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“We’re just really excited that it’s something that’s being talked about.” “We didn’t think we’d become finalists, we just wanted to support other women who’ve been through this,” says Bradley. The group says its video is intentionally raw and hope it highlights how common sexual assault is. The Mandarins entered the contest after being contacted by a member of the Syracuse University chapter of It’s On Us, says Mandarins president Shannon Bradley. The group featured other campus organizations and departments in its video holding signs that read, “We stand in solidarity” and “1 and 5 of us know it feels,” a reference the song’s line, “till it happens to you, you don’t know how it feels.” It really is on us to create this change.” “It’s been really humbling we’ve had people tell us their assault stories … it’s just something that is really terrifying to think (about) and we really do need everybody’s support. “We're so excited we're helping to push the conversation,” says Christine Moloney, a member of Three Miles Lost, whose video has more than 240,000 views on YouTube.
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“It’s really great to be able to (use) this medium of expression to communicate with a greater audience, especially with sensitive issues like sexual assault, which are almost taboo in some ways to talk about on a college campus,” says Amelia DeSnoo, president of the After School Specials.įor the video, she says, they decided that rather than assign one soloist, they'd featured each member individually to emphasize that sexual assault “affects people from all different backgrounds.” The three co-finalists in the contest, held by The Hunting Ground in partnership with It’s On Us, the White House campaign against sexual assault and ROK Mobile, reflected on the chance to take stand on issues about sexual assault. You don’t see a lot of songs that actually have an impact culturally, that can give a voice to something, in our era." Lady Gaga's gut-wrenching song Til It Happens to You - written for The Hunting Ground documentary about campus rape released last year - continues to help spread understanding of sexual assault with, surprisingly and awesomely, a national student a cappella contest.Īnd now the panel of judges for the Til It Happens to You: Sing for Survivors contest announced its winner on April 6: The After School Specials of the Claremont Colleges, beating out The Mandarins of Syracuse University and Three Miles Lost of Hobart and William Smith Colleges.ĭiane Warren, co-writer of Til It Happens, nominated for an Oscar, and one of the contest's judges, tells USA TODAY College that the song is "the most amazing thing I’ve ever been involved with.