This campaign ran from September 2017-March 2018.

In October 2017, we joined forces with The Hunting Ground for an impact campaign that pushed against proposed rollbacks to campus sexual assault guidelines and amplified the voices of survivors. Though two and a half years after the film’s release, we were able to maximize its potential social impact as the #MeToo and #TimesUp conversations came to international prominence.

Working in collaboration with organizers, we:

Launched a campaign in support of two campus sexual assault bills

One bill passed the state House unanimously—a hurdle that had seemed impossible, as it had never been released from committee in previous years. The student organizers continue the fight building on this momentum.

Supported student organizers defending Title IX

Student organizers held screenings at colleges with open Title IX cases and notable incidents of sexual assault to promote dialogue, action, justice, and healing. In particular, the students at Georgetown University led a national effort against Betsy DeVos’s proposed Title IX guidelines held a screening and comment-writing workshop.

Partnered with groups to incorporate the film into trainings

We worked with government offices, universities, and advocacy groups to help incorporate the film into trainings. A Florida sheriff’s office used the film as training to better understand how to communicate with survivors during investigations and properly prosecute cases. The University of San Diego integrated the film into its psychology internship training program. And, the group Equal Rights Advocates committed to screening the film as a first step in their training for a cadre of pro-bono lawyers who will take on Title IX cases.

Services Provided

  • Campaign design
  • Digital communications
  • Strategic partnerships
  • Grassroots screenings
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More from this Campaign

We developed a Screening Guide to support organizers in hosting productive film screenings of The Hunting Ground. It includes facilitation tips, discussion questions for audiences, and more.

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Film Credits

  • Filmmakers: Kirby Dick and Amy Ziering
  • Year of Release: 2015

 

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In the aftermath of the 1994 Rwandan genocide, the UN established the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR) to prosecute individuals responsible for war crimes. The Uncondemned tells the gripping story of the ICTR’s trial of Jean-Paul Akayesu, which marked the first time in history that rape was prosecuted as a crime against humanity and also a crime of genocide. The Uncondemned follows the international team of lawyers and activists who fought to bring Akayesu to justice, and the brave Rwandan women who came forward to testify against him.

For this campaign, we worked with community groups in The Democratic Republic of Congo and Haiti, two countries heavily affected by sexual violence during conflict and where pending International Criminal Court (ICC) cases existed. Our collective efforts furthered work to implement services to protect survivors, bolster women’s leadership, and prevent conflict. Our work included:

Worked with grassroots groups in the DRC to protect survivors of sexual violence

To help facilitate the culture change needed to destigmatize survivors and start the conversation around justice for survivors, we worked with a grassroots partner, Synergie des Associations Feminines du Congo (a women-led network of organizations that support survivors of sexual violence). Together we launched a campaign of screenings, discussions, and workshops on lobbying for justice, in eight regions with the highest rates of human rights violations in the DRC. Participants included survivors, politicians, private sector officials, and community leaders from across the country.

Joined forces with local legal teams in Haiti to advance policy reforms

Joined forces with legal teams in Haiti to advance survivor-centered reforms. To help hold the Haitian government accountable to survivors, we held screenings with those enforcing laws around sexual violence. Notably, as a result of these screenings, the Haitian National Police Academy mandated of trainings around gender-based violence.

Services Provided

  • Campaign design
  • Strategic partnerships
  • Grassroots screenings

 

More from this Campaign

We created discussion guides for partners and viewers with both legal and medical backgrounds.

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Film Credits

  • Directors: Michele Mitchell and Nick Louvel
  • Year of release: 2015

 

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