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National
Campaign
Saturday Night At Your School:
Sexual assault impacts every university whether
big or small. No community, no matter how safe or
closely knit, can really claim to be free of this
silent problem. Saturday Night: Untold Stories
of Sexual Assault offers an opportunity for
concerned students and faculty to bring this problem
out into the open. Below you will find a chronicle
of our work to publish Saturday Night at
Duke. We encourage you to consider what role
Saturday Night could play on your campus. Our
hope is to spread the idea across the national and
become a force to prevent sexual assault.
How You Can Start Your Own Saturday Night
Publication
Starting Saturday Night at each university will
be different because of the unique resources and
modes of operation at each university. While we
cannot lay out a definite work plan to follow,
considering the following questions might help you
develop a plan. We’re happy to field questions and
offer suggestions for starting your own Saturday
Night. We highly encourage you to email us even if
it’s just to let us know of your efforts. We want to
track our progress nationally and plan a strategy to
spread the concept. Email:
saturdaynightduke@gmail.com
Grants we submitted:
Feel free to use these grant applications as
templates. The funding sources that we used are
unfortunately only available to Duke organizations,
but similar grant and funding opportunities may be
available on your campus.
University Fund Application
Bassett Fund Application
Questions and Ideas to Consider:
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What resources are currently available on campus?
Who’s already addressing this issue? (Women’s
Centers, student groups, concerned faculty member,
local nonprofits, student health clinic on campus,
etc.)
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Who can help you define the unique problem of
sexual assault that your university faces?
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What, if any, strategies does the university
currently employ to combat sexual assault? Do these
need to be addressed too?
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How could you reach large numbers of students in
order to solicit sexual assault survivor narratives
and commentary? (campus newspaper, flyers,
addressing student groups) Could current survivors
aid in this process?
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How do student groups on your campus get money?
(Student government, academic departments,
university grants, self fundraising)
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How could this publication be used and actually
discussed by students? (classrooms, first year
experience, student groups, Greek organizations,
orientation, campus dialogues, summer readings,
direct mailings, etc.)
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How could you measure your impact on campus?
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How will you sustain your publication? How can you
institutionalize its publication (via students, a
club, the university, or other organizations on
campus)?
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What administrators or faculty members could be
helpful in the process?
Use of the Saturday Night Name
It is our hope that student efforts around the
country will adopt the name Saturday Night:
Untold Stories of Sexual Assault at ________ or some slight variation of this
name. We encourage the use of this name in order to
help this effort spread faster. As the idea of the
Saturday Night publication reaches more
campuses around the country, it can become a
recognizable brand and a united movement. We
recognize that all groups may not care to use the
Saturday Night name, and we still encourage
them to contact us even if they choose some other
name. The important part of this movement is
bringing survivors’ stories to the public
(regardless of publication name).
Guidelines for Use of the Saturday Night
Name:
Should you choose to adopt the Saturday Night name
(which we encourage), we request that you follow the
below policies in order to protect the brand name:
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Do not publish survivors’ or alleged
perpetrators’ names. We require survivors to avoid
any leading comments and suggestions about who their
perpetrator may have been. This requirement protects
against liable and helps focus the publication on
the overall goal of preventing sexual assault in the
community.
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Request signed permission letters from survivors and
those providing commentaries. This step will protect
your publication from potential problems down the
road.
(Click to view our permission letter)
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Each Saturday Night is an independent venture and
each editorial board accepts total liability for its
publication. Use of the name does not imply
endorsement from other Saturday Night
publications or the founders of Saturday Night.
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We request respectful use of survivors’
narratives. Sexual assault is often a very emotional
and controversial topic. Narratives should always
endeavor to protect the dignity of survivors. We
advise avoiding berating approaches to sexual
assault prevention and dialogues. Alienating a
portion of the community will severely reduce
efforts to have true community dialogue and change.
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Please send us a copy of your publication once
you print. Publications can be mailed to Chloe Chien,
PO 99062, Durham, NC 27708
We’re happy to help in the process in any way
possible. Please feel free to email us
(saturdaynightduke@gmail.com) either for
questions, suggestions, or just to let us know your
progress.
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