As part of its annual observance of National Domestic Violence Awareness Month, Â鶹ӳ»´«Ã½ hosted a forum Wednesday, Oct. 7, to honor the lives of domestic-violence victims and promote healthy relationships. The event, NO MORE: An Intentional Conversation to End Relationship Violence, was sponsored by Â鶹ӳ»´«Ã½\u2019s United Way Campaign.<\/p>\n
\u201cRelationship violence is an issue relevant to ourselves, our families and friends, and our community,\u201d said Tee Rogers, coordinator of Â鶹ӳ»´«Ã½\u2019s United Way Campaign. \u201cIt is crucial to the health of our university and community to have intentional conversations and to support solution-focused community resources.\u201d<\/p>\n
According to a survey by the National Center for Injury Prevention and Control, one in four women and one in seven men have been the victims of physical violence by an intimate partner.<\/p>\n
Moderated by Karen Hofmann, director of Â鶹ӳ»´«Ã½ Counseling and Psychological Services, the expert panelists addressed questions from their unique perspectives. The panel included Michael Freeman, counselor and professor; Adam Pritchard, professor of sociology; Bibi Brown, crisis specialist with United Way 2-1-1; Katelyn Busowski, domestic-violence survivor, advocate and Â鶹ӳ»´«Ã½ student; and Christine Mouton, director of Â鶹ӳ»´«Ã½ Victim Services.<\/p>\n
In addition to the panel discussion, Heart of Florida United Way, Â鶹ӳ»´«Ã½ CARES, Â鶹ӳ»´«Ã½ Victim Services, domestic-violence survivor and author Debra Perleberg, Harbor House of Central Florida, Help Now of Osceola, and SafeHouse of Seminole provided resources to prevent domestic violence.<\/p>\n
Additional events are planned for Domestic Violence Awareness Month. Students, faculty and staff are invited to participate in the Clothesline Project, a national effort to give survivors of domestic abuse an opportunity to speak out against domestic violence by decorating a T-shirt. T-shirts are free and can be decorated from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Wednesdays during campus Market Day. The shirts will be hung inside the Student Union throughout October.<\/p>\n
If you have been involved in intimate-partner violence and would like to speak with an advocate, you can reach one 24\/7 by calling 407-823-1200. For ongoing counseling and support, contact Â鶹ӳ»´«Ã½\u2019s Counseling and Psychological Services at 407-823-2811.<\/p>\n
During October, Â鶹ӳ»´«Ã½\u2019s United Way Campaign raises funds for health and human service programs that provide critical care and assistance.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"As part of its annual observance of National Domestic Violence Awareness Month, Â鶹ӳ»´«Ã½ hosted a forum Wednesday, Oct. 7, to honor the lives of domestic-violence victims and promote healthy relationships. The event, NO MORE: An Intentional Conversation to End Relationship Violence, was sponsored by Â鶹ӳ»´«Ã½\u2019s United Way Campaign. \u201cRelationship violence is an issue relevant to ourselves, our families and friends,…","protected":false},"author":11,"featured_media":68536,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"template-twocol.php","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"lazy_load_responsive_images_disabled":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":"","_wp_rev_ctl_limit":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[14342,6625,7669,7772,11180,5069],"tu_author":[],"class_list":["post-68534","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-community","tag-christine-mouton","tag-karen-hofmann","tag-michael-freeman","tag-tee-rogers","tag-ucf-cares","tag-victim-services"],"yoast_head":"\n