Sexual Violence=Silence Protest Sign-up Still Open

Date Released: Sun, 27 March 2011 23:28 +0200

The RUconnected Silent Protest sign-up page is up and running and this year’s protest will be on the 1st Friday of 2nd term. We current have 1100 people signed up.

There are some new options this year i.e. have last year's t-shirt/need t-shirt; so please check all the relevant fields properly. Make sure to fill in the email address you actually check and put the full address in i.e. not just g020123 but g02k0123@campus.ru.ac.za. Also, please be sure to indicate whether you will be a res student or an oppie in 2011 – this is for catering purposes.

If you have participated before please wear your t-shirt from a previous year since t-shirt printing is by far the biggest expense related to the protest and is the major factor limiting growth. The more of you that wear your old shirt the more new people we can sign up.

If you would like to participate in the silent protest please register by following the instructions below. All the information you need about the protest is on the RUConnected page.

To sign up for Silent Protest 2011

1. Access http://ruconnected.ru.ac.za/course/view.php?id=1988 using your email username and password.
   
   • Users can also find the course by clicking on “All courses” under “My courses” on the left, then on “Dean of Students” and then on “Sexual Violence = Silence Protest 2011).
   • First time users of this site will be required to click “Yes” when asked whether they are sure that they want to enrol as members of the course.
2. Click on the “Silent Protest 2011 Sign-up” link and then choose the “Add entry” tab (on the right-hand side).
   
   • Fill in your details (taking care to enter your email address correctly), make the appropriate selections and click on the “Save and view” button at the bottom of the page.
   • You are only allowed to enter one record in the database.
   • Once you’ve entered your own record, you will be able to see (and search) the records of other participants.
3. To change your record, first find it by clicking on the “Search” tab (second from right)
   
   • Fill in some of your details and click on “Save settings”.
   • Click on the edit icon (a little hand holding a pen) below your record.
   • Make the required changes and click on the “Save and view” button at the bottom.

ABOUT THE PROTEST:

There are FOUR different kinds of participation in the day-long protest on 15 April:

• Men: T-shirts with 'solidarity with women who speak out’ on the front & explanation on the back
• Silent women: T-shirts with 'sexual violence causes silence' on the front & explanation on the back (gagged all day, no food or water)
• Women Rape survivors: T-shirts with 'rape survivor' on the front & explanation on the back
• Women staff members & students with health issues: T-shirts with 'solidarity with women who speak out’ on the front & explanation on the back

Both staff and students are welcome to participate.