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SCOM 447

The Hunting Ground


Facilitation Portfolio
Elizabeth Ballantine
Kelly Grau
Gina Marinelli
Lauren McParland
Gloria Pak
Erica Reifinger

Table of Contents
Executive Summary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
Initial Design Plans . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
Summary of Feedback from Mentor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
Progress Reports . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
Final Design Plans . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
Facilitator Guide . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
Participant Materials . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
Logistics Checklist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
Client Report . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28

Executive Summary

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
Our team was in charge of leading the facilitation for the documentary, The Hunting
Ground, hosted by our client, Daisy Breneman, from JMUs Justice Studies, and Cathryn
Molloy, from WRTC. This event was open to all JMU students, faculty, and staff. After
watching the documentary, those who desired to continue the conversations stayed for 30-45
minute discussion.
The purpose of this event was to engage the audience to consider issues of justice
regarding sexual assault in college campuses and to have fruitful conversations, which were
guided by questions our team has prepared.
We created a safe and open environment for the participants by breaking up into smaller
groups, with a facilitator in each group to lead the discussion. It was appropriate for this topic
because sexual assault can be a sensitive and/or personal topic. In the beginning of the
discussion, we established ground rules to have productive dialogue and also provided resources,
such as JMU CARE, if an individual might have personal disclosure/concerns anytime during the
event. We also prepared a Snowball Icebreaker Activity to make it more comfortable for the
small groups to write down and share their initial thoughts anonymously.
Because the focus of the facilitation was not so much to problem-solve, but to reflect
about the film and how it impacted on an individual level, we shaped our facilitation questions
into categories that will make the conversation flow. The first few addressed the big picture,
then we moved to specific details about the movie, and finally brought it closer to JMU
experience. After the small groups, we briefly came back together as a large group and reported
back to everybody so each person could hear other groups take-home messages.

Initial Design Plans

DESIGN PLAN (Draft):


1. Participants will watch the documentary, The Hunting Ground, approximately one hour
and 40 minutes. Announce the resources after the movie.
2. Some participants will choose to participate further in a discussion about the
documentary in Taylor Hall.
3. Facilitators will then distribute the handout with resources for students pertaining to
sexual assault crimes and proper reporting.
4. We will introduce ourselves and what our role is as facilitators. The focus of the film:
How do we get justice for people who have been affected.
-

Explain Ground Rules.

Then we will split into groups with each of the 6 facilitators. The facilitators
should take attendance of SCOM students participating for the SONA points for
class.

5. We will then start with a Snowball Icebreaker Activity (5ish minutes).


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Each person will write their initial reactions, opinions, thoughts, and feelings about
the documentary on a slip of paper and put them in the middle of the circle. Then
each group member will take a random slip of paper from the middle and read it
aloud so we hear everyones opinions from others in the group. This is just to get
an initial feeling of the group members opinions.

6. Facilitators will go into group discussion from the questions in the Facilitation Guide.
7. After the allotted 30-45 minutes of discussion (kept track by facilitators), the entire group
will come together again. Participants from each group will be invited to share opinions
and what their groups discussed to everyone (optional/depending on time).
8. Facilitators will thank students for participating and sharing their opinions and
participants are allowed to leave.

GROUND RULES (Draft):


1. Open & authentic conversation
2. We know this can be a very personal issue, but were going to maybe try to focus the
conversation here on how to get justice for people who have been affected rather than
focusing on preventing this.
3. Respectful of the narratives other people are saying
4. Making sure things that are said stay here.
5. If someones speaking let them speak. Try not to interrupt others.

FACILITATOR GUIDE (Draft):


*Groups will be made on the fly! Suggest that students mingle and split off from the large groups
that they came with---groups will be 6-8 people with 1 or 2 facilitators per group
Move from Grafton to Taylor
2. Snow ball (in groups of 6-8 people): everyone gets a piece of paper and answers in 1-2
sentences the question: What was the most impactful part of the movie for you?
3. Is this the first time youve really considered how institutions respond to students who
report sexual assault on campus?
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Have you discussed this in any of your classes, with your friends etc.?

4. Reflect on the films provocative title, The Hunting Ground. Does the title accurately
capture the main themes of the film? Do you agree that the campuses depicted in the film
served as hunting grounds for perpetrators and endangered victims? (What was this
movie really about?)
5. Were you surprised by the administrators responses to reports of sexual assault?
-

How did you expect them to react to the reports of sexual assault?

