Sunday, September 19, 2021

Remove school predator

Content Warning: The following contains reference to sexual violence.

Faith — Sofia has to live through the nightmare of living on the same campus as the man who harassed her. She was roofied at a party. When she reported the incident to male misconduct administrators at Assumption University they told her they "…did not believe this happened." Despite the overwhelming amount of evidence she provided, and witnesses who corroborated her story—her perpetrator was allowed to still live on campus. Sign her petition now to remove him from campus to protect other students from this sexual predator.

Get Assumption University to Remove a Sexual Predator from Campus

11,211 have signed Sofia M Dawson's petition. Let's get to 15,000!

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My name is Sofia Dawson. I am a sophomore at Assumption University in Worcester, Massachusetts. On October 11, 2020, the fall semester of my Freshman year, I was roofied at a party by another Assumption student. His name is Ibrahim Soree Kaba (legally) but goes by Soree Kaba. At the time he was a member of the men's soccer team. I reported the incident to campus police but due to the fact that it occurred off-campus, it was out of their jurisdiction. The school's Title IX coordinator dismissed my case and gave it to one of the male misconduct administrators to handle. In having meetings to discuss the matter, I fought for months for the school to take action. I was told by the administrator that they "did not believe this happened," although I presented an overwhelming amount of proof of harassment, as well as evidence to corroborate my story. Due to this event, I was diagnosed with Posttraumatic Stress Disorder, Depression, and Anxiety. It took months for me to recover and become a functioning individual again. I did not leave my house for 3 months and rarely got out of bed. Through all of this, I worked on myself and maintained a 3.7 GPA. In May of 2021, I received a call from a member of the men's soccer team at Assumption University, stating that the team took a vote to remove him from the team because they did not want someone of that ill character to represent their team. This is now again relevant because Assumption University has now allowed Soree Kaba back at Assumption, and lives on campus with the other students, whereas before he was forced to commute. My goal is to protect the students of the Assumption community from this sexual predator. It is time for Assumption to stop normalizing rape culture and provide the justice that not only me but other girls deserve as well.

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