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SRU Women's Center reaches out to male population with on-campus events
By Laynee Carlin
Rocket Contributor
Issue date: 9/14/07 Section: News
New changes that are based on issues that concern both the women and men of Slippery Rock University are coming to the Women's Center.
From Constitution Day on Sept. 17, which is a day that examines the affect of women in United States government, to Love Your Body Day on Oct. 18, the center is presenting a number of events to catch students' attention and raise awareness of current issues and problems affecting today's women and men.
"I'm hoping the Women's Center will become better known," said the center's first full-time director, Jodi Solito.
-"It has been here for quite a few years, (and) that would be my hope that students use it."
Solito also hopes that men will take a greater role in the activities of the center.
"I would hope in some programming, men will become more comfortable and consider our gender differences in our life and look more towards human issues," she said. "I would like to educate men on how they can become better men."
Along with bringing more attention and awareness to the Women's Center, Solito is kicking off the sixth year of the center's involvement with The Bridge Project, a grant-funded program which addresses such issues as sexual assault, stalking and dating violence.
The Bridge Project also organizes outreach programs on campus and in the community.
The Women's Center, along with the Aebersold Student Recreation Center, is also co-sponsoring Slippery Rock's first ever "In the Pink: Stride for the Cure" breast cancer awareness walk, which will take place on Oct. 23 as part of Breast Cancer Awareness Month.
Dana Sherwood, a graduate assistant in the Women's Center who's also working on her master's degree in special education, is also taking part in coordinating the walk, and finds it to be a positive step in the fight against the disease.
"You support the cause, and you get to know you're doing something good for someone else," she said, adding that she hopes that the walk will raise awareness for breast cancer, as well as the Women's Center.
From Constitution Day on Sept. 17, which is a day that examines the affect of women in United States government, to Love Your Body Day on Oct. 18, the center is presenting a number of events to catch students' attention and raise awareness of current issues and problems affecting today's women and men.
"I'm hoping the Women's Center will become better known," said the center's first full-time director, Jodi Solito.
-"It has been here for quite a few years, (and) that would be my hope that students use it."
Solito also hopes that men will take a greater role in the activities of the center.
"I would hope in some programming, men will become more comfortable and consider our gender differences in our life and look more towards human issues," she said. "I would like to educate men on how they can become better men."
Along with bringing more attention and awareness to the Women's Center, Solito is kicking off the sixth year of the center's involvement with The Bridge Project, a grant-funded program which addresses such issues as sexual assault, stalking and dating violence.
The Bridge Project also organizes outreach programs on campus and in the community.
The Women's Center, along with the Aebersold Student Recreation Center, is also co-sponsoring Slippery Rock's first ever "In the Pink: Stride for the Cure" breast cancer awareness walk, which will take place on Oct. 23 as part of Breast Cancer Awareness Month.
Dana Sherwood, a graduate assistant in the Women's Center who's also working on her master's degree in special education, is also taking part in coordinating the walk, and finds it to be a positive step in the fight against the disease.
"You support the cause, and you get to know you're doing something good for someone else," she said, adding that she hopes that the walk will raise awareness for breast cancer, as well as the Women's Center.
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