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Event inspires empathy, advocacy
Empathizing with strangers may just be as easy as walking in someone else’s shoes.
Sexual assault awareness takes back the night
April is National Sexual Assault Awareness Month, prompting students to speak out about the issue and engage in empowering events about the distinction between love and abuse. To raise awareness, the I Am That Girl club hosted a Take Back the Night event Wednesday.
Allison works toward social justice
Thomas Allison – the president and founder of the Social Justice Advocacy Project, owner of TD Allison Associates and adjunct professor of speech communication at La Verne – hopes to improve community interaction and address police brutality through his project.
Club voices support for survivors
The University of La Verne club Voices for Hope hosted a Take Back The Night event in support of victims who have been hurt by sexual violence, March 3 in Sneaky Park and the Campus Center.
Pomona community reduces homelessness 54%
The recently released report, “The State of Homelessness in Pomona” for 2013, found that through community support, the homelessness rate in Pomona has decreased 54 percent from 1,389 reported homeless in 2002, to 633 in 2013.