In a call to action to Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos’ decision yesterday to rescind Title IX campus sexual assault guidelines, It’s On Us—a national awareness campaign that has worked with over 500 universities to prevent sexual assault on college campuses—launched a GoFundMe campaign to raise $5,000 to defend Title IX protections and prevent sexual assault on college campuses. “Instead of working with schools on behalf of students, the prior administration weaponized the Office for Civil Rights to work against schools and against students,” she said in a speech at George Mason University. In 2011, responding to alarming rates of campus sexual violence, the Obama administration issued a "Dear Colleague" letter with guidelines for investigating and adjudicating sexual assault on more than 7,000 universities that get federal funding. At a small protest outside of DeVos’ announcement at George Washington University, a survivor’s rights advocate said no one from their organization or similar organizations was invited to Devos’ event.
United States Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos plans to change the sexual assault guidelines on college campuses created by the previous administration.