Lori Robinson, author of "I Will Survive: The African-American Guide to Healing from Sexual Assault and Abuse," will speak at the second annual Domestic Violence and Rape Awareness Banquet Saturday, April 28 from 6 to 10 p.m. in the College Park Hall Ballroom.
This event is free for the Union College community. Tickets for the general public are $18 per person or $30 per couple.
This year’s banquet “Surviving to Thriving: A Day at a Time” culminates an annual weeklong series of events, organized by the sisters of Latinas Promoviendo Comunidad/Lambda Pi Chi Sorority, to promote awareness of women’s issues. The series kicked off Monday with a talk in the Breazzano House titled “Is America Ready? A Discussion about Gender and Racial Politics in the U.S.: Barack vs. Hillary.”
“These issues were near and dear to the hearts of the founding pledge class of Lambda Pi Chi,” said recent President Jazmin Puicon ’07 a double major in Latin American Studies and Spanish. “This is the second year we focused on highlighting women’s empowerment for Pi Chi Week.”
Robinson’s book and her Web site, www.lorirobinson.com, tackle the difficult issues that black women face dealing with sexual assault including a higher prevalence toward victimization. Pi Chi members are also planning to share their own personal experiences surrounding these subjects at the event.
“This banquet enables the entire campus community to come together to honor victims and survivors of both domestic violence and rape,” said Puicon.
Proceeds gathered from the banquet will be donated to a domestic violence support group and a rape support group.
Additional free activities planned for the week include:
Tuesday, April 24, 2007 – 6 p.m. in Reamer Campus Center 305
Las Mujeres de la Revolucion
Women of the Revolution in Latin America and their role in promoting freedom in the Americas; co-sponsored with Phi Iota Alpha Fraternity, Inc.
Wednesday, April 25, 2007 – 5 p.m. in Reamer Campus Center 305
Goodies Galore: Craft Day II
Decorate crafts and make gifts for friends and roommates.
Thursday April 26, 2007 – 5 p.m. in Sorum House Great Room
Mean Girls II: Pyschology of Gossip
Join several guest professors in a discussion about why girls and guys gossip and the pyschology behind it.
Friday, April 27, 2007 – 5 p.m. at Language House A (207 Seward Place)
Merengue 202
Learn how to dance the merengue. Free classes, open to the Union College campus community