Were you surprised by the lack of transparency on college campuses with regards
to sexual assault reports? Why do you think colleges cover up these crimes?

(i.e. money, football teams, statistics, appealing to get new students)

6. Now that we have discussed the film and reflected on certain aspects of this issue, what
role can we all play so that this doesnt happen on campus and perpetrators are held
accountable?
7. Will this conversation tonight affect how you look at this issue? / How you react in the
future?
Conclusion: We hope that this film will help you realize that we should have these conversations,
and be a listening ear to those in need. We also hope that this film and conversation has served as
a call for action so that as a campus we can help our fellow dukes and be sure that justice is
served.

Summary of Feedback from Mentor

OVERALL SUMMARY OF KATIE LESES FEEDBACK


(Graduate Student Mentor)
1. Facilitation questions need to be more focused. We should not start with a question about
initial thoughts on the film. Participants will have trouble answering that and the group
will be all over the place.
2. We originally started with only 5 questions. We should add more in case things dont go
according to plan and discussion goes fast than we thought.
3. We made our questions more streamlined from broad, larger topics to more
individualized and focused questions. Specifically, we funneled the conversation by
discussing:
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The film (10 minutes)

Reactions to the institutions and administrators responses to sexual assault on


college campuses (15 minutes)

Connecting the film to the JMU community and campuses and what we as
participants and facilitators can do to help spread awareness and further the
conversation (10 minutes)

4. Katie pointed out that even though a lot of ground rules seem like common sense after
learning about facilitation, they still need to be established to the group prior to having an
effective dialogue. Specifically:
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Establish our roles as facilitators

Respect others in the group

Ensure that specifics of the conversation do not leave the room

5. Katie suggested having a general idea of how long well spend on each overarching topic
and then decide how to incorporate each individual question depending on the individual
group.
6. Katie pointed out that even though a lot of ground rules seem like common sense after
learning about facilitation, they still need to be established to the group prior to having an
effective dialogue. Specifically:
-

Establish our roles as facilitators

Respect others in the group

Ensure that specifics of the conversation do not leave the room

** Katies comments from our meeting are in RED on the following pages.

DESIGN PLAN:
1. Participants will watch the documentary, The Hunting Ground, approximately one hour
and 40 minutes. Announce the resources after the movie.
2. Some participants will choose to participate further in a discussion about the
documentary in Taylor Hall.
3. Facilitators will then distribute the handout with resources for students pertaining to
sexual assault crimes and proper reporting.
4. We will introduce ourselves and what our role is as facilitators. The focus of the film:
How do we get justice for people who have been affected.
-

Explain Ground Rules.

Then we will split into groups with each of the 6 facilitators. The facilitators
should take attendance of SCOM students participating for the SONA points for
class. Katie - max of 8 people per group

5. We will introduce the people from CARE that are on standby (theyll wave)
6. We will then start with a Snowball Ice breaker Activity (5ish minutes).

Each person will write their initial reactions, opinions, thoughts, and feelings
about the documentary on a slip of paper and put them in the middle of the circle.
Then each group member will take a random slip of paper from the middle and
read it aloud so we hear everyones opinions from others in the group. This is just
to get an initial feeling of the group members opinions.
o Question should be more focused.initial thoughts and feelings may be
too general. Katies suggestion for making it more narrow What the most
impactful part of the movie for you? (To find common ground and start
the conversation)

7. Facilitators will go into group discussion from the questions in the Facilitation Guide.
8. After the allotted 30-45 minutes of discussion (kept track by facilitators), the entire group
will come together again. Participants from each group will be invited to share opinions
and what their groups discussed to everyone (optional/depending on time).

Make time blocks for each topic area


o 10 minutes for the big picture
o 15 minutes for the more specific details
o 10 minutes for relating to JMU- your experience
o 5 (10 min max) minutes for reporting out (What did you all talk about)

9. Facilitators will thank students for participating and sharing their opinions and
participants are allowed to leave.

Jess Garcia (president of CARE).... could we have like 2-4 people from CARE at
our event. (To have on standby during our dialogue)

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GROUND RULES:
1. Because of Title IX, student employees are required to report incidents of sexual assault
to their superiors.
-

Only applies to you if youre working in your specific job.

