Political & Advocacy
(A) Who We AreGender Violence Project (GVP) is a coalition of law students advocating to prevent gender-based violence and to support survivors.. We use principles of substantive equality to achieve justice for people of all identities to eradicate gender-based violence on our campus and in our community. We value intersectionality -- taking into consideration how race, gender expression, sexual orientation, socioeconomic status, religion, immigration status, and other axes of identity impact women and inform their lived experiences. (B) Mission StatementWe believe that every person has the right to feel safe and free from violence in their homes, communities, and workplaces. These rights are violated every day in a world where gender-based violence and sexual exploitation are common and commonly accepted occurrences. We seek to remedy this violation by supporting women, trans, and femme individuals at the Law School, while working to eradicate gender-based violence on our campus, and in our community. (C) FunctionsIn pursuit of its goals, GVP will:Hear, validate, support, and advocate for survivors of gender violence.Articulate, through the use of community education, organization, and mobilization, that freedom from violence--particularly rape and sexual assault--is a basic human right.Promote goals of total bodily autonomy; freedom from violence, exploitation, objectification, and oppression; and ending impunity for gender violence crimes.Examine and cultivate a greater awareness of the relationship between the American legal system and gender violence.Recognize the repercussions of gender-based discrimination as it intersects with other forms of oppression, including racial, religious, socio-economic, gender identity, sexual orientation, and cultural discrimination.Change the systems of oppression that lead to gender-based violence for University of Michigan Law School students and the greater community.Call for a greater focus on gender and feminist scholarship in the academic curriculum at the University of Michigan Law School.
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