1. Campus Violence Awareness:
Student Involvement Across Social
Identities
Christina Hernandez,
Outreach & Awareness Coordinator, JNWC
Karoline Khamis,
Violence Prevention Coordinator, JNWC & member,
The Vagina Warriors
2. Agenda
• Violence in marginalized communities
• Statistics
• Communities speak out!
– No! Rape in the African American community
– Women of Juarez
• Latina/o outreach
• Student experience
• Overview
• Q&A
3. Theoretical Framework
• Intersectionality - focuses on the intersections of race
and gender and aims to provide visibility to the
identities and experiences of multiple social identities
• Popularized through legal scholarship in Critical Race
Theory but has been used widely through various social
justice focused disciplines
• Extend the intersections to include the experience of
domestic violence and sexual assault
4. UNLV Police Services
Reports of Forcible Sex Offenses on Campus
2005 – 4
2006 – 0
2007 – 3
*Often times these crimes occur and are reported
outside of the jurisdiction of UNLV.
http://publicsafety.unlv.edu/2008UNLVAnnualSecurityRepo
rt.pdf
5. The Rape Crisis Center of Southern
Nevada
• Gender:
– Female – 97%
– Male – 3%
• Race/Ethnicity:
– White – 58%
– Latino/Hispanic – 18%
– Black – 16%
– Asian – 3%
– Bi-racial – 2%
– Native – <1%
– Unknown/Other – <1%
43% of reported victims were between the ages of 19-29.
7. Latina/o Community Outreach
• 'Mapping" Latina/os in NV and Clark County
• Challenges in capturing SA stats on Latina/os
and conducting Latina/o outreach
• Cultural competent programs: what are we
talking about...?
• "Problema de Todos"- Sexual assault
community outreach program
• Resources
8. Take Back the Night
Resource Fair:
• The LGBT Center
• Planned Parenthood
• The Rape Crisis Center
• DV Task Force
• SAFE House
• S.A.F.E Nest
• United Coalition of Im/migrant
Rights
• The Vagina Warriors
• CAPS
• Healthy Rebels
9. Student Activism
- The Vagina Monologues and The Vagina Warriors
Student Organization
- The International Day for the Elimination of
Violence Against Women
11. Resources on and off campus
The Jean Nidetch Women’s
SSC C RM 255, 895-4475
Counseling and Psychological Services
SWRC Third floor, 895-3627
Police Services
Confidential reporting: 895-3668
The Rape Crisis Center
24 hr hotline: 366-1640
S.A.F.E House
24 hr hotline: 564-3227
12. Thank you!
“I have come to believe over and over again that what is
most important to me must be spoken, made verbal
and shared, even at the risk of having it bruised or
misunderstood.” Audre Lorde
Christina Hernandez, Outreach & Awareness Coordinator, JNWC
christina.hernandez@unlv.edu or 895-0689
Karoline Khamis, Violence Prevention Coordinator, JNWC
& member, The Vagina Warriors
Karoline.khamis@unlv.edu or 895-0605
Elena Espinoza, Director of Education & Outreach, The Rape Crisis Center
elena@therapecrisiscenter.org or 385-2153
