We need your help once again.

It has become clear to us that Seton Hall University will only change its ways if it feels continued pressure from the university community. Since our last protest in April 2022, our members have been in communication with students who served in the Student Government Association and attempted to implement changes outlined in our petition, shy of demanding an apology from administration for consistently failing survivors of sexual violence. For no logical reason, there was pushback against these proposed changes.

We persist in our fight for an alternative to the Bilateral No Contact Order.

These orders have been exploited by perpetrators seeking revenge against those who have requested them based on stalking, harassment, and sexual violence. There have been instances where assailants, who were subject to No Contact Orders, reported their victims when they entered buildings while Resident Assistants (RAs) were on duty. Perpetrators have even reported survivors who implemented No Contact Orders after coincidentally sharing class halls or bumping into survivors by happenstance on Seton Hall's small, gated campus. Perpetrators are often irrational and vindictive, and they can—and will—abuse Bilateral No Contact Orders to further torment their victims. Other universities provide the option of one-way No Contact Orders; Seton Hall should do the same.

Faculty members have not taken accountability.

Karen Van Norman has not stepped down, nor been removed, for explicitly discouraging rape survivors from pursuing investigations against their perpetrators. There has been no acknowledgement of administration's failures to support survivors with the accomodations they should be provided under the law, nor any expressed desire to do better by the student community.

Here's what you can do--every step takes no more than five minutes!

1. Share this petition. We can get to 1,000 signatures if everyone who receives this update shares it!

2. Email this petition to Title IX staff members at Seton Hall University. Tell them that you are a concerned community member, and urge them to acknowledge and implement our demands as soon as possible.

3. Follow us on Instagram @protectingpirates to keep up with our social media updates.

4. Email us directly at protectpiratesnow@gmail.com if you have a connection with a media outlet that can help us spread the word about Seton Hall's failures and our efforts to hold the university accountable. You may also email us directly if you are interested in helping us organize.

5. Make sure you're free on October 22nd. Hint hint.

Your small actions to help our initiative will have an enormous, positive ripple effect. We need you!

Stay safe. Email us at protectpiratesnow@gmail.com or direct message us on Instagram if faculty violated Title IX during your report and/or investigation. Depending on your circumstances, we may be able to help you take action.