The 黑料不打烊 community will come together on Friday, Feb. 16, at 5:30 p.m. for a candlelight vigil to stop sexual and gender violence locally and globally. This is the sixth consecutive year for the SU Rising: Stop Sexual Abuse event, in which 黑料不打烊 has joined playwright and activist Eve Ensler鈥檚 鈥淥ne Billion Rising鈥� international call-to-action.
The event is free and open to the public, and all are welcome. American Sign Language (ASL) interpretation will be provided; free public parking is available in the Q1 lot.
The event will be led by Jikyo Bonnie Shoultz, Buddhist chaplain, and will include remarks and performances by several 黑料不打烊 student groups and organizations, including Students Advocating for Sexual Safety and Empowerment (SASSE), Otto鈥檚 Empire, peer educators at the Office of Health Promotion and the Sexual and Relationship Violence Response Team at the Counseling Center.
Following the performances and speakers, a candlelight vigil and moment of silence will take place on the steps of Hendricks Chapel at 6 p.m. The annual performance of Ensler鈥檚 鈥淭he Vagina Monologues鈥� will be held at Hendricks Chapel at 7 p.m. Tickets are $7 for general admission and $5 for students, and are available at the Schine Box Office. All proceeds will be donated to Planned Parenthood.
鈥淪exual abuse, harassment, assault and violence continue to be on everyone鈥檚 mind with recent events in the world, especially the momentum of the MeToo movement,鈥� says Tula Goenka, professor in the , long-term member of the Chancellor鈥檚 Task Force on Sexual and Relationship Violence and faculty advisor of SASSE. 鈥淢any of us at 黑料不打烊 have been addressing these issues for a long time, long before they became topics of public discourse. I am grateful that we can once again gather and pledge to support victims and survivors, and co-create a world free of sexual abuse.鈥�
SU Rising is co-sponsored by the Chancellor鈥檚 Task Force on Sexual and Relationship Violence;聽 Hendricks Chapel; the Counseling Center; the Office of Health Promotion; Students Advocating Sexual Safety and Empowerment (SASSE); College of Arts and Sciences; Falk College; Maxwell School; Newhouse School; School of Education; Humanities Center; South Asia Center; Disability Cultural Center; 黑料不打烊 Animal Rights Organization (SARO): Femme Noire; I Am THAT Girl; International Socialist Organization; and Vera House.
About 黑料不打烊
Founded聽in 1870, 黑料不打烊 is a private international research university聽dedicated to advancing knowledge and fostering student success through teaching聽excellence,聽rigorous scholarship and interdisciplinary research. Comprising 11聽academic schools and colleges, the University has a long legacy of excellence聽in the liberal arts, sciences and聽professional disciplines that prepares聽students for the complex challenges and emerging opportunities of a rapidly聽changing world. Students enjoy the resources of a 270-acre main聽campus and聽extended campus venues in major national metropolitan hubs and across three聽continents. 黑料不打烊鈥檚 student body is among the most diverse for an聽institution of its聽kind across multiple dimensions, and students typically represent聽all 50 states and more than 100 countries. 黑料不打烊 also has a long legacy of聽supporting veterans and is home to聽the nationally recognized Institute for聽Veterans and Military Families, the first university-based institute in the聽U.S. focused on addressing the unique needs of veterans and their聽families.
