Tag: Victim Advocacy
Health Enhancement & Victim Advocacy Services, in collaboration with other units across campus, is hosting a series of events this month in recognition of Sexual Assault Awareness Month. Members of the campus and local communities have an opportunity to become more knowledgeable about the dynamics of sexual assault and how this issue impacts individuals in...
January is National Stalking Awareness Month. Victim Advocacy Services, part of the Women’s Resource Center at NIU, will host an event from 7 to 9 p.m. Thursday, Jan. 31, to raise awareness of sexual assault, dating violence, domestic violence and stalking. “One Voice: A Program of Expression” will take place in the of Diversions Lounge...
“Telling Amy’s Story” is a film about Amy Homan-McGee, a 33-year-old mother of two and Verizon Wireless employee who was killed by her husband in 2001 when she decided to leave him after suffering years of abuse. Created by Penn State Public Broadcasting and aired on public television stations nationwide, “Telling Amy’s Story” has been...
October is Domestic Violence Awareness Month. In recognition, Victim Advocacy Services at the Women’s Resource Center is teaming up with the Verizon Wireless HopeLine program, which turns no-longer-used wireless phones into support for victims and survivors of domestic violence. A cell phone can serve as a vital link to emergency or support services in a...
The NIU Women’s Resource Center will host a screening and discussion of the 2010 documentary film, “Boys and Men Healing,” from 6:30 to 8 p.m. Tuesday, April 24, in the Illinois Room of the Holmes Student Center. “Boys and Men Healing” is an inspiring film about the impact the sexual abuse of boys has on both...
The Women’s Resource Center’s Victim Advocacy Services is jump-starting April as Sexual Assault Awareness Month with NIU Rocks Against Rape. This free event will be held Wednesday, March 28, in the Holmes Student Center. From 6 to 7 p.m., visitors to the Glidden Room can enjoy refreshments and a showcase of speakers from campus and...
Last fall, the Department of Justice Office on Violence Against Women awarded NIU’s Women’s Resource Center a grant to reduce domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault and stalking on a college campus. This award enabled the creation of Victim Advocacy Services (VAS) The grant provided an opportunity for NIU to strengthen effective responses to violence...
