By Sean Carnell //
Student-Led Peer Advocacy for Healthy Relationships and Consent (SPARC) and Heartly House held a walk-a-mile event on Oct. 23 for Domestic Violence Awareness Month.
The event brought about 20 people from all over campus to raise awareness for the cause.
The president of SPARC, Maura O’Malley-Young, gave a speech to open the event and talk about the meaning of the walk. She talked about the different types of harassment, using the term intimate partner violence.
“These topics are heavy and uncomfortable, but they need to be talked about,” she said.
Caroline Dato, a representative of Heartly House, also addressed the audience and described the partnership between Hood and Heartly House, which supports victims of intimate partner violence.
Survivors also told their stories. After their speeches, attendees walked around the quad.
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