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KNOW YOUR IX
CAMPUS ORGANIZING TOOLKIT
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Campus Organizing TOOLKIT
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We recognize that public conversations around sexual and dating violence often focus on white, straight-
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support the work of groups often marginalized within these conversations.
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democratic decisionmaking and an organizational structure that does not reinforce or replicate
oppressive systems of power. We recognize that survivors and student activists on the ground are the
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dominance, and we recall the (continuing) histories of the state’s co-optation of progressive movements’
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believe no one is disposable and also afrm the importance of holding individuals accountable for the
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STATEMENT OF OUR VALUES
We afrm and actively support
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The work we do is always centered in the needs and experiences of survivors themselves.
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classism, homophobia, transphobia, and ableism. The experiences of survivors are shaped by their individual
identities and these connected systems of oppression. We also recognize that institutions play a central
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We afrm direct action as a tactic to challenge the silencing of survivors and pressure power-holders to
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normalized by our institutions and larger society.
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bottom-up approach to building power is the only way to achieve justice and hold our schools accountable.
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campus-based adjudication of sexual and dating violence cases as a non-carceral alternative to
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