Christine Kramar, of Vegas for the Family, speaking at the rally Nov. 12, 2011
We saw.
We organized.
We rallied!
Saturday’s rally against hate speech and jokes about rape was a success thanks to the hard work and quick response of a lot of great people in the community. We had a nice turnout of about three dozen people, including parents, activists, advocates for survivors of sexual violence, and members of the Northwest Community Church. I represented the Nevada Coalition Against Sexual Violence as a member of their board.
Here’s a video of the three moms (including myself) who spoke:
The story has been picked up by different media outlets, too:
- Brief overview of our call for a code of conduct (AP)
- Coverage in the Nevada Appeal
- TV coverage on Channel 13 (ABC)
- The Bleacher Report
- Eddie Goldman of No Holds Barred mentioned it on his podcast
- The press release got mentioned on this MMA blog
- We were interviewed with Loretta Hunt on KNPR on Nov. 15
**UPDATE: I was quoted on SI.com regarding a new rash of comments made by Miguel Torres and Rashad Evans.
Trackbacks
[...] of recent episodes of hate speech and the much-reported rape joke tweet by Forrest Griffin. We held a rally on Saturday, the same day UFC debuted on prime time, to raise awareness about the issue and [...]
[...] regular readers know, I’ve been talking about rape a lot lately. Rape tweets. Rape pages on Facebook. And to be honest, I’m tired of talking about rape. I’m tired [...]
[...] I think we can take that as a sign that UFC President Dana White hasn’t created a code of conduct, yet, let alone issued a directive to his staff and athletes about general decency in public [...]
[...] This kind of inconsistency in how White handles affairs at the UFC sends a terrible message to fans and those who look up to UFC fighters as role models! The best way to address this is to enact a CODE OF CONDUCT, which is something a group of mothers (including me) and concerned citizens rallied for on Nov. 12. [...]
[...] Rally on Nov. 12 calling for FOX to drop the UFC unless they create a code of conduct [...]
[...] in prime time, as part of a reported $700 million deal with FOX Sports, a group of mothers held a protest here in Las Vegas to urge the organization to enact a code of conduct, similar to those in other major sports [...]
[...] it was the holidays and my baby was sick, they thought I wasn’t paying attention… but I always got my eye on the UFC these [...]
[...] and references to sexual violence by its fighters and even its president, Dana White, I have been working to encourage the UFC to enact a code of conduct, similar to that of other major sports [...]
[...] November 2011 I joined the fight to get the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) to enact a code of conduct, [...]
[...] November 2011 I joined the fight to get the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) to enact a code of conduct, [...]
[...] November 2011 I joined the fight to get the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) to enact a code of conduct, [...]