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Oakland girls shine spotlight on sexual harassment and school board revamps its policy
Education Votes spoke with Alliance for Girls Executive Director Emma Mayerson as well as members of the Girls Leadership Team to discuss sexual harassment at Oakland public schools and how it affects girls, particularly girls of color. This led to the passing of the District's new sexual harassment policy, which includes designating a point person in each school to handle sexual harassment and assault complaints (as opposed to one person for the entire district).
New policy on addressing sexual harassment / Nueva política frente a denuncias de acoso sexual
Telemundo 48 reported on Oakland Unified School District's new sexual harassment policy that passed unanimously in June, interviewing Andrea Zamora, student at OUSD, and Emma Mayerson, Executive Director of Alliance for Girls.
Students Drive New Policies As K-12 Sexual Assault Investigations Rise
Heard on All Things Considered/NPR, produced by Youth Radio. Since 2014, sexual assault investigations conducted by the U.S. Department of Education's Office of Civil Rights are up nearly 500 percent in elementary, middle and high schools across the country. Youth Radio's Charlie Stuip attended Oakland Unified School District's school board vote with Andrea Zamora, 17, a rising high school senior who helped develop the new policy with local nonprofit Alliance for Girls and its member organizations.