SARU proposes website for survivors to share stories at SGA meeting
Reporting about the SGA, not a record of it: The Johns Hopkins News-Letter published this and the SGA did not write it, file it, or approve it. The archive holds it because the article itself uses the phrases “sga” and “student government”.
Summary
- The News-Letter article covers the SGA’s discussion of a SARU proposal for a website about sexual health and survivor stories.
- The paper reported that SARU co-director Michael Vidal said the site would educate students and let survivors share stories and experiences anonymously.
- The article adds that SARU-trained reviewers would check posts for identifying details, while email addresses would be used only to contact authors about removing personal information.
- The reporter writes that students raised concerns about privacy and whether reviewers could be mandated reporters; Vidal said the reviewers were trained and that posts would not trigger an Office of Institutional Equity investigation.
- According to the article, the site would also include information on healthy relationships and reproductive health, with SARU collaborating with LGBTQ Life.
- The News-Letter reported that Executive President Sam Mollin asked how the site would be maintained over time, and that the SGA would vote the following week on the Women and Gender Minorities’ Caucus’s involvement.