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3/30/2004
Contact:
K.E. Schwab -- 724-738-2199; e-mail:
karl.schwab@sru.edu
SRU’S BRIDGE PROJECT GROUP TO OBSERVE SEXUAL
ASSAULT AWARENESS MONTH
SLIPPERY ROCK, Pa. – April is being
observednationally as Sexual Assault Awareness Month
and the Bridge Project at SRU has organized a series of events to
help the campus community Speak Out Against Sexual Violence. The
group’s goal is to encourage the entire university community
to learn about sexual violence, how to help prevent it and how to
help survivors heal.
Those
in the community are asked to join the program
by:
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scheduling a Bridge Project program for
their staff or organization
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requesting and wearing teal awareness
ribbon pins;
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requesting and wearing Thursdays in Black
pins;
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attending guest speaker Erin Weed’s
presentations “High Five for the Good Guys: 7 Things Men Can
do to End Sexual Violence” for men at 7 p.m. April 15 in
Strain Behavioral Science Building Auditorium or “Girls Fight
Back” at 9 p.m. April 15 for women in the Robert N. Aebersold
Student Recreation Center;
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attending “A Day to End Sexual
Violence Open House” from noon to 4 p.m. April 20 in the SRU
Women’s Center;
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attending the “Lethal Doses”
presentation on date-rape drugs at 3 p.m. April 28 in the
University Union;
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visiting information tables from 12:30 to
1:30 p.m. Tuesdays and Thursdays in Weisenfluh or Boozel dining
halls;
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volunteering time – all volunteers
will receive a free T-Shirt.
The
project explains that sexual violence is a serious health problem
profoundly affecting the physical, emotional, mental and social
well-being of victims. With leadership and commitment, the group is
working with others to create short and long-term solutions to the
endemic problem of sexual violence, including unhealthy and unsafe
relationships.
To request programs, or pins contact
Karla Veiock at 724-738-2121.
PN, PgN, WPN,
PR
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