By Emma Pettingill
Staff Writer
It’s On Us is a national campaign started in 2014 that is working to end the culture around and the occurrence of sexual assault on college campuses, this campaign is also the driving inspiration for a new club at Susquehanna.
It’s On Us campus organizer and club president, senior Brianna Knowlton, is the main component to the campaign.
According to Knowlton, her primary job as president and organizer is to “ensure that the national campaign is being acted out on our campus.”
According to Knowlton, this group has gained a plethora of support from different on campus faulty and staff such as Public Safety and the Violence, Intervention and Prevention Center.
The campaign touches on a multitude of different topics, including but not limited to bystander intervention, consent, prevention as well as survivor and ally resources.
The week of Oct. 22 through Oct. 26 is known as the Week of Action.
During the Week of Action, It’s On Us will be doing displays and events to raise awareness, alongside sponsoring a sports game where students sign up and pledge to end sexual assault.
This group views these topics as part of their mission.
“After being abroad last semester and hearing about a lot of the issues that were coming out, I knew I wanted to take a more active role in preventing those things from happening again when I got back,” Knowlton said.
She continued about how passionate she is about this campaign and hopes to get others who may not want to acknowledge what goes on with sexual assault to take a stand against what is happening to both men and women alike.
Knowlton said she hopes that by getting people to see that fault lies on the perpetrator, not the victim, the campus can become a much safer place.
