In one of the final sessions for the UNC 100th Senate on March 6, the Undergraduate Senate Student Government, along with a representative from the Graduate and Professional Student Federation, proposed and voted on three University resolutions.
Senators from both the Undergraduate Senate Government and the Graduate and Professional Student Federation offered proposals for resolutions on campus.
Resolution for annual sexual assault awareness week passes unanimously
Senator Reeves Moseley of the School of Social Sciences District began the proposals with a resolution for instituting an annual sexual assault awareness week on UNC’s campus.
“We’re looking to create a lot of different groups and a strong foundation to incorporate a lot of different facets of the student body,” Moseley said. “... We’re working with Carolina Advocates for Gender Equity to create a bunch of different events for each of the five days.”
In addition to partnering with campus groups, Moseley and a team have contacted community organizations for support in this event, in an effort to raise awareness not only at UNC, but in the greater local community, as well.
“We want to create a lot of different groups with that, and bring a lot of awareness throughout the week, so leading into the summer, into finals and everything, so that students are aware of that, and the community is aware of it,” Moseley said.
By designating a week of sexual assault awareness, Moseley hopes to illustrate that “as the flagship University of the state of North Carolina, we do not condone any kind of behavior such as this.”
Following Moseley’s proposal, Stephen Wright, speaker of the Senate, called the group to order and initiated a roll-call vote. The proposal passed unanimously.
