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Survivors + Allies
Our Story
Survivors + Allies (S+A) is a student organization that advocates for and with survivors of sexual violence in the University of California system. We elevate student concerns to the UCs to improve existing resources, services, and communications available to survivors, as well as to advocate for improved UC-wide policies and funding for additional support to survivors.
To accomplish these goals the group pursues a three-pronged strategy centered around research with survivors, communications about resources for survivors and to educate our broader community, and activism to change and/or update UC policies and funding allocation.
S+A has received funding from the UCLA Center for the Study of Women|Barbra Streisand Center, the Frank D. Gilliam Jr. Social Justice Award, and the Bruin Advocacy Award.
Team Goals
Legal
Legal
Identifying previous legislation that is relevant to our work/ we could build off; Identifying gaps in previous legislation where our research shows changes are needed; Drafting list of legislative priorities (based on gaps and our research) that Mobilization Team can use when reaching out to new orgs for the coalition and the Research Comms team can use to create policy and educational briefs; Examining what legislation can do vis-a-vis the UCs/ Cal States that have more autonomy; working with Policy Advisor to begin drafting legislation that we could show to nonprofits, policymakers, and student orgs in the fall.
Research Comms
Research Comms
(1) Create policy briefs (in collaboration with Legal/ Policy Development team) that could support our research-backed arguments related to legislation, and trying to garner support from policymakers in the fall. For example, one of our policy priorities might be to mandate trauma-informed trainings for UCPD, and the Policy brief team would create a 2-page brief on this topic based on our and other researchers’ data aimed at policymakers. (2) In addition, create educational briefs aimed at other survivor advocacy and community-based organizations that can help raise awareness about our findings to support other advocacy groups’ work
Mobilization
Mobilization
Meeting with nonprofit and community organizations in California to build relationships/ identify synergies; Identifying a “champion” nonprofit advocacy organization with experience doing policy work; Meeting with CARE offices to build relationships; Creating list of relevant student organizations on California university campuses that we can reach out to in the fall; Reaching out to faculty and centers of research who are interested in supporting our work.
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