Middlebury Unmasked

Description

Middlebury Unmasked is a survivor-created, survivor-led activist collective at Middlebury that was started in 2015. This collective published a video-narrative project about reporting sexual violence at Middlebury on YouTube on March 10, 2015. The video included the voices and stories of Middlebury survivors, who held cardboard cutouts of other student’s faces for the purpose of anonymity. These students discussed their negative experience of the Title IX process at Middlebury, and made demands to improve the system. The group's goal was simple, “To tell the very stories that campus policy has forbidden many of us to discuss.” In doing so, these students hoped to urge others to critically discuss and examine the Title IX process, as well as to hold the college and Title IX to a higher standard. The Middlebury Unmasked video was produced by Maddie Orcutt ’16 and Michelle Peng '15 and later covered by local news.

Creator

Maddie Orcutt ’16 and Michelle Peng ’15

Date

March 10, 2015

Collection Items

This is a link to the Middlebury Unmasked video-narrative project posted on YouTube on March 10, 2015. The video includes the voices and stories of Middlebury survivors, who hold cardboard cutouts of other student’s faces for the purpose of…

Beyond the Green: "Dear Campus" article from Middlebury Unmasked producer Maddie Orcutt
This Dear Campus article by Maddie Orcutt '16 was published in Beyond The Green on April 12, 2015. Written shortly after the release of the Middlebury Unmasked video, Orcutt, one of the producers, writes about her experience of being a survivor and…

NBC5 article: "Students express frustration with school policy in emotional video"
This is an NBC5 article covering the Middlebury Unmasked video. It includes both the perspective of those who produced the video, as well as Middlebury College's statement.

NOTE: The link to the original article is below

This is the NBC5 video coverage of the Middlebury Unmasked video. It includes an interview with Middlebury student, survivor, and one of the producers of the video, Maddie Orcutt.

The Campus: "Middlebury Unmasked Critiques Sexual Assault Policies in Video"
This Campus article covers the Middlebury Unmasked video, and the experience of survivors in the Title IX process at Middlebury. It also details the demands made by survivors in the video, and that they were working to create a new SGA position on…

Vermont Public Radio: "Video By Middlebury Students Calls For Better Handling Of Sexual Assault Cases"
This is the Vermont Public Radio coverage of the Middlebury Unmasked video. Their coverage includes the survivor experience of the Title IX process and institutional silencing, as well as Middlebury College's statement on the video.

NOTE: The link…
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