Alabama Law Scholarly Commons Working Papers Faculty Scholarship 10-16-2019 #SororityToo Tanya Asim Cooper Pepperdine University - School of Law,
[email protected] Follow this and additional works at: https://scholarship.law.ua.edu/fac_working_papers Recommended Citation Tanya A. Cooper, #SororityToo, (2019). Available at: https://scholarship.law.ua.edu/fac_working_papers/643 This Working Paper is brought to you for free and open access by the Faculty Scholarship at Alabama Law Scholarly Commons. It has been accepted for inclusion in Working Papers by an authorized administrator of Alabama Law Scholarly Commons. Tanya Asim Cooper 2020 #SororityToo Legal Studies Research Paper Series Paper Number 2019/16 Electronic copy available at: https://ssrn.com/abstract=3470424 #SororityToo Tanya Asim Cooper 2020 MICH. ST. L. REV. 355 ABSTRACT Sexual violence is an epidemic affecting millions of students, and those who participate in collegiate Greek life are especially vulnerable. As social societies bent on secrecy, fraternities and sororities often hide violence in their midst. Laws and campus policies when accessed offer little help to victims, and often secondarily traumatize them. Publicized scandals on campus and social media campaigns, however, have raised awareness and sparked public outrage against the widespread problem of sexual violence and high-risk Greek life. Systems change theory offers a useful framework to reform high-risk Greek life from many angles: education, reporting, litigation, and collective action of its system actors. Effective strategies exist to create safer Greek organizations for students, but without reform, we will continue to jeopardize the education and health of millions of students. TABLE OF CONTENTS INTRODUCTION ..............................................................................