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I just kind of wanted to highlight that we live in a system where, as a Black man, if you go to any authority figure, you already know that there’s a good chance you might…

First, [if a friend came to me for advice after an experience of sexual violence] I would ask them what they wanted to do and then based on what they feel or what they want…

I think trust is a huge thing. I feel that in these situations, the onus is not on the victim, the onus is on the supporter to show the victim, like, “You can trust me.…

The main thing in any type of sexual assault, […] especially if it’s a woman, oftentimes we blame ourselves. I’ve never had that happen to me, but talking to other people who’ve gone through these…

I hope everyone in this conversation is aware of the movie Birth of a Nation. If you’re not aware of it, you have to look that up. Essentially, it was a movie from the 1920s…

The best advice I can give anyone is to be a listener, but in a non-judgmental way, and just let them tell their truth and their story without pushing them to do something that they…

We don’t have many of these. Like, people of colour don’t get to talk about our feelings towards our universities policies- whether it’s the sports or the school, or the teachers online- it’s good to…

I think being educated about it is important for people that can protect you, like psychologists and more, because they’re educated and they know the fears and they know how to reassure you. Because a…

I just want to… it’s kind of interesting that we’re all in the same headspace. You know, if you were able to go to a location where the therapist is going to be confidential etc.…

I believe that college and university is a place where our boundaries get messy with the whole cultural difference and without the cultural difference, as well. So, I think coming from the Middle East there…