Hip Hop: Beyond Beats and Rhymes Discussion with Byron Hurt

• Date: April 29
• Time: 7 p.m.
• Location: Riggs Alumni Center
• This event is FREE and OPEN TO THE PUBLIC

The Men’s Anti-Violence Project and Maryland Athletics are pleased to host film director Byron Hurt on April 29th starting at 7 p.m. in the Orem Alumni Hall in the Riggs Alumni Center. A showing of Byron’s “Hip-Hop: Beyond Beats & Rhymes” will be shown and a discussion of the film with Byron will immediately follow. The film is a “loving critique from a life-long fan that challenges hip-hop’s representations of hyper-masculinity through images of sexism, gender, race, homophobia, violence, and consumerism in hip-hop culture and in the larger American society." For more information, please contact , Men’s Anti-Violence Project, Office of Sexual Assault Prevention, University Health Center, or call 301.314.9584.

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Union Display Case

Check out the Sexual Assault Awareness Month (SAAM) 2008 Calendar of Events in the Union (Ground Floor) throughout the month of April. Additional information on the Sexual Assault Prevention Office, the Office of the Victim Advocate, and other SAAM sponsors will be posted as well.

Tabling

Stop by our tables outside of the Stamp Student Union April 1st – 3rd to pick up resources, Sexual Assault Awareness Month 2008 calendars, and talk with S.A.F.E.R peer educators and Office of the Victim Advocate peer advocates about issues related to sexual assault and relationship violence. Alpha Tau Omega Fraternity will be tabling for SAAM on April 2nd.

Spas for Survivors

Donate unopened gift baskets of spa products to the Office of the Victim Advocate to promote kindness and care for survivors of sexual assault. Donations will be accepted at all SAAM events, or can be delivered directly to the Office of the Victim Advocate (2118D UHC)

VIA Training

The Office of the Victim Advocate and Sexual Assault Prevention Office will be holding a 3-day training for students to become Violence Intervention Assistants (VIA’s). VIA training is done throughout the semester for any student interested in becoming trained. The Violence Intervention Assistant training program (VIA) was created by the Office of the Victim Advocate (OVA) to bridge the gap between the trained advocates from OVA and the broader campus community. By offering a more basic training to a larger and more widespread population, the OVA is able to provide more victims with the resources that they offer. To learn more, click here.