By: Dawn V. Martin

Dawn V. Martin — Fri, 16 Dec 2011 23:13:01 +0000

Howard has a long history of ignoring sexual harssment complaints and attacks against women on campus. The National Organization for Women (NOW) Foundation filed an Amicus Curiae (Friend of the Court) Brief supporting a former Howard Law School Professor’s Petition for Certiorari, asking the Supreme Court to hear the case of Martin v. Howard University. Prof. Dawn V. Martin was stalked on the campus of Howard University Law School, by a delusional, homeless, serial campus stalker, Leonard Harrison. Harrison was searching for the physical embodiment of his “fantasy” wife — a fictional female character in a book, written by the renowned, late Professor, Derrick Bell. Howard did not ban the stalker from Law School building, despite advice from the D.C. Metropolitan Police Department to do so and its own established Campus Police banning procedures. Instead, Howard refused to renew Prof. Martin’s teaching contract. Ms. Martin sued, alleging sexual harassment/hostile work environment and retaliation. The case has gone on for 12 years. Howard will file its Opposition to Martin’s Petition for Supreme Court cert. on Monday, Dec. 19th. See documentary about case at See http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MxyzwRGYIgA. See also
http://www.dvmartinlaw.com/MartinvHowardU;http://www.womensenews.org/story/crime-policylegislation/110110/stalking-victim-presses-employment-protection; http://vimeo.com/18706532; Good Morning America http://abcnews.go.com/GMA/erin-andrews-leads-stalking-round-table/story?id=11322694 (Martin interviewed by journalist Erin Andrews, also stalked by a stranger while working.).

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