Speak Up is Carleton’s annual event dedicated to centering and empowering the voices of sexual violence survivors on campus. It is a place where survivors can safely share their experiences with sexual violence.
In the past, this event has been organized by Carleton’s Gender and Sexuality Center (GSC), but in 2019, the student organizations Campus Advocates Against Sexual Harassment and Assault (CAASHA), Carleton Advocacy Network of Doulas (CAN-DO), and Student Advocates for Reproductive Choice (SARC) ran this event due to the Gender and Sexuality Center’s unwillingness to support it (Rubin and Newsham 2019). From 2020 onward, it has been run as a partnership between the GSC and student organizations (GSC 2021).
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Creator unknown. 2019. Image included in blog post “Speak Up*” by Lynn Barbera, Carleton Admissions Blog, published May 28, 2019. https://www.carleton.edu/admissions/blog/speak-up/ Accessed March 13, 2021.
Information:
Barbera, Lynn. “Speak Up*: Lynn talks about organizing a campus event when you’re not getting the institutional support you need. Content note: mentions of sexual violence.” Carleton Admissions Blog. May 28, 2019. https://www.carleton.edu/admissions/blog/speak-up/ Accessed March 13, 2021.
Bruell, Emily. “‘Speak Up’ Provides Platform for Survivors.” The Carletonian, May 17, 2018. https://thecarletonian.com/2018/05/16/speak-up-provides-platform-for-survivors/ Accessed March 13, 2021.
Gender and Sexuality Center. “Division of Student Life | Gender and Sexuality Center | Speak Up.” Carleton College Website. Last updated January 21, 2021. https://www.carleton.edu/gender-sexuality-center/events/speak-up/ Accessed March 13, 2021.
Rubin, Grace and Sarah Newsham. “Speak Up to be run by students, not GSC.” The Carletonian, May 18, 2019. https://thecarletonian.com/2019/05/18/speak-up-to-be-run-by-students-not-gsc/ Accessed March 13, 2021.
