sexual assault

My first kiss should have been an innocent moment with the boy I spent my freshman year of high school crushing on. But instead, it released your memory.

Despite their histories of violence toward women, Jason Kidd and Chauncey Billups were hired to be head coaches for major NBA franchises.

When victims are held responsible for the actions of perpetrators, violence becomes the norm; the focus shifts from solving the problem to avoiding it.

As sports fans, we must acknowledge the dangerous pedestal we put athletes on. Refusing to do so is simply irresponsible.

A recently published Seattle Times article shined light on sexual assault allegations from April 2018 against four Eastside Catholic High School football players, one whom is planning to attend Cal on a full scholarship.

For years, BHS students have been alleging that school administrators harbor toxic negligence that enables sexual assault.

California Gov. Gavin Newsom signed SB 22 into law, a bill requiring law enforcement agencies and forensic laboratories in California to promptly test all newly collected rape kits.

So far, reporting has done nothing. However, I did connect with a network of other survivors. We’ve supported and informed each other when we recounted our stories.

I refuse to accept the narrative that I and other women are responsible for their assault. I’ll wear a short skirt, get drunk at a party and flirt with men all night — it doesn’t mean I am asking to be assaulted.

The UC Berkeley campus has promised to do its best to prevent and respond to sexual harassment as effectively, humanely, fairly and transparently as possible. Our community must all take our sexual harassment prevention training and take it to heart; we must all, in small or large ways, live up to our values as a respectful community. Promises like those are completely possible to keep.