When: Monday-Friday, Oct. 14-19
Where: Various Lincoln locations
Lincoln, Neb., Oct. 3, 2002 -- In conjunction with the National YWCA's Week Without Violence campaign, the University of Nebraska-Lincoln Women's Center has coordinated activities for the Oct. 14-19 event, to encourage peace and to stimulate positive, proactive responses to violence in society.
Events for the week address violence against women and children; violence among men; violence against gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender persons; and violence in a global society.
The week will begin with a moment of silence ceremony at 8 a.m. Oct. 14 in Union Square of the Nebraska Union, 1400 R St. The University Program Council will sponsor "Sex Signals," an improvisational program that addresses topics such as date rape and relationship violence, at 7 p.m. Oct. 14 in the Great Plains Room of the Nebraska East Union, 37th and Fair streets.
Rev. Melissa Finlaw-Draper will lead a healing circle at 6 p.m. Oct. 15 in the Nebraska East Union Cottonwood Room. Finlaw-Draper and student volunteers will reach out to victims and victims' advocates with this intimate interfaith discussion about reflection and healing from experiences with violence. Kathy Bosch, extension family life specialist at the university's Panhandle Research and Extension Center in Scottsbluff, will present "No One Deserves to be Abused," a program about battery and abuse, at 7 p.m. Oct. 15 in the Nebraska East Union Great Plains Room.
The Rape/Spouse Abuse Crisis Center will sponsor a candlelight vigil in memory of victims of violence at 7 p.m. Oct. 16 at the center, 2545 N St. Those who want to walk to the center as a safe group should meet at Broyhill Fountain north of the Nebraska Union at 6:30 p.m.
Members of the UNL community can voice their opinions and concerns about violence during the "Speak Out! against violence" 1 to 3 p.m. Oct. 17 in Union Square in the Nebraska Union. Participants are invited to listen to or to share a piece of music, poetry or personal vignette that reflects an experience with violence or a sentiment of peace.
Panelists Robert Hitchcock, professor of anthropology and geography and coordinator of African Studies at UNL; Paul Olson, UNL professor of English; and Sidnie White Crawford, chair of classics and professor of religious studies at UNL, will discuss the effects of violence worldwide during the Global Violence Panel from 8 to 10 a.m. Oct. 18 in the Culture Center, 333 N. 14th St.
The week will culminate with "Swim Against the Tide of Violence," a free swim event sponsored by the YWCA and YMCAs of Lincoln. Contact the YWCA of Lincoln, 1432 N St., or one of the three YMCAs in the community for more information and open swim times at each location.
All events are free and open to everyone. For more information or for special accommodation requests, contact the Women's Center, 340 Nebraska Union, (402) 472-2597.
Contacts: Jan Deeds, Director, UNL Women's Center, (402)
472-2598, (jdeeds1@unl.edu) and
Ashley Cooper, Event Programming Assistant, (402) 472-2597 ext. 2,
or 416-0565, (ashleyjo81@hotmail.com)
For questions regarding these releases, contact:
tsimons1@unl.edu
(402) 472-8514, Fax: (402) 472-7825