Sexual Assault Survivors Protest George Mason's Hiring Of Brett Kavanaugh To Teach

Sexual Assault Survivors Protest George Mason’s Hiring Of Brett Kavanaugh To Teach
The university hired the Supreme Court justice last month as a visiting professor for a study-abroad course in England.

Sexual assault survivors and student activists at George Mason University are protesting the school’s hiring of Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh as a visiting professor.

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Maeve Hartnett, a sophomore at the university and one of the core members of the student advocacy group Mason 4 Survivors, said Kavanaugh’s hiring and other recent incidents at the school have been upsetting to survivors like herself.

“I feel uncomfortable going to this school, and I don’t feel like I can complete the rest of my education here,” Hartnett told HuffPost on Tuesday.

Mason 4 Survivors hosted a “teach-in” on Thursday in which they shared the tenets of their group and listened to stories from sexual assault survivors.

Students present for the April 4 demonstration marched through the university’s grounds, chanting, “Kick Kavanaugh off campus!” They brought a copy of their demands, listed on an online petition set up at the end of March, to the vice president of university life, Hartnett said.

The petition has garnered nearly 4,000 signatures since the end of March. In it, the group has demanded that the university terminate and void Kavanaugh’s contract. Students also want the administration at George Mason to formally apologize to sexual assault survivors and explain how Kavanaugh’s hiring came about in the first place.
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