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USF students and faculty "Take Back the Night" to raise awareness of sexual abuse listen
04/17/13 Janelle IrwinWMNF Drive-Time News Wednesday Listen to this entire show:
Tags: Take Back the Night, rape, sexual violence, sexual assault, rape culture, USF, women
There have been two reported rape cases on the University of South Florida’s Tampa campus this semester. Students hosted Take Back the Night on campus Tuesday to encourage their peers to speak out against rape. Elizabeth Moshella is president of the group Network, Improve, Transform, Empower, or NITE.
Be the first to comment“Everyone is welcome and we encourage this event because one in four college women will experience an attempted rape or a completed rape during their college years alone. So, we feel it’s...
USF students ask school to take steps to end rape culture listen
11/30/12 Janelle IrwinWMNF Drive-Time News Friday Listen to this entire show:
Tags: rape culture, USF, Students for a Democratic Society, rape, women's rights, SDS, SDS at USF
Two rapes were reported on the Tampa campus of the University of South Florida last month and still have not been solved. A group of students is asking the school to incorporate a program that would rein in what they call rape culture.
The students rallied for the first time yesterday afternoon in front of the busy Marshall Student Services Center. As people passed, members of Students for a Democratic Society including President Dani Leppo, gathered petition si...
Be the first to commentRebecca tells of her brutal rape in the U. S. Army
06/14/12 Mary GlenneyFrom A Woman's Point of View Listen to this entire show:
Tags: rape, Army, military, Walk Against Rape
Rebecca tells the story of her brutal rape by a fellow soldier at the Army Base. She then tells of the consequences to her and her violator. Rebecca suffered a traumatic brain injury and years of bad health-The perpetrator was charged with intoxication -no mention of the sexual assault.. His military career continues today uninterrupted. Rebecca has gone on to be an active co-coordinator in the Walk Against Rape and is involved in getting help for victims of these assaults in the military...
Be the first to commentTampa Bay rape crisis center responds to Governor Scott's funding veto
06/01/12 Lisa MarzilliLast Call Friday Listen to this entire show:
Tags: Crisis Center of Tampa Bay, Marilyn Bray, Kim Payne, rape, rape crisis center funding, Governor Rick Scott
On today’s Last Call we were joined in the studio by two people whose organization was directly affected by a budget veto wielded by Governor Rick Scott.
Shortly before signing off on the $70 billion budget for the coming year the Governor vetoed $143 million in spending. Encompassed within that $143 million was $1.5 million approved by state legislators to fund 30 rape crisis centers. According to Jennifer Dritt executive director of the [Council Against Sexual Violence](http://www.fc...
Be the first to commentIn Tampa, SlutWalkers say the dress does not mean “yes” listen
09/19/11 Andrea LypkaWMNF Drive-Time News Monday Listen to this entire show:
Tags: Charli Solis, SlutWalk, rape
Rallies sparked worldwide after a Toronto police officer's comment in April that women should avoid dressing like “sluts.” Hundreds of people protested this past Saturday in Tampa at Joe Chillura Courthouse Square against sexual victimization. Organizers of the SlutWalk Tampa called foul on victim blaming and slut-shaming and they say they hope the fight against the demonization of rape victims continues.
Greg Stevens, a youth pastor in Tampa, is a volunteer coordinator for SlutWalk Tampa....
1 commentsSex Scandal Coverage, Medicare Privatization and Open Phones
05/23/11 Robert LoreiLast Call Monday Listen to this entire show:
Tags: Danny Schechter, Dominique Strauss-Kahn, sex, rape, media
Good afternoon, welcome to the Last call. I'm Rob Lorei. Coming up Danny Schechter, one time news director at WBCN-FM in Boston and former staffer at ABC News. He recently wrote an op-ed about the recent widely publicized sex-scandals in which he said:
Be the first to comment"My colleague Mike Whitney asks: "So, what are the chances that Strauss-Kahn will get a fair trial now that he's been blasted as a serial sex offender in about 3,000 articles and in all the televised news reports?
"Do you remember any ...
I Am Someone: a Documentary on Sexual Violence
03/08/11 Dawn Morgan ElliottRadioactivity: Live Call-In (Tuesday) Listen to this entire show:
Tags: International Women's Day, sexual violence, rape, gender issues, women's issues, violence, sexism, media
Happy International Women’s Day! I’m Dawn Morgan Elliott, a six-year volunteer with WMNF, with five years in the newsroom telling other people’s stories.
For this International Women’s Day, I want to raise the noise level on sexual abuse and violence against women, traumatic experiences that often have a silencing effect on its victims.
I’ll get personal, asking 54-year-old Baltimore native Lepena Reid to talk about the terrible attack she endured on the city streets when she was just...
1 commentsHuman rights reporter Mac McClelland goes "full impact" listen
03/08/11 Lisa MarzilliWMNF Drive-Time News Tuesday Listen to this entire show:
Tags: Mac McClelland, Mother Jones Magazine, full force impact training, Lara Logan, Committee to Protect Journalists, sexual violence, rape, International Women's Day
The recent sexual assault of CBS correspondent Lara Logan has called attention to an issue that is far too prevalent yet too often ignored; the dangers faced by journalists – especially women - covering stories in conflict zones around the world. Logan was attacked as she reported from Cairo’s Tahrir Square on the last night of the pro-democracy uprisings in Egypt after becoming separated from her TV crew. CBS said s...
2 commentsAuthor Jaclyn Friedman says rape can be prevented through principle of Yes Means Yes listen
03/08/11 Dawn Morgan ElliottWMNF Drive-Time News Tuesday Listen to this entire show:
Tags: Jaclyn Friedman, rape, self defense, International Women's Day
Jaclyn Friedman is a writer, feminist, activist, and survivor of sexual assault. Friedman is co-editor of Yes Means Yes!, a book of essays that visualizes not only a world without rape, but one where women can express their sexuality with no fear or shame.
WMNF’s Dawn Morgan Elliott began the interview by asking Friedman about the idea behind her 2008 book.
Be the first to comment"What Yes Means Yes is about is a principle that we’re calling enthusiastic consent or affirmative consent. That means is that eve...
"Walk In My Shoes" Aims to Spread Awareness of Sexual and Domestic Violence listen
04/13/10 Kate BradshawWMNF Drive-Time News Tuesday Listen to this entire show:
Tags: Domestic violence, Sexual abuse, rape, women's health, women's issues
If you drove down Kennedy this morning, you may have noticed a few dozen people walking down the road wearing blue shirts. They were marching to raise awareness of sexual abuse. But the journey for Lauren Book-Lim, the event’s organizer, started a long way back.
Lauren Book-Lim has just reached the halfway point of a 500-mile walk from South Florida to Tallahassee. The Tampa leg started at the Alpha House, a center that houses pregnant women and new moth...
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