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** A Special Investigation
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Part II
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The start of the fall semester through Thanksgiving break is known as The Red Zone, where more than 50% of sexual assaults happen. But college students are also at a heightened risk for other forms of abuse, such as intimate partner violence, throughout the academic year.
PublicSource spent six months speaking with survivors, advocates, lawyers, police and university officials to investigate the prevalence of sexual violence on Pittsburgh college campuses and its effects. Here's what we found. ([link removed])
Content warning: Mentions of sexual violence.
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** They are Pittsburgh college students and survivors of sexual violence. Here, they share their stories. ([link removed])
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CW: This story references sexual violence.
Assaulted by a friend. Coerced with alcohol. Left confused and ashamed. One survivor is only beginning to process, while another is “nowhere near being healed.”
Today, we share the stories of Pittsburgh students and recent grads who spoke about their experiences of sexual violence or consent violations, and what came after. The stories reveal barriers to support and healing, and illustrate challenges in awareness among college peers. Read their stories. ([link removed])
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** These are the challenges students and universities face in addressing sexual violence ([link removed])
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“I gave them quite a testimony. Like it took a lot for me to do that,” said one survivor. ([link removed]) “And then when it came down to it, they kind of just took all that information and didn’t do anything to help me.
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** Across Pittsburgh colleges, students step up to prevent sexual violence ([link removed])
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Students are stepping up.
College students, like their institutions, know the number of sexual assaults and violence captured in data often don’t mirror reality. At Chatham University, University of Pittsburgh and Point Park University, students are organizing marches, educating peers or consent and building community. Who are the student advocates working to prevent sexual violence? Read about them ([link removed]) .
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