Check in with Lori to make sure were all on the same page. We can even call
James Robinson.

2. Open & authentic conversation


3. We know this can be a very personal issue, but were going to maybe try to focus the
conversation here on how to get justice for people who have been affected rather than
focusing on preventing this.
4. Please be respectful of the narratives other people are saying
5. Making sure things that are said stay here.
-

Continue the conversations and you should be taking the ideas with you. But
leaving the identifies of people out

6. Youre more than welcomed to leave if you have to, it wont affect the dialogue
7. If someones speaking let them speak
-

My job as a facilitator is also to make sure people arent getting cut off & to hear
all of your opinions

Try not to repeat what other people are saying

GENERAL TIPS:

Facilitators opinions should be kept 100% to yourself


o

Have the response ready: While I have an opinion, I think its more important to
reflect back on the group and what you all think about it.

Be VERY educated about the Sarah Butters (Huffington Post, her article)
o

If it comes up say, can you tell us a little bit more about the case or to catch
everyone up

Possibly have a sheet for ourselves

Ask The Title IX Office of Gender Equality (James Robinson) to email us


the sheet on JMUs official policy

We dont want the conversation to be led to mis-information.

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FACILITATOR GUIDE:
Groups will be made on the fly! Suggest that students mingle and split off from the large groups
that they came with---groups will be 6-8 people with 1 or 2 facilitators per group
Move from Grafton to Taylor
1. Snow ball (in groups of 6-8 people): everyone gets a piece of paper and answers in 1-2
sentences the question: What was the most impactful part of the movie for you

Question should be more focused initial thoughts and feelings may be too
general. Katies suggestion for making it more narrow What was the most
impactful part of the movie for you? (To find common ground and start the
conversation)

2. Did you know this was a problem? Where have you heard about this?

i.e. Facebook, John Stewart, Twitter, ESPN

3. Did you understand how sexual assault on college campuses is distinctly different to
sexual assault in the general sense?
4. Did you realize there were resources at JMU for sexual assault? If so, which ones? Why
do you think people might not be aware of these resources?
5. Reflect on the films provocative title, The Hunting Ground. Does the title accurately
capture the main themes of the film? Do you agree that the campuses depicted in the film
served as hunting grounds for perpetrators and endangered victims?

*Predatory habits or what is happening? (What was this movie really about?)

Katie thought this should be moved before how institutions respond

6. Is this the first time youve really considered how institutions respond to students who
report sexual assault on campus?

Have you discussed this in any of your classes, with your friends etc.?

7. Were you surprised by the administrators responses to reports of sexual assault?

How did you expect them to react to the reports of sexual assault?

Were you surprised by the lack of transparency on college campuses with regards
to sexual assault reports? Why do you think colleges cover up these crimes?
o (i.e. money, football teams, statistics, appealing to get new students)

8. Now that we have discussed the film and reflected on certain aspects of this issue, what
role can we all play so that this doesnt happen on campus and perpetrators are held
accountable?
9. Will this conversation tonight affect how you look at this issue? / How you react in the
future?

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Conclusion: We hope that this film will help you realize that we should have these conversations,
and be a listening ear to those in need. We also hope that this film and conversation has served as
a call for action so that as a campus we can help our fellow dukes and be sure that justice is
served.

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Progress Reports

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PROGRESS REPORT #1
SUBJECT: Facilitation Project Progress Report 1 for the Week of October 15
Project Subject Summary:

Yellow

Event: October 26th, 2015 6:30 PM viewing of the film, Grafton Theater/Taylor Hall
Facilitation Planning:
-

Assessed the need of the event and early logistic considerations

We have been in touch with Daisy regarding questions and setting up a meeting.

Were currently at the know and need to know step. We plan to meet with Daisy on
Friday, October 16th (TBD) to ask more questions about expectations for the event.

Once we know the goals from Daisy, we will plan specific questions for the event and
design the facilitation. We will then present it to Katie and Cathryn for their feedback.

Were still organizing our timeline for the next week and a half but are moving quickly.

Issues:
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We sent these questions to Daisy and are hoping to get more concrete answers on Friday,
October 16th.
o Do you know which version of the documentary we'll be showing? (There is an
hour long and an hour & 40 minute version).
o What do you have in mind as an end goal of the discussion? (Just to process, take
action, etc.)
o Do you have a timeframe/end time for the facilitation?
o Do you have an idea of the type of demographic (WRTC/Justice Studies/Political
Science majors, required for any specific organizations/classes, who it's
advertised to) for the audience?
o Being that it's a passport event, do you know if they'll get the stamp after the
viewing or after the discussion?
o Do you have an idea of how many people you're expecting?

