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RGL hosts interactive performance in recognition of Sexual Assault Awareness Month

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In the spirit of Sexual Assault
Awareness Month, the once ofResidence and
Greek Life (RGL) is bringing a drama group
to perform an interactive skit to students
on the topic of sex, relationships and sexual
miscommunication Slandie Dieuiuste,
Associate vice Provost for Residence and
Greek Life and virginia Foster, Title 1);
Coordinator, told us more about the event and
the motivation that led to its inception

After much thought on how to
educate students on this topic in an effective
manner, Dieuiuste and Foster came across the
“Speaking of Sex” group who would present
the information in a “nice, fun, honest way”
According to Dieuiuste, “students will actually
be able to ask questions to the characters
while they are in character” Foster continues

that they do not intend to get rid of the more
traditional, lectureebased formats ofpresenting
this information, but this program specifically
was inspired by their desire to find “more
creative ways to present this information”

Dieuiuste recently sent out an email
to student organization leaders to encourage
them to spread awareness of the event,
incentivizing them by offering rewards to
the top two organizations who have the most
members in presence at the event First prize
is $150 ofSodexo credit and the second prize
is $100 ofAmazon wish list credit In addition,
Dieuiuste and Foster have also reached out
to faculty members and Provost Bronet, who
communicated in tern with the deans of
colleges to increase awareness ofthe event and
potentially increase turnout

Having put a lot of effort into
planning the event and marketing it, Dieuiuste

and Foster were both asked to comment on
what they were hoping students would gain
from the event and how they might use that
information to impact other students in the
community who may not be able to make it
to the event themselves Dieuiuste says, “One
of the things that I hope will happen is that
students will maybe think about this topic
in a different way” She goes on to say that
“communication around sex can be confusing
for anybody so [she] hopes to be able to
broaden [students] idea ofwhat is appropriate
and not appropriate” Lastly, she also aims to
inform students of the resources available on
campus for people who experience sexual
harassment or sexual assault Regardless of
their readiness to report the incident to the
university, there are safe resources available to
students for counseling and treatment

Asked more generally about the

resources available to students who want to
talk about negative experiences they have had
withreportingorsharingsensitive information
with faculty and staff, Dieuiuste and Foster
agree that training is an integral part of the
process Dieuiuste says that they “will be very
intentional moving forward in training all of
[their] constituents on campus,” so that they
understand what sexual harassment is and
who to go to in situations that are challenging
She also adds that there is a newly launched
electronic form to report incidents that can be
found at iit edu/incidentreport

‘Speaking of Sex” will take place at
9 30 p m on Tuesday, April 12, in the Mrcc
Ballroom Dieuiuste and Foster hope that with
positive turnout, they will be able to host this
or similar groups in the future

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