In an effort to protect students from sexual violence and harassment, students, teachers, parents, politicians, and more have taken a stand and vowed to work to educate communities and propose legislation to stop harassment.17
In the interest of educating students about their rights as dictated by Title IX and starting campus chapters battling sexual assault and violence, Know Your IX, SAFER , and Incite! have made great strides. Know Your IX, started and run by recent college graduates of various universities, encourages students to start campus movements battling sexual violence.
They offer support for survivors, an informational on how to report a violation of Title IX (and what violations constitute), ways to change a school, and spread the message.18 SAFER (Students Active For Ending Rape), a volunteer run collaborative, demands that all 47students have a right to a “safe campus free of sexual violence.” SAFER encourages students to hold their universities accountable and champion for sexual assault policies and programming.19 Incite! works with women of color to create political projects that tackle the forms of violence women of color experience.20 All operations work to encourage students to change the campuses they reside on and demand enforcement of Title IX and protection for survivors.
SCSU, Fed Up Burlington, Now Cincinnati, and Girls for Gender Equity are all urban based grassroots efforts that seek to empower students in their areas by using the resources set forth by organizations, such as Know Your IX, SAFER, and Incite!, to fight sexual violence on campuses. SCSU seeks to address the inaction of Southern Connecticut State University after a report of sexual harassment by a professor. Started by students of the university, they advocate justice for their community and demand policy changes regarding sexual assault at Southern Connecticut State University.21 Fed Up Burlington was formed by women in the interest of protecting women’s reproductive rights and to end sexual violence through programs such as the Slut Walk and educating communities.22 
NOW Cincinnati, a Cincinnati chapter of NOW, is devoted to gender-based equality. Through protests, marches, information fairs, and letter writing campaigns, NOW Cincinnati works to end violence against women.23 Girls for Gender Equity, based in Brooklyn, advocates for the “physical, psychological, social, and economic development of girls and women” by educating its community about gender-based48 violence.24
Ed Act Now is an example of a task force working off the energy of the urban based grassroots chapters (such as SCSU, Fed UP Burlington, and NOW Cincinnati). They work to demand that the Department of Education hold colleges accountable for refusing to protect their students from sexual assault.25
The fight against sexual violence on urban campuses is combatted on a national and local scale. Together students, teachers, politicians, and community members recognize the value of Title IX and work to pass legislation protecting students from sexual assault.
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