We need to coordinate with a lot of other groups Daisy, Katie, Cathryn, WRTC students, etc
which is somewhat overwhelming when working with a short timeframe.

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PROGRESS REPORT #2
SUBJECT: Facilitation Project Progress Report 2 for the Week of October 21
Project Subject Summary:

Yellow

Event: October 26th, 2015 6:30 PM viewing of the film, Grafton Theater/Taylor Hall
Facilitation Planning:
-

Completed:
o The initial design plan
o Facilitation guide
o Facilitation checklist (logistics)

We have met with Daisy to answer initial logistical/facilitation questions

Contacted the mentor to set up a meeting (email sent on 10/21)

Current works in progress:


o Still brainstorming/finalizing questions

Work that still needs to be done


o Meeting with Katie later this week
o Emailing our initial draft of our questions to the WRTC students

Current status of our team:


o Quickly making progress, still have to tie together the questions after meeting
with Katie & hearing from the WRTC students

Issues:
-

Any critical decisions/logistics that still need to be addressed


o Meeting with Katie
o Showing questions to WRTC students

Things we need clarification about:


o Room number/room size
o Ground rules

Possibly disclosure as a ground rule

Open & authentic

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We know this can be a very personal issue, but were going to maybe try
to focus the conversation here on how to get justice for people who have
been affected rather than focusing on preventing this.

o Providing confidentiality sheet (does Daisy have this, or do we provide it?)


o Daisys approval on using the Facts from the film section from the Hunting
Ground film
-

Professor Britt has to call James Robinson to check about disclosure

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Final Design Plans

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DESIGN PLAN (Final):


1. Participants will watch the documentary, The Hunting Ground, approximately one hour
and 40 minutes.
2. Some participants will choose to participate further in a discussion.
3. We will introduce ourselves and what our role is as facilitators. We want to focus on how
to get justice for people who have been affected rather than prevention.
4. Gina will announce the resources after the movie.
5. Gina will explain Ground Rules.
6. Then we will split into groups with each of the 6 facilitators. Facilitators will distribute
the handout with resources for students pertaining to sexual assault crimes and proper
reporting at JMU. The facilitators should take attendance of SCOM students
participating for the SONA points for class.
7. We will introduce the people from CARE that are on standby.
8. We will then start with a Snowball Ice breaker Activity (5ish minutes).
o Each person will answer the question What was the most impactful part of the
movie for you? on an index card and fold it up and put it in the middle of the
circle. Then everyone will take a random piece of paper from the middle and read
it aloud. This is to get the conversation flowing but keeping opinions anonymous.
9. Facilitators will go into group discussion from the questions in the Facilitation Guide.
10. After the allotted 30-45 minutes of discussion (kept track by facilitators), the entire group
will come together again.
o Participants from each group will be invited to share opinions and what their
groups discussed to everyone (optional/depending on time).
11. Facilitators will thank students for participating and sharing their opinions and
participants are allowed to leave.

GROUND RULES (Final):


We know this can be a very personal and intense issue to discuss so we want to lay some ground
rules before we begin.
1. We want to encourage open and authentic conversation.
2. Were going to try to focus the conversation on how to get justice for people who have
been affected rather than prevention.
3. Please be respectful of the narratives other people are sharing.
4. Please keep specifics of the conversations here. Continue the conversations and take
ideas with you but leave peoples identities out.

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5. If you feel like you need to step away of the conversation at any point, please feel free.
Everyone do what he or she is comfortable with.
6. If someones speaking, then please let him or her speak. Our job as facilitators is to make
sure everyone who wants to speak, gets the chance.
7. Try not to repeat what other people are saying just so we can keep the conversation
going.

