Know Your IX
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Know Your IX is an American political advocacy group founded in 2013. It aims to inform students of their right to an education free from gender-based violence under Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972, which prohibits sex discrimination in institutions receiving federal government funding. The organization also seeks to influence legislation and policy to improve federal enforcement of Title IX and treatment of student victims.
Know Your IX was co-founded in 2013 by Amherst College student Dana Bolger and Yale Law School student Alexandra Brodsky, both of whom were sexually assaulted on college campuses, as a "survivor-run, student-driven campaign to end campus sexual violence."[1][2][3][4][5] Goals include clarifying misconceptions regarding Title IX, explaining statutory requirements, and documenting complaint filing protocols.[6] The organization's website explains:
Running on grassroots energy, we educate students across the country about their civil right to education free from sexual violence and harassment while also pushing policy and legislative change on the national level for better federal enforcement of that same right.[1]
In July 2016, Mahroh Jahangiri became Executive Director of Know Your IX. In fall of 2017, Sage Carson assumed leadership of the organization.
Legal education
The Know Your IX website hosts resources including "know your rights" materials on Title IX and the Clery Act. Know Your IX maintains an active social media presence through which it shares its educational resources,[7][8] The organization also encourages visitors to its website to share educational resources through social media or by printing posters.[9] In October 2013 Amy Poehler's Smart Girls project released an education video promoting the Know Your IX project[10] A number of schools promulgate the information Know Your IX publishes about Title IX, including the Smart Girls video.[11][12][13][14]
Audience
Know Your IX attempts to reach both students who don't know their Title IX rights and existing activists. It aims to be broad based to counter the historical trend that "Feminism and the movement against sexual violence has historically been a very white, upper-middle-class movement", according to Bolger.[6]