peppy orientation welcome videos claim they do. It's time for the conversation to address the perpetrators and rape prevention opposed to only addressing rape after care.

We discuss victim prevention- don't wear *insert opinionated provocative clothing here,* - carry pepper spray- just simply say no- but the prevention discussion has to be directed towards perpetrators before they even become so.

Let's begin the assembly- the conversation- led by men to other men and women and educate concepts of consent, alcohol effects, speaking out against rape culture language, what saying no means, and the repercussions of rape and sexual assault. Let's begin addressing our beloved students as a community and a campus that supports and stands alongside victims, but before they become victims- rises up against the normalcy of allowing perpetrators on campus without the proper discussion of standards.

Rise Up campaign seeks to create a fearless discussion mandated by men who desire to take a stand against rape culture, against the overwhelming focus on aftercare- and address the perpetrators beforehand- making it a goal on all campuses to normalize rape prevention.

This is beneficial for the school- to know they openly and honestly addressed the problem from both sides of this situation.

For parents:

To be at peace that the school of choice is fearlessly addressing the issue of sexual assault on ALL college campuses, and that this conversation directed towards rape prevention towards men is needed and can conform the normalcy of rape culture within students.

For students:

Victims, men and women, to feel like their assault is not whole heartedly on their shoulders- all of the attention, the reporting, the lack of support, the blame- that they would feel fearless to report to the police, the school, and be heard; that men would be inspired to be men of integrity to rise up against rape culture language and go into college with a knowledge of the aftermath of assault.

Every story deserves to be heard- perpetrators can be stopped- all it takes is one discussion, one assembly, one passionate person to address the problem before it occurs and is ready with open hands to care for the problems that do occur with grace and justice.

Let's rise up as campuses, professors, deans, students, people- against rape culture language, against re-victimizing victims and FOR prevention- let's teach our students and peers to be mindful about consent.