@pinkfolder2m
My Title IX coordinator offered informal resolution or a formal investigation. What should I ask before deciding?
14 replies
THE_NUMBERS.TXT
1 IN 4
undergraduate women report experiencing nonconsensual sexual contact after enrolling in college
Sources: 2019 AAU Campus Climate Survey and U.S. EEOC Select Task Force on Harassment in the Workplace.
An experience this common should not feel this isolating.
You should not have to survive sexual violence and then survive the reporting process alone.
A university or workplace policy can explain the official process.
It cannot give you the collective experience of survivors who have already navigated it.
Right now, that knowledge is fragmented across private conversations among survivors and friends, while each person is still forced to piece everything together on their own.
The knowledge we need already exists in one another.
BRAZEN brings it together in one private, anonymous community.
Join BRAZEN to learn from someone further along,
pass forward what you learned, or help build the peer-support network we should have had all along.
This collective knowledge can help survivors understand their options, prepare for what may come next, and make more informed decisions.
Knowledge changes who
holds the power.
The policy tells you what should happen.Survivors tell you what actually did.
Join BRAZEN to keep our community informed, connected, and safer through shared knowledge.
A new kind of community is coming online
BRAZEN product preview
@xo_nightowl9m
Can I request academic accommodations before deciding whether to file a formal complaint?
31 replies
↳ @quietriot replied
I asked how long each option usually took, how many times I might be interviewed, who would see my evidence and whether I could appeal the outcome.
resource card
Before your first Title IX meeting
10 questions about confidentiality, accommodations, timelines and evidence.
Members share personal experiences, not legal advice. Policies and rights vary by institution and location.
@starlit_02 says:
I completed an ODR investigation last year. I can share the timeline of how the process unfolded for me.
Howworks
01
Choose your screen name
Participate anonymously. Other members see your screen name, not your email or legal name.
02
Find your community
Join a community connected to your university, workplace, or experience.
03
Compare notes
Ask specific questions about Title IX, HR reporting, interviews, documentation, accommodations, evidence, and timelines.
04
Support one another
Reply publicly, connect privately, share a resource or help someone prepare for a process you have already completed.
Learn before you decide
Read peer experiences with Title IX reporting, informal resolutions, formal investigations, accommodations, no-contact directives and workplace HR processes.
Prepare for the process
Find member-created questions, checklists and firsthand information about interviews, documentation, timelines, evidence review, and support community members.
Talk to someone further along
Connect with a person who has completed the stage you are entering. Ask publicly, message privately, or read until you feel ready.
BRAZEN is in private beta testing.
BRAZEN members will help shape its features, community standards, moderation, and privacy protections before wider access opens. To be part of the beta cohort, sign up by email and refer other members to join the community.
Hey, I’m Daniela
In October 2023, during the fall of my junior year, I was almost killed in my Harvard dorm room :(
I entered a Massachusetts criminal process that ended in September 2025. At the same time, I entered Harvard’s Title IX and Office for Dispute Resolution process, which I have now spent nearly three years, and counting, trying to navigate by myself.
I have navigated all of this without support from my parents or lawyers.
I did not know another woman at Harvard who was further along in the reporting process and could tell me what an interview could be like, what information to save, which questions to ask, or how long each stage might take.
Overall, the reporting process felt extremely isolating.
The university understood its system. I had to learn it while living through it, after surviving traumatic physical and sexual violence.
I wanted to understand why institutions and the law fail women, so I cross-registered for Harvard Law School’s only course on gender violence. I received the Dean’s Scholar Prize in the class, but the most important thing I learned was that the law alone will not save women. We need to save ourselves and one another. Community is everything.
I had already seen the power of community firsthand. I helped build Harvard Women in Entrepreneurship into a community of 1K+ members. The organization won Harvard Student Organization of the Year, and I won Harvard’s Women’s Leadership Award. That experience showed me that when women find one another, share what they know and organize around a common purpose, they can create immense change.
The information I needed existed in the experiences of other women who had already gone through the process. But we had no private, structured way to find one another and pass that knowledge forward.
I am building BRAZEN so the next woman can find the information and community she needs while it can still help her understand her options and decide what to do next.
BRAZEN begins in universities and workplaces, turning what survivors of sexual violence and harassment have learned alone into collective knowledge, support, and power.
Who BRAZEN is for
@peer_support
online
Survivors looking for peer support
For people who have never reported, are weighing their options, are currently inside a process, or completed one years ago.
@title_ix_q
away
People navigating Title IX
For students understanding reporting, accommodations, informal resolution, formal investigation, evidence review or appeals.
@workplace_q
online
People experiencing workplace harassment
For employees understanding documentation, HR reporting, investigations, retaliation concerns, or available support.
@pass_it_on
online
People ready to pass knowledge forward
For survivors who want the next person to begin with more information than they had.
@trusted_ally
online
Allies supporting someone they care about
For friends, partners and family members who want to respond without judgment and offer informed support.
@change_agent
busy
Organizers and advocates
For people building campus education, community events, self-defense programming, and accountability campaigns.
You do not need to call yourself a survivor to belong here
BRAZEN is a space for survivors and allies. You can participate anonymously, without disclosing an experience, or telling your story before you are ready.
FAQ.txt
Is BRAZEN only for women?
BRAZEN is built from the reality that physical and sexual violence disproportionately affects women and that women have built informal support networks for generations. Survivors of every gender and trusted allies are welcome as long as they respect BRAZEN’s purpose and community standards.
Do I have to use my real name?
No. BRAZEN is designed for anonymous participation. You use a screen name, and other members do not see your email or legal name unless you choose to share identifying information. Complete anonymity cannot be guaranteed, so avoid details that could identify you if you wish to remain private.
Is BRAZEN affiliated with a university or employer?
No. BRAZEN is an independent, community-led network. It is not operated by a university, employer, Title IX office, or HR department.
Is BRAZEN a crisis service or a substitute for professional advice?
No. BRAZEN is a peer community, not an emergency service or a substitute for legal, medical, or mental-health advice. Members share personal experiences; policies and legal rights vary by institution and location.
Is BRAZEN available now?
BRAZEN is in private beta testing, beginning with a pilot community. Joining places you in the beta-access queue.
How will BRAZEN protect its community?
BRAZEN is being designed as a moderated peer network with anonymous profiles, consent-based private messages, reporting and blocking tools, and clear rules against doxxing, harassment, victim blaming, retaliation and threats.