The Women’s Center will be promoting awareness against dating violence beginning Tuesday, Sept. 28 to Friday, Oct. 1, as a part of the Red Flag campaign that is being joined by universities across the state.
Red flags will be raised throughout the student center hallways and women’s center staff will be available to distribute information and answer questions that pertain to dating violence. Students will also be able to create their own red flags and place them where they wish in the student center.
The Red Flag campaign, established by the Virginia Sexual and Domestic Violence Action Alliance, promotes the prevention of dating violence on college campuses. It also encourages friends and family of loved ones being abused in relationships to say something when they notice they’re being harmed.
Funding for the state-wide awareness program comes from the Department of Justice Violence Against Women grant awarded to the state for Conn. universities.
For further information, contact Jacqueline Cobbina-Boivin, director of the Women’s Center, or Monique Daley at the center by calling 860-832-1655.