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Norton Reintroduces Resolution to Designate September as "National Campus Sexual Assault Awareness Month'

Press Release

Date: Sept. 10, 2021
Location: Washington, DC
Issues: Higher Education Arts, Entertainment, and History

WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) today introduced her annual resolution to designate September as "National Campus Sexual Assault Awareness Month," and said that the return to in-person classes highlights the importance of ensuring students have safe campuses, both now and in the future.

"In recent years, sexual assaults on college campuses have been increasing. With many schools now returning to in-person classes, the increase in sexual assaults we have seen points to the continuing importance of our resolution on this issue," Norton said.

Norton has introduced this resolution for the past several years to highlight the problem of sexual assaults on campuses. In the wake of the Harvey Weinstein scandal, the exposure of Jeffrey Epstein and the #MeToo movement, and especially the increase of sexual assaults in campus settings, Norton said her determination to continue to speak out has only grown, and that we must change behavior at the earliest stages of the lives of young men and women.


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