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Administrative Initiatives
 Cornell President Frank Rhodes gave CARE status as an official advisory committee
would report to the Associate Vice President for Human Relations (1986).
CARE established a budget and account in the Health Services to finance
educational
endeavors (1986).
CARE established a job description for a Sexual Assault Education Coordinator and
participated in the selection process.
Provided various fund raising endeavors: grant writing, solicitations of funding
from various campus departments, sales from videotapes
Produced and pilot tested a reporting system that could be used to identify incidents
of sexual
assault involving CU campus and/or students.
Worked to expand committee membership to include more men and people of color.
Established a multicultural sub-committee to address multi-cultural issues in rape
prevention.
Members have taken leadership in promoting the need for a Victim Advocate
position at
Cornell.
Members meet with administrators as issues pertinent to the committee's work
arise.
Preparation and Distribution of Educational Materials
"Stop Date Rape" college video, facilitators and theatre manual produced (1987)
"I Know You Said No But I Thought You Meant Yes" high school video, facilitators and
theatre manual produced (1989)
"How To Help A Friend Who Has Been Raped or Sexually Assaulted" brochure
published
(1988)
"What Men and Women Should Know About Sex and Seduction" brochure published
(1991)
"If You Have Been Sexually Assaulted" legal handout produced (1993)
Assorted handouts (Legal Action After You have Been Sexually Assaulted;
Understanding
the Law) produced (1987-present)
Multilingual rape education brochures collected (1995-present)
Educational and Promotional Efforts
"Sex at 7:00: How To Get What You Want But Not More Than You Bargained For", an
interactive theater program has been offered on campus an average of 5 times each
year
since 1987. This program has been conducted at other schools such as Wells
College and
the University of Rochester.
Rape training for Cornell Police
Self-defense programs for students and staff
Gender roles/sexual assault education was added to varsity athlete health education
class
(1991- 1998).
Rape education program for varsity football team annually (1990-1998)
Acted in consultation with staff to develop a rape education program specifically for
African-
American students.
Co-sponsored Sexual Assault Awareness Week (1993, 1994).
"Myth of the Month" advertisements placed in the Daily Sun (1989-1991)
Articles in "Vital Signs", a health newsletter from University Health Services
Letters to the Editor of the Cornell Daily Sun
Rape prevention display ads in the Cornell Daily Sun (1990-present).
Each fall a letter with brochure was sent to all new students (1989-1997). In 1998, the
brochure was incorporated into the new student handbook, eliminating the need for a
separate mailing.
The inaugural exhibit of "Unheard Voices: An Exhibition of Castings and Oral
Histories of
People Who Have Experienced Sexual Assault" by artist Jason Dilley
opens at Cornell in
collaboration with Ithaca College and Ithaca human service
agencies (1996).
CARE members work collaboratively with the Cornell Democrats to bring Anita Hill to
campus for lecture and book signing (April, 1998).
CARE sponsors "V-Day",with "The Vagina Monologues", an Obie-award winning play
which addresses violence against women (1999, 2000, 2001, 2002).
CARE sponsors two-day visit by performance artist Reanae McNeal who performed her
play "Don't Speak My Mother's Name in Vain" about the history of sexual assault
against
African-American women (Feb 1999).
CARE sponsors Unheard Voices a second time (April 17-27, 2000)
CARE co-sponsors two day visit by ex-pro football quarterback Don McPherson who
speaks
to coaches, athletes and classes regarding gender issues and men's
leadership in the fight to stop
violence against women (April 2001)
CARE initiates awareness campaign targeting men "You hold the key to stopping rape
in your
hands" (2002)
Consultation
Parents, campus administrators and other universities
New York State Task Force on Rape
International/National/local television (CBS Morning News, Face the Nation, Good
Morning America, Lifetime Cable, Christian Broadcasting Network, Larry King Live,
20/20, Oprah, Grenada Television, London, England)
Provides guidance on projects to student organization AARM (Action against Rape &
Misogyny). Group disbands 1995.
Additional national media exposure of CARE members in NY Times, Sports Illustrated,
Money Magazine, Time Magazine, Athletic Management.
Evaluation
Surveys conducted by the CARE Chair; results brought to committee to assist in
planning educational programs
Committee investigated the programming needs of people of color
Alcohol/drug use survey provided information on alcohol/rape connection (1991)
Evaluation of effectiveness of Sex at 7:00 and football program conducted (1992)
Conferences
Two statewide conferences offered to professionals on date rape (high school
populations, 1987, and college, 1989)
CARE members sponsored and presented during the1st International Conference on
Sexual Assault on Campus (1991). CARE members presented a program at the
conference regularly over the years.
Cornell's rape education model program was presented at various national
conferences
Over 250 presentations or lectures on sexual assault prevention have been presented
by CARE members at other universities and conferences
Policy Issues
Cornell Campus Code of Conduct revised to amend Title III and to include as a
violation "to sexually harass, abuse or assault, or to rape another person" (1990).
Provision added to Code to allow that complainant and defendant in sexual assault
cases not need to testify while in the same room (1993).
University Sexual Assault Policy developed in collaboration with Cornell Police,
Judicial Administrator, Office of Equal Opportunity (1992-1994).
CARE faculty took a leadership role initiating challenges to the faculty amendments to
the University Sexual Harassment Policy that were inequitable (1998).
CARE members draft revisions for the University Sexual Assault Policy to strengthen
the policy language regarding substance abuse and its relationship to sexual offenses
(2002).
CARE supports the development of men's educational program for students accused
of sexual misconduct or sexual assault through Judicial Administrator's office (2003
to date).
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