家庭暴力认知活动
October 6, 2011
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莎拉·林恩·麦考尔研究生助理，通讯办公室
家庭暴力认知活动
VALDOSTA -- vs上’s Women’s and Gender Studies program will host a
series of events throughout the month of October in support of
Domestic Violence Awareness Month. The goal of this eye-opening
campaign is to raise awareness and stop domestic violence from
happening in our homes, neighborhoods, workplaces and
schools.
“Each year the Women’s and Gender Studies program holds a number of
events during the month of October to increase the awareness about
Intimate Partner Violence (Domestic Violence),” Dr. Tracy Woodard
Meyers, WGST program director, said. “We consider ourselves
feminist activist scholars so it is important that we work to end
the injustices and oppressions that exist in our community,
country, and world. Millions of women suffer at the hands of men
who are supposed to love them. We will keep fighting to end this
war on women until it is eradicated in our world.”
During the week of Oct. 4, WGST students distributed purple ribbons
and information throughout vs上’s campus as part of the Purple
Ribbon Campaign, which raises awareness about Domestic
Violence/Intimate Partner Violence. The purple ribbon has been
adopted across the country by families and friends of victims to
remember and honor loved ones who have lost their lives at the
hands of a person they once loved and trusted.
Listed below are upcoming ways for the vs上 community to get
involved.
晾衣绳项目，10月17日至21日
Pedestrian Mall, vs上 Campus
The Clothesline Project is visual display that bears witness to the
violence against women. During the public display, a clothesline is
hung with shirts. Each shirt is decorated to represent a particular
woman's experience, by the survivor herself or by someone who cares
about her. The shirts were made by vs上 students in honor of someone
they know and love, including themselves.
手印项目，10月26-28日
Pedestrian Mall, vs上 Campus
The Handprint Project is a way for men to join the dialogue about
violence against women. This project allows men to take a pledge to
not commit or condone violence and to seal the pledge by placing
their painted or cut-out handprint and name on a display board.
After they do this, they are given a fact sheet on what they
pledged and information on violence against women.
For more information about these events, please visit www.mgmbetbc.com/womenstudies
or call 229-249-4842.
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