During the last week of August, HuffPost Live launched a weeklong series investigating campus sexual assault and the issues many victims can face when reporting rape to universities. Host Zerlina Maxwell sat down with Valerie Jarrett, a senior adviser to President Barack Obama; Janet Napolitano, the president of the University of California system, and numerous other victims and advocates to figure out how we can combat the widespread epidemic. Check out the seven-part series below.
Featuring:
Valerie Jarrett: Senior advisor to President Barack Obama
Alison Kiss: Executive director, Clery Center for Security on Campus
Laura Dunn: Executive director, SurvJustice; campus sexual assault survivor
Featuring:
Annie Clark: Executive director, End Rape on Campus; lead complainant in two Department of Education complains against UNC
Jaclyn Friedman: Editor, Yes Means Yes: Visions of Female Sexual Power and a World Without Rape
Kate Harding: Author, Asking for It: The Alarming Rise of Rape Culture -- and What We Can Do About It
Wagatwe Wanjuki: Anti-violence activist; writer at Upworthy
Featuring:
Tyler Kinkade: HuffPost College senior editor
Sofie Karasek: Director of education & co-founder, End Rape on Campus; Title IX complainant
Zoe Ridolfi-Starr: Programs coordinator, Know Your IX
Featuring:
Neil Irvin: Executive director, Men Can Stop Rape
Chris Kluwe: Former NFL player
Don McPherson: Former NFL player
Kevin Powell: Co-founder, BK Nation; activist
Featuring:
Janet Napolitano: President, University of California system; former Secretary of Homeland Security
Chardonnay Madkins: Title IX complainant against Hampton University
Karla Benson Rutten: Title IX coordinator and director of equity, Macalester College
Synclaire Butler: Filing complaint against Morehouse College; junior at Spelman College
Featuring:
Rosemonde Pierre-Louis: Commissioner, NYC Mayor's Office to combat domestic violence
Alexandra Brodsky: Co-founder, Know Your IX
Ali Safran: Director, Surviving in Numbers
John Kelly: Genderqueer survivor of sexual assault and activist; student, Harvard Divinity School
Featuring:
Gwen Moore: Representative For Wisconsin's 4th District
Andrea Pino: Sexual assault survivor; director of policy and support, End Rape on Campus
Malakai Coté: Licensed psychologist
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