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April 9, 2003
Contact:
Tom Davis
Troy Office of University Relations
334/670-3196
tomdavis@troy.edu
Office of University Relations
253 Adams Administration
Troy, AL 36082
(334) 670-3196
(334) 670-3274 (fax)
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STATE UNIVERSITY OFFICE OF UNIVERSITY RELATIONS PRESS RELEASE FOR MORE INFORMATION CALL 1-334-670-3196 |
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Hands Don’t Hurt’ Campaign set for April 16 The SAVE Project at Troy State University will be holding its annual “These Hands Don’t Hurt” campaign on Wednesday, April 16. The SAVE Project provides counseling, crisis intervention, support groups and educational opportunities dealing with health, safety and life issues on the TSU campus. The “These Hands Don’t Hurt” campaign was started four years ago to encourage students, faculty and staff of TSU to take a stand against violence. In conjunction with Spring Fling, SAVE workers will be in the amphitheater on the TSU campus with a large white board and hand paint from 10 a.m.-2 p.m. Students will be encouraged to put their handprints on the board to show of opposition to sexual assault and violence. Some students take the stand further by signing their names, according to Amy Hamiter, Assistant Coordinator of the TSU SAVE Project. The campaign is part of the project’s ongoing effort to educate students about sexual assault and violence and teach ways to oppose and combat violence. In the fall the organization hands out ribbons on campus to bring awareness of and show support for victims of domestic. The campaigns provide students with the opportunity to make public displays of their stances, Hamiter said. “I’d say this campaign has been successful,” she said. “Each year we get more and more hands and eventually we’ll have enough to fill up two boards.” The Sigma Alpha Epsilon fraternity is showing its support for the project by providing the board to be used in the campaign, as well as volunteers who will assist with the effort on April 16. “Male support is important,” Hamiter said. Hamiter said being able to have such a campaign on campus is tremendously important to the SAVE Project. “If we can reach one person that says I want to help, then we’ve done our job,” she said. |