John,
During her tenure as the Secretary of Education under the Trump
Administration, Betsy DeVos worked to severely weaken the Department of
Education's Office of Civil Rights, which enforces numerous protections
against discrimination in schools.
One such protection they compromised is the Title IX regulation, which
protects student sexual assault survivors and supports the civil rights of
all students.
These changes created by the Trump administration force sexual assault
survivors to overcome extremely arduous steps when the school investigates
their sexual harassment complaints -- steps that aren’t required for
school investigations of any other type of student or staff misconduct.
While the Biden administration has announced plans to undo the Trump
Administration’s attack on student survivors, the Department of Education
doesn’t plan to propose fixes to Betsy DeVos’s Title IX rule until May of
2022 — nearly a year from now.
We already had to deal with Betsy DeVos not enforcing federal protections
for survivors, we cannot wait until May of next year, especially since
fifty percent of all sexual assaults on campus occur between August and
Thanksgiving break.
[ [link removed] ]Will you stand with DFA to demand U.S. Secretary of Education Miguel
Cardona end Betsy DeVos' dangerous Title IX rule now?
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President Obama put these Title IX protections in place because too many
survivors were afraid to come forward.
But, from the first moments Betsy DeVos took power in the Trump
Administration, survivors have been forced back into the shadows.
Requiring colleges and universities to conduct prompt investigations and
provide support to victims of sexual assault shouldn’t be up for debate.
We must stand up against injustice, violence, and suffering. Unnecessarily
waiting until May will lead to further suffering of students, especially
women, in our schools.
Survivors of campus sexual assault and harassment deserve our support now.
[ [link removed] ]We cannot let this Betsy DeVos era policy continue to stay in place for
another day. It's time to fight back. Sign the petition: Tell Secretary of
Education Miguel Cardona to end Betsy DeVos' dangerous Title IX rule now.
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Thank you for raising your voice against this Betsy DeVos era rule that
continues to harm to sexual assault survivors.
- Tre
Tre Graves
Campaign Organizer
Democracy for America
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