before we watched The hunting ground I was unaware that campus rape was as common as it is. I believe that this is one of the major issues with how it is being handled on campus' all over the country. To raise awareness for this very serious problem universities should take more initiative in supporting survivors instead of blaming them. On top of that I think that to help survivors their should be more resources for them. In the hunting ground they said that at some schools there were programs for people accused of rape to get help but not those who were actually raped. I think that if this were to change and we could give people an outlet where they can open up and help survivors feel less lonely and know that they have a strong support system behind them. I researched Students active for ending rape or SAFER at http://www.safercampus.org/. SAFER was founded by a group of students at Columbia University in 2000 after they successfully reformed sexual assault policy. SAFER's objectives are to provide information on rape so people can be more educated as well as offering advocacy for survivors. SAFER receives a majority of its funding from donations online. For the most part it seems like SAFER has been portrayed in the news respectfully and many people are in support of the organizations idea and what they are doing. 
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