Today is the Title Mine rally. If you’re on the Facebook event page, you probably know that the event will take place in the Edison Courtyard outside of the Danforth University Center from 4-4:30 p.m.

You should go.

In the past several weeks, Student Life has received and published a number of op-eds submitted by our peers detailing horrific experiences with reporting assault on our campus. This is an issue that affects our whole campus. No one goes to college knowing if they will need to report an assault; however, all students should go to a college that supports them in doing so.

Too often students feel that clicking “going” on Facebook or sharing a StudLife op-ed is enough. If there’s anything that can improve the Title IX reporting process at our University, it is the overwhelming, collective presence of the student body.

Our students come from all 50 states and 90 countries. They belong to almost 400 student groups and choose from more than 90 academic programs. The varied academic and extracurricular pursuits of each individual student at this University contribute to the strength we have when we all come together. At the rally later this afternoon, students should not attend solely as a member of an organization to which they belong. Leave the Greek letters, club jacket or sports team sweatshirt at home. Today is not about proving that XYZ fraternity cares about Title IX. It is not about proving that your team is full of “good guys.” It is not about taking club pictures with catchy signs for social media.

Instead, attend as an individual. This process and issue is deeply personal for the students who go through it. We have the perfect opportunity today to demonstrate to the administration that this is a problem Wash. U. students—no matter their extracurricular affiliations or personal interests—care about and refuse to accept as the norm.

This rally is occurring on the second to last day of classes for the semester. Within the next few weeks, students will scatter across the country for several months.

Over the summer, we must remain motivated by the stories shared by our classmates. Many of us are lucky enough to get a physical and mental break from campus for the summer. However, so many of our friends, suitemates, project partners, co-workers and other members of the student body who have experienced trauma, exacerbated by a frustrating Title IX reporting process, do not get to forget about this issue. Neither should we.