Domestic violence awareness events set for October

The Lighthouse Project, a federally funded program charged with fighting relationship violence on campus and throughout the Maryville community, has partnered with Peer Education and the University Wellness Center to sponsor two Domestic Violence Awareness Month activities Oct. 24-31.

The purpose of the events is to raise awareness about domestic violence while highlighting education and prevention programs and providing resource information to victims and family members.

Activities include:

Information table -- 11 a.m.-1 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 24, through Thursday, Oct. 25, second floor of the J.W. Jones Student Union.

In addition to informational materials, table staffers will hand out purple ribbons symbolizing solidarity with the fight against relationship violence. Also available will be information in connection with Breast Cancer Awareness Month.

Clothesline Project -- 11 a.m.-1 p.m. Monday, Oct. 29 through Wednesday, Oct. 31, outside the J.W. Jones Student Union food court.

Founded in Cape Cod, Mass., in 1990, the Clothesline Project (www.clotheslineproject.org) takes the form of displays of shirts emblazoned with messages and illustrations designed by women survivors of violence and their loved ones.

The shirts are meant to increase awareness while encouraging women to break the silence that often surrounds an abusive relationship.

For more information about the Lighthouse Project at Northwest, go to www.nwmissouri.edu/wellnesscenter/lighthouseproject or contact Stacey Wiedmer, project director, at ext. 1598 or staceym@nwmissouri.edu.

For more information, please contact:

Anthony Brown,
News Bureau Manager
E-Mail: abrown@nwmissouri.edu
Phone (660) 562-1704
Fax (660) 562-1900

Northwest Missouri State University
219 Administration Building,
800 University Drive
Maryville, MO 64468

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