Our film, THE HUNTING GROUND, is a startling exposé of rape crimes on U.S. college campuses, the institutional cover-ups, and the brutal social toll on victims and their families. We follow the lives and stories of survivors as they pursue their education while fighting for justice — despite harsh retaliation, harassment and pushback at every level.

In the making of this documentary, much like our last one — The Invisible War — we interviewed countless individuals, and sadly no matter where they went to school, their stories all too often sounded the same. 

Their stories were only the tip of the iceberg. There is an epidemic of sexual assault on the campuses of colleges and universities across the United States, and the responses from the administrations at these schools has been horrifyingly inadequate.

According to the National Institute of Justice, a woman who attends college is now more likely to be sexually assaulted than one who does not, and there are currently more than 90 colleges and universities in the United States under federal investigation for underreporting or mishandling sexual assault investigations on their campuses.

That is unacceptable.

The sad reality is that under current law, colleges and universities have an incentive to not comply with sexual assault investigation protocols, to under-report instances of sexual assault on their campuses, and to not cooperate with local law enforcement investigating these crimes. But a new bill that has just been reintroduced in Congress would change all of that.

The Campus Accountability and Safety Act (CASA) makes five essential changes to current laws that would drastically improve the safety and security of our college campuses. The bill:

• Establishes requirements for campus resources and support services for student survivors of sexual assault.
• Ensures minimum training standards for on-campus personnel
• Creates new requirements for transparency in reporting and investigations on campuses
• Increases campus accountability and coordination with local law enforcement
• Establishes enforceable penalties for universities who violate Title IX sexual assault regulation standards, and stricter penalties for universities who do not report instances of sexual assault on campus in accordance with the Clery Act.

This bill has widespread bipartisan support in Congress -- but it is time that they stop talking and start voting.

The making of this film was heartbreaking and horrifying, we never want another student to feel unsafe, unsupported, or retaliated against by their university after an assault. We cannot wait for more students to be victimized before our elected officials take action.

Please join us in telling Congress that we need this vital legislation right now. It is time to #PassCASA and make our schools safe.

Thank you for your support.

The team behind THE HUNTING GROUND

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