Various student organizations are for the first time hosting a series of events this week in honor of Virginia's Domestic Violence Awareness Month.
"Women are physically abused every nine seconds within the U.S.," said Sloane Kuney, Sexual Assault Leadership Council coordinator. "We wanted to present this and other information about sexual assault in a way that would get people's attention."
The Sexual Assault Leadership Council, the National Organization for Women at U.Va., All Women Attaining Knowledge and Enrichment and the Student Council Safety and Wellness Committee are sponsoring the programs.
The week's activities will consist of free programming on relationship violence issues by various groups, concluding with a benefit show Friday for the Shelter for Help in Emergency.
Sexual Assault Facts and Education presented "Identifying and Responding to Relationship Violence" Monday and last night, One in Four presented "How to Help a Sexual Assault Survivor: What Men Can Do."
"Sexual assault is present on Grounds just as much as in society, but not necessarily talked about," One in Four President Thomas Broeker said.
Tomorrow night the Sexual Assault Peer Advocacy group will present "Ending the Silence: How to Support a Sexual Assault Survivor."
The presentation will "deal directly with how students can be advocates with each other and how to help friends that have been assaulted," Kuney said.
The benefit concert on Friday will be at Tokyo Rose and feature VCR, a jazz band from Richmond, two "noise improv" bands, Chloeburner and Food for Animals, as well as the Charlottesville indie band Horses. Tickets are $5 and all proceeds will go to SHE, Kuney said.
In addition to the presentations and concert, volunteers will be tabling on the Lawn this week with information on relationship violence, as well as purple awareness ribbons and cups listing ways to help sexual assault survivors.
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