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Facilitator Guide

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FACILITATOR GUIDE (Final):


1. Snow ball (in groups of 6-8 people): everyone gets an index card and answers in 1-2
sentences the question: What was the most impactful part of the movie for you?
o Go over what everyone wrote and thank them for sharing before moving on
o Explain we did that to gain some common ground with group members and get a
feel for how everyone reacted to the film (can lead into conversation)
2. Did you know this was a problem?
o Where else have you heard about this?
o Have you discussed this in any of your classes, with your friends etc.?
o E.g., Facebook, John Stewart, Twitter, ESPN
3. Do you better understand how sexual assault on college campuses is distinctly different
than sexual assault in the general sense?
4. Did you realize there are resources at JMU for sexual assault? If so, which ones? Why do
you think people might not be aware of these resources?
5. Reflect on the films provocative title, The Hunting Ground. Does the title accurately
capture the main themes of the film? Do you agree that the campuses depicted in the film
served as hunting grounds for perpetrators and endangered victims?
o If not, what was this movie really about?
6. Is this the first time youve really considered how institutions respond to students who
report sexual assault on campus?
7. Were you surprised by the administrators responses to reports of sexual assault?
o How did you expect them to react to the reports of sexual assault?
8. Were you surprised by the lack of transparency on college campuses with regards to
sexual assault reports? Why do you think colleges cover up these crimes?
o (i.e. money, football teams, statistics, appealing to get new students)
9. Now that we have discussed the film and reflected on certain aspects of this issue, what
role can we all play so that this doesnt happen on campus and perpetrators are held
accountable?
10. Will this conversation tonight affect how you look at this issue?
o How you react in the future?
Conclusion: We hope that this film will help you realize that we should have these conversations,
and be a listening ear to those in need. We also hope that this film and conversation has served as
a call for action so that as a campus we can help our fellow dukes and be sure that justice is
served.

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Participant Materials
We provided a double sided handout to students participating in the
discussion following the viewing of the documentary.

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Facts from the Film


16 to 20 percent of women who enroll in college are sexually assaulted
while in college. 1
88 percent of women raped on campus do not report. 2
In 2012, 45 percent of colleges reported zero sexual assaults. 3
Only 2 to 8 percent of sexual assault claims are found to be false. 4
Less than 8 percent of men in college commit more than 90 percent of
sexual assaults. 5
95 percent of college presidents say their institutions handle sexual assault
appropriately. 6
1.) Fisher, Cullen, Turner (2000); Krebs, Lindquist, Warner, Fisher, Martin (2007); Princeton Sexual
Experiences Survey (2008); University of Oregon Sexual Violence and Institutional Betrayal Survey
(2014); MIT Community Attitudes on Sexual Assault (2014)
2.) Kilpatrick, Resnick, Ruggiero, Conoscenti, McCauley (2007)
3.) Washington Post (2014)
4.) Percentage of sexual assault claims found to be false: 8% Grace, Lloyd, & Smith (1992); 3% Kelly,
Lovett, & Regan (2005); 2% Heenan & Murray (2006); 7% Lonsway & Archambault (2008); 5% Spohn,
White, & Tellis (2014)
5.) David Lisak Ph D and Paul M Miller (2002)
6.) 2014 Gallup poll

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Logistics Checklist

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LOGISTICS CHECKLIST:
Moderators, Recorders, Observers

Who will moderate?


o

6 members from SCOM 447

Daisy Breneman, Cathryn Molloy, Katie Lese, and Lori Britt will be observing and/or
participating

No recorders needed

Logistics

Date & Time frame: Monday October 26 6:30pm-9:30pm

Location of the forum: Grafton Movie Theater for viewing and discussion

Flexibility of the space: Taylor allows for us to set up small groups in however we see fit

Public transportation: Yes - JMU buses

Is the meeting space large enough? Yes

Seating arrangement: After the movie, breaking up into small circular groups with
facilitators

Room details: Large enough to accommodate the group

Equipment:

Grafton has the capability to screen the movie for all participants

We will be providing:

Pens (Gina)

Papers (Lauren)

One-page resource handout (Dr. Britt)

Nametags for Facilitators (Gina)

Sign-in Sheet
o

Only applicable for Communication Studies students for SONA class credit (All
facilitators)

Other details

Late comers: The movie is almost 2 hours long, so they can come in during the movie

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Client Report

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Client Report

The Hunting Ground

Introduction: Reflection on the facilitation


We believe that the facilitation met our clients goals: to provide a safe space for
participants to process and understand the film; and reflect on the future actions participants can
take to advocate to end sexual assault on college campuses. Each group had productive
conversations with the focus on sexual assault on college campuses. Our goal was for students to
process their thoughts, feelings, and frustrations after watching the controversial film. We also
wanted participants to feel that they walked away knowing how to advocate for those affected by

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sexual assault specifically on college campuses, as well as reflect on how we can hold
perpetrators accountable and stop sexual assault on our campus.
In order to have effective discussions, we decided to start with broad questions funneling
into the more specific topics of JMU and students experiences with sexual assault. Therefore,
our questions start with as big picture, transitioning to more specific details of the film, and
then relate it to our JMU experience. Below is a list of our key themes from the discussions as
well as our facilitation questions in case you would like to distribute them to your students or
continue the conversation in your classes.

