Message to the White House Email List: ‘It’s on Us’
I’m proud to work for our President every day. But that’s especially true today.
To the survivors who are leading the fight against sexual assault on campuses, your efforts have helped to start a movement. I know that … there are times where the fight feels lonely, and it feels as if you’re dredging up stuff that you’d rather put behind you. But we’re here to say, today, it’s not on you. This is not your fight alone. It’s on all of us — every one of us — to fight campus sexual assault. You are not alone, and we have your back.
That’s what President Obama said in the East Room this morning, when he announced the launch of “It’s On Us” — a new effort to fundamentally change the way we think about sexual assault as a country, by inspiring everyone to see it as their responsibility to do something.
When I was in college, I met so many courageous students and friends who had been victims of sexual assault. Their stories, and countless stories of people just like them, touched me deeply and personally. They made me feel angry, sad, outraged, and — often times — powerless.