By Sean Carnell \/\/<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The event brought about 20 people from all over campus to raise awareness for the cause.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The president of SPARC, Maura O\u2019Malley-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.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cThese topics are heavy and uncomfortable, but they need to be talked about,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Survivors also told their stories. After their speeches, attendees walked around the quad.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"