Promoting protection
"Look for condoms around Grounds, win prizes!"
Members of the student group Promoting Negativity posted messages like this one all around the University last week, hoping to rally support for Safer Sex Day on Tuesday.
"Safer sex is something that is often overlooked or not even taken into consideration," said Alyssa Lederer, a first-year College student and Promoting Negativity member.
The group will hand out free male and female condoms and lubricants on the Lawn, as well as at Newcomb and Observatory Hill dining halls during lunch and dinner. Promoting Negativity will also organize games on the Lawn for students. One of the games will be a variation on the classic Twister game.
"These are ways of giving people information and having fun at the same time," Lederer said.
Mary Ann Leeper, the president of the Female Health Company, which markets the female condom, will speak at Newcomb Hall in room 389 at 9 a.m. on Tuesday.
Students will find condoms taped to chairs in lecture halls as part of a "condom scavenger hunt." Safer Sex Day organizers will give prizes to students who find the most condoms.
The Female Health Company and safer sex awareness groups such as Planned Parenthood and the Charlottesville Pregnancy
Center donated the condoms, Lederer said.
Kelly Davison, second-year College student and Safer Sex Day organizer, hopes to make students think about the risks of unprotected sex.
Safe Sex Day organizers want "to remind people before Spring Break to be careful and keep in mind that they should protect themselves," Davison said.
And for members of Promoting Negativity, safer sex means a better environment for students.
"It's our hope to make the University a safer place," she added.
Compiled by Sam Bresnahan
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