John—

962 days sounded like a lot when we sent this email back in April, but now it’s been 1,208 days under Betsy Devos’ Title IX rule. If the Biden administration doesn’t finalize the new Title IX rule now, students are looking at another semester of weakened sexual harassment protections and attacks on the rights of LGBTQIA+, pregnant, and parenting students. That’s why we’re at the White House today, along with congressional representatives and students, to make it known to the Biden administration, that students cannot be ignored! Will you join us for a day of action on behalf of ALL students? [[link removed]]

Tell the Biden Administration: Any Further Delay on Title IX Is Unacceptable. [[link removed]]
Restore civil rights protections for ALL students now.
TAKE ACTION [[link removed]]
-Shiwali

P.S. Want to watch us in action today? Watch our live stream 1 p.m. EST at the White House ! [[link removed]]

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From: Shiwali Patel
Date: April 3, 2023 1:01 PM
Subject: Add Your Name: Restore Title IX Civil Rights Protections for Survivors and ALL Students
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Hi John,

962 days.

It’s been 962 days since Betsy DeVos’s Title IX rule went into effect, uprooting decades of policy and significantly weakening civil rights protections for student survivors.

The DeVos Title IX rule pushes schools to ignore many reports of sexual harassment and requires student survivors to undergo uniquely burdensome procedures when their schools investigate their sexual harassment complaints. It’s time for the Biden-Harris administration to reverse this harmful rule. [[link removed]]
Now we have just over four months left before the new school year starts—and students who experience sexual harassment still do not have needed Title IX protections in place to ensure their safety.

Tell Biden: Any Further Delay on Title IX Is Unacceptable. [[link removed]]
Restore civil rights protections for ALL students now.

TAKE ACTION [[link removed]]
For the past two and a half years, student survivors have been devastatingly impacted by the DeVos Title IX rule. Many students who suffered sexual harassment have had their Title IX complaints dismissed by their schools or have been subjected to uniquely unfair, burdensome, and retraumatizing investigation procedures that are not required for any other type of student or staff misconduct.
For this year’s Sexual Assault Awareness Month (SAAM), we are calling on you to demand the Biden-Harris administration finalize and publish a new Title IX rule as soon as possible. Student survivors can’t wait to have their basic civil rights and protections upheld. [[link removed]]

The president has repeatedly promised to address these harms. Survivors of sexual violence are depending on the administration to keep this promise.

John, students cannot afford to wait any longer. Tell President Biden to finalize Title IX now! [[link removed]]

In solidarity,

Shiwali Patel
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Director of Justice for Student Survivors & Senior Counsel
National Women's Law Center
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