The GUSA Student Safety team is working to create a safer campus for all Hoyas. The team focuses on the SafeRides program, campus crime, and sexual assault and domestic violence policy. The GUSA Secretary for Student Safety and Undersecretary for Sexual Assault Policy work closely with the Georgetown University Police Department, Health Education Services, and Student Affairs. The team also participates in the Sexual Assault Working Group, Student Safety Advisory Board, and interview processes for new University employees around these issues.
Over the last few terms, the GUSA Student Safety team has:
- Created annual events for Domestic Violence Awareness Month through GUSA
- Assisted with the launch and revions of sexualassault.georgetown.edu, where members of the university community can find information on their resources and rights
- Fought for another confidential resource in Health Education Services
- Reformed the Code of Conduct to make sexual history and dress explicitly inadmissible in sexual misconduct hearings
- Pushed for close-circuit cameras in the hearing rooms for sexual assault cases
- Advocated for the hiring of two part-time Title IX investigators and a full-time Title IX Coordinator
- Supported the I Am Ready program at New Student Orientation
- Incorporated a consent module in the GUSA What’s A Hoya?
- Recommended more inclusive GUPD self-defense classes
- Reformed the SafeRides program with the SafeRides Steering Committee
- Started the GUPD Roundtable program with Chief Gruber and Deputy Chief Smith
- Received language for syllabi around mandatory Title IX reporting and reached out to faculty
- Organized first Bias Report Committee office hours for students to ask questions
While the GUSA Student Safety team has made a lot of progress, there is still so much to be done. If you are interested in being involved with campus safety issues, feel free to attend the Sexual Assault Working Group and Student Safety Advisory meetings. You can also send in anonymous feedback to GUPD here or contact Maddy Moore directly around issues with Safe Rides and campus security. Finally, the best way to be involved is continue having conversations around these issues. In particular, the Sexual Assault Peer Educator program offers facilitations around sexual assault, domestic violence, consent, and bystander intervention. Request a workshop on this page! Take Back the Night, a student group, also provides students with opportunities to engage with sexual assault education and advocacy.
