Anti-Sexists and Feminists United Collective/Meetings/2011.10.07

= Meeting Information =

Place: Center for Feminisms

Date: Friday, October 7th, 2011

Time: 2:00PM

= Agenda =

Plans for the meeting.

= Post-mortem =

Summary
Essential conclusions from the meeting. Action items, etc.

Proceedings
Slutwalk

ASFUC Hampshire sexual assault policy Until someone wakes up   Bystander Intervention program (smith) write statement across couple of organizations at hampshire – signed by endorsed by/in solidarity with/signed by   ***conference organize with other groups, coalition with other left froups panel on cmapus: what are organizers doing, open to general public   Women’s empowerment mod potluck in name of slutwalk   Proactive prevention measures Deaggresivizing masculinity   Concerns vs. demands ---administration acknowledges these concerns, and repsnds in this way the more research we can do, the more respectable we can look   DEMANDS: Mass rape kits cut Sexual harassment policy --prevenetion, visible, everywomen’s center ·      Health services: free testing, respectful language, trans exclusion, don’t skimp on testing, gallagher koster ·      Sexual harassment policy (collaborate with CA, rimmer): CA’s trained in rape crisis, hotline cut, psychiatrist, everywomen’s  center, availability on weekend, ·      Mailbozes: rape happens here, ·      Acknowledgement from administration
 * Endorse ASFUC? What would that mean?
 * Restate purpose
 * Not about reclaiming "slut" but about fighting slut shaming and victim blaming
 * Nice link
 * Tried to meet with CLPP
 * No luck
 * Statement
 * Take back the night
 * Asfuc in support of slutwalk
 * “slut” refers to specific event that spurred this movement, this is not about the word slut
 * slutwalk solidarity with occupy wall street
 * taking to the streets for once
 * --thousands of people who are not involved with activism before, teenagers
 * cyclical critiques
 * compare slutwalk to take back the night
 * Acknowledge that the critiques have been said
 * However, the grounds of their critiques are mistakne
 * Lends itself to misinterpretation
 * Scandalized
 * Change name: sends message that we’re serious, listening, inclusive
 * How to be a collective and non-wishy-washy
 * 8 page policy
 * Not very clear
 * Complicated
 * Not followed well
 * Only one anonymous resource on campus - Jessica gifford
 * Silence on campus
 * Invisible issue
 * Low priority for administration-- how do we make it one?
 * Good this year
 * Very triggering/fear-inspiring in previous years
 * Instructed to leave if uncomfortable, but would have to stand in front of crowd
 * Recognize when something non-consentual is about to happen
 * How to intervene
 * endorsing slutwalk
 * connecting it to other goals
 * endorse cors emission
 * consider rebranding