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SRR SAAM Email and Recourses .pdf
When Middlebury Students were evacuated in March 2020 due to COVID-19, SRR had to change their plan for Sexual Assault Awareness Month (April). They put together an email which included four pdf recourse guides they had designed. The email was sent…

Statement about Supporting Survivors.pdf
This document is a statement of support for survivors in response to troubling recent events, written by SRR and sent out by Middlebury SGA. In the statement, SRR calls for the community to wear all black on October 5 in solidarity with survivors of…

April 10, 2018 - A reflection on The List of Men To Avoid and anti-sexual assault activism (reposted).pdf

This blog post comments on "The List" [a list of abusers and perpetrators at Middlebury which was posted on social media] and the fallout for the activists and survivors who were involved. This post urges people to be aware of the burden of being a…

April 11, 2016- Photos from Past Performances-.pdf
This blog post includes photos from multiple instillations, and depicts the way that performers were dressed, spread out on the stairs, and paired with "bodyguards." Stares and Stairs posted this to their website on April 11, 2016.

May 12, 2016- Post-Chromatic Mini-Responses .pdf
This blog post includes responses from different "performers" and "bodyguards" after an installation at Chromatic, a social house on campus. These responses detail student reactions to the instillation and observations on the party culture among…

February 25, 2017- Reflections from the Mill .pdf
This blog post was written by an anonymous performer after an instillation at the Mill, a social house on campus. In this piece the author talks about their experience performing and critiques the Mill which, despite it's alternative reputation,…

May 25, 2017- Rites of Spring::Complacency.pdf
This blog post reflects on an attempted installation at Rites of Spring, an invite-only annual dance held by the "secret" fraternities at Middlebury. It speaks to the fact that the performers were kicked off of the property/alpaca farm by the owner…

April 20, 2016- So Many Stares- looking back at our first installation.pdf
This blog post reflects upon the experience of the first ever Stares and Stairs instillation as well as the various supportive, kind, defensive, and violent reactions of students . Stares and Stairs posted this to their website on April 20, 2016.

February 2, 2016 - The Atwater Staircase- Performance Activism .pdf
This was the first blog post Stares and Stairs posted to their website on February 2, 2016. This post lays out the origin and goals of the group.
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