Far too many college women are victims of sexual assault. ABC News reports one in four women is raped during her college matriculation and nine in 10 of those women know their attackers.

The Steubenville case shined a national spotlight on this troubling issue. Now, some college students are bringing the fight against rape culture to their institution’s administrators. Activists from Amherst College, the University of North Carolina Chapel Hill, Yale University, Occidental College, Northwestern University, and Rice University are using their voices to raise awareness about rape and offer solutions to prevent it.

The “Know Your IX” project is a collaborative effort designed to implement systemic change on college campuses throughout the United States. The name is derived from Title IX of the 1972 Education Amendments. One of the lesser-known components of that bill is the removal of federal funds from colleges that ignore or conceal sexual harassment or assault.

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Know Your IX is a campaign that aims to educate every college student in the U.S. about his or her rights under Title IX by the start of the Fall 2013 academic term. Armed with information, survivors will be able to advocate for themselves during their schools’ grievance proceedings and, if Title IX guarantees are not respected, to file a complaint against their colleges with the Department of Education’s Office for Civil Rights. When colleges are confronted with their students’ knowledge and thirst for justice, they will be forced to take proactive steps to end sexual violence, ensuring every student a safe educational environment.

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