January 6, 2016 · National Organization for Women

An Open Letter to UVa President Teresa Sullivan

Representatives of the National Organization for Women (NOW) request President Sullivan's intervention in light of Dean Nicole Eramo's actions towards "Jackie" following the Rolling Stone rape article. The letter charges that, in the course of pursuing a private lawsuit against Rolling Stone, Dean Eramo engaged in victim blaming towards Jackie, the central figure in the Rolling Stone article, and demanded access to her private correspondence for the purposes of the lawsuit. The letter states that this constitutes a "re-victimization" of Jackie and requests President Sullivan's intervention.

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NOW Open Letter to President Teresa Sullivan.pdf

Subject	Anti-rape movement Blaming the victim College administrators College discipline Mass media Rape--Law and legislation Rape in mass media Rape victims Reporters and reporting Sullivan, Teresa A., 1949 Universities and colleges--Administration Universities and colleges--Complaints against United States. Education Amendments of 1972. Title IX
Creator	Terry Oâ€™Neill, President, National Organization for Women Diana Egozcue, President, Virginia NOW Tannis Fuller, Charlottesville NOW
Publisher	National Organization for Women
Date	2016-01-06

URL	http://now.org/media-center/press-release/an-open-letter-to-uva-president-teresa-a-sullivan/

Tags	national media, protests and demonstrations, survivor stories
Date Added	January 16, 2016
Date Modifed	August 12, 2016
Collection	Rolling Stone article 11/19/2014, "A Rape on Campus"

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