UC Berkeley community promotes support for domestic violence survivors

In the ASUC Student Advocate’s Office, UC Berkeley senior Catie Haddad works to support survivors of sexual and intimate partner violence.
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In the ASUC Student Advocate’s Office, UC Berkeley senior Catie Haddad works to support survivors of sexual and intimate partner violence.
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The university and campus are in many ways constrained by federal law, but this isn’t an excuse to do anything but make absolutely clear it will prioritize survivors.
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On June 22, UC Berkeley announced the hiring of Kellie Brennan, who started July 6 as campus’s first executive director of civil rights and whistleblower compliance.
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Another reported incident of Zoom bombing, or an unwanted meeting disruption, occurred during a campus event in June, leading campus administration and Zoom to tighten security measures.
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Allegations against Cal Dining surfaced on Twitter on Feb. 16 when a former Cal Dining student employee claimed her former coworker sexually harassed her but was not fired.
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Inspired by her own personal experiences, UC Berkeley alumna Natalie Cleaver launched a nonprofit, BerkeleyToo, aimed at reforming the process for campus community members to report sexual harassment.
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So far, reporting has done nothing. However, I did connect with a network of other survivors. We’ve supported and informed each other when we recounted our stories.
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Former UC Berkeley professor of philosophy John Searle was stripped of his emeritus status June 19 for violating university policies regarding sexual harassment and retaliation, according to campus spokesperson Janet Gilmore.
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In one of the reports, a female complainant under the respondent’s supervision alleged that he asked her to follow him into a closet and take a picture of the respondent naked.
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Our campus community deserves an environment free of sexual violence and sexual harassment, or SVSH. As a former member of the Committee on Privilege and Tenure, or P&T, which hears SVSH cases involving faculty members, I encourage my fellow faculty to join me in taking a fresh look at our
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