<html><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body dir="auto"><div>This is extremely important and deeply tragic. It is crucial that we address this in a way that brings about meaningful and sustainable change...and as we have heard repeatedly from our students, this is an academic issue.</div><div><br></div><div>And thus, in our discussions, I think that we need to include students--no fewer than 3-5 students for a Senate Exec discussion.</div><div>Rob<br><br>Sent from my iPhone</div><div><br>On Sep 24, 2016, at 6:09 AM, Jennifer Freyd <<a href="mailto:jjf@uoregon.edu">jjf@uoregon.edu</a>> wrote:<br><br></div><blockquote type="cite"><div>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Dear Senate Executive Committee Colleagues,<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">A new report indicates Oregon’s rates of sexual & domestic violence are particularly high when compared to other states.
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<p class="MsoNormal">Report: Oregon Has Very High Rate Of Female Sexual Assault<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="http://www.opb.org/news/article/sexual-assault-high-rate-oregon-women-girls-report/">http://www.opb.org/news/article/sexual-assault-high-rate-oregon-women-girls-report/</a><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">The OPB story notes about the report:<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"><i>Researchers used data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to reach some startling conclusions. Among them: Just over half of the state’s female population has been the victim of sexual or domestic
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<p class="MsoNormal">The report itself (which documents many additional injustices that women face in Oregon) is available at:<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://womensfoundationoforegon.org/count-her-in">https://womensfoundationoforegon.org/count-her-in</a><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Perhaps we could discuss at one of our meetings the possible implications of these findings for our academic mission.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Jennifer<o:p></o:p></p>
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