Participant Information:
Approximate number of participants for discussion: 40
The participants were mainly students majoring in Justice Studies. However, we had
about 5-10 members of the faculty participate in discussion.
Participants were also given a handout with JMUs Campus Coalition Against Sexual
Assault Survivor Resource Map on one side and a few key statistics from The Hunting
Ground on the other.

Key Themes from our Discussion:


Reactions to how victims of sexual assault were treated by administrators
School administrators need to take sexual assault reports seriously and investigate them
School administrators need to treat all cases equally and fairly no matter if the accuser is
a student athlete, Greek life member, etc.
Conversations about sexual assault and rape should not stop. Conversations need to be
continuously occurring in classes, among friends, and in clubs/organizations

Ground Rules:
After the film concluded and students that did not want to stay for the discussion left, we stated
the ground rules to all the participants in a large group. This allowed everyone to be on the
same page as far as dialogue guidelines.

1. Open & authentic
2. We know this can be a very personal issue, but were going to maybe try to focus the
conversation here on how to get justice for people who have been affected rather than
focusing on preventing this.
3. Respectful of the narratives other people are saying
4. Making sure things that are said stay here.

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Continue the conversations and you should be taking the ideas with you.but
leaving the identifies of people out
5. Youre more than welcome to leave if you have to, it wont affect the dialogue
6. If someones speaking let them speak
My job as a facilitator is also to make sure people arent getting cut off & to hear
all of your opinions
7. Try not to repeat what other people are saying

Facilitation Questions (Small Groups):


Snow ball (in groups of 6-8 people): everyone gets a piece of paper and answers in 1-2
sentences the question: What was the most impactful part of the movie for you?
Did you know this was a problem? Where have you heard about this? (i.e. Facebook,
John Stewart, Twitter, ESPN)
Did you understand how sexual assault on college campus is distinctly different to
sexual assault in the general sense?
Did you realize there were resources at JMU for sexual assault? If so, which ones? Why
do you think people might not be aware of these resources?
Reflect on the films provocative title, The Hunting Ground. Does the title accurately
capture the main themes of the film? Do you agree that the campuses depicted in the film
served as hunting grounds for perpetrators and endangered victims?
What was this movie really about?
Is this the first time youve really considered how institutions respond to students who
report sexual assault on campus? Have you discussed this in any of your classes, with
your friends etc.?
Were you surprised by the administrators responses to reports of sexual assault?
How did you expect them to react to the reports of sexual assault?
Were you surprised by the lack of transparency on college campuses with regards
to sexual assault reports? Why do you think colleges cover up these crimes? (i.e.
money, football teams, statistics, appealing to get new students)
Now that we have discussed the film and reflected on certain aspects of this issue, what
role can we all play so that this doesnt happen on campus and perpetrators are held
accountable?

Will this conversation tonight affect how you look at this issue? / How you react in the
future?

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Conclusion: We hope that this film will help you realize that we should have these conversations,
and be a listening ear to those in need. We also hope that this film and conversation has served as
a call for action so that as a campus we can help our fellow dukes and be sure that justice is
served.

Post Discussion Notes/Thoughts from Facilitators:


After the facilitation concluded we compared each of our experiences. We noticed a few
similarities.
The snowball activity had many different responses but some common themes were
noted. Most responses focused on: being shocked by the administrators
responses/handling of the reports; disgusted at how much some student-athletes got away
with; and not understanding why it is such a complex process for a victim to get justice.
We also noted in our groups that we didnt necessarily follow every question from the
facilitation guide. Sometimes a group was going into a slightly different direction and if
the dialogue was great we adapted our questions to allow the group to dig deeper into that
path.
Some participants were very passionate about sexual assault education for high
school/college students and continuing the conversation.

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