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Voice HOME
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What is Voice?
VOICE is a campus-wide initiative founded on the premise that everyone has the right to live and learn at Georgia Tech, free of violence or the threat of violence. This initiative seeks to empower students, faculty, and staff to confront the significant but largely hidden problem of sexual violence on campus.
The Department of Wellness and Health Promotion launched VOICE after receiving a federal grant from the Department of Justice to address violence against women and is working in collaboration with many other offices and organizations on the Georgia Tech campus and in the surrounding community. While many have already signed on in support of VOICE, we are finding that most people still have pretty basic questions about the need and purpose for an initiative to end sexual violence in the Georgia Tech community. Continue exploring the VOICE web site to find information about VOICE, how you can get involved, and resources for victims of sexual violence.
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What is Sexual Violence?
What is sexual violence? People disagree, laws diverge, studies are inconsistent. The lack of a common definition is not the only reason for these disagreements. There are often high personal and political stakes to calling an incident a “rape” or labeling it “sexually violent.” It can be confusing. [ Go to this page ]
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Mission and Programs
VOICE is a campus-wide initiative to end sexual violence in the Georgia Tech community through cultural and institutional change. [ Go to this page ]
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Sexual Violence Facts and Statistics
Does Tech have a problem with sexual violence? Sexual violence is a difficult thing to measure in most communities. Whether because of misinformation, shame, fear, or other reasons, in most communities, the issue of sexual violence remains clouded in myth and misunderstanding. [ Go to this page ]
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GT Policy and GA Law
The following is taken from the Georgia Tech Student Policy on Sexual Harassment and Misconduct. GT Policy “Sexual misconduct is defined as sexual contact without consent by an acquaintance or a stranger and includes, but is not limited to: [ Go to this page ]
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Voice Accomplishments
Voice has made amazing strides since its inception in October of 2002. Since VOICE started, the initiative has made 7,347 student and staff contacts through trainings, presentations to classes and student groups, presentations to staff groups, orientations, and campus events. [ Go to this page ]
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