Relationship Abuse Awareness Month
21% of college students report having experienced dating violence by a current partner, and 32% of college students report experiencing dating violence by a previous partner.*
*C. Sellers and M. Bromley, 鈥淰iolent Behavior in College Student Dating Relationships,鈥 Journal of Contemporary Justice, (1996).
Take Back the Night (TBTN) is an international march and rally that started in the 1970s as a protest and direct action against power-based personal violence in our communities.
The Clothesline Project, started on Cape Cod, MA in 1990. It is a vehicle for those affected by violence to express their emotions by decorating a shirt. They then hang the shirt on a clothesline to be viewed by others as testimony to the problem of sexual and relationship violence.
An exhibit of solidarity of those impacted by power-based personal violence and to raise awareness about the reality of violence in our society