SMU supports 'It's On Us' to end sexual violence

SMU students, administrators, faculty and staff have created a video in support of the national campaign to raise awareness of sexual assault and violence.  

The It’s On Us National Week of Action is Nov. 17-21, with events planned at universities across the country.

On Tuesday, Nov. 18, the SMU Women’s Interest Network is leading , a university-wide event to raise awareness of sexual violence. The event begins at 8 p.m. in SMU's Hughes-Trigg Student Center.

On Sunday, November 16, SMU Peer Health Educators hosted an It’s On Us pledge-signing table during the Women’s Basketball game against UTEP. Students, faculty and staff who signed the It’s On Us pledge received an It’s On Us T-shirt.

The White House campaign’s can be signed online at . It asks participants to:

• Recognize that non-consensual sex is sexual assault.
     
• Identify situations in which sexual assault may occur.
     
• Intervene in situations where consent has not or cannot be given.
     
• Create an environment in which sexual assault is unacceptable and survivors are supported.

Learn More: 

• About .
     
• About the SMU .
     
• About SMU programs, policies and resources aimed at preventing sexual assault at .

SMU Peer Health Educators collected It's On Us
pledges on Nov. 16 at Moody Coliseum.