Out in Front

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Since 2001, April has been designated as Sexual Assault Awareness Month. Long before then, however, UNH was already getting out in front as a leader among college campuses in its work to prevent sexual assault.UNH’s SHARPP, which stands for Sexual Harassment and Rape Prevention Program, traces its roots back to 1978. SHARPP has evolved its focus to include services and education on issues including relationship abuse and stalking as well as sexual violence.

Step Out
SHARPP will host the special event Stepping Out Against Violence at UNH on April 13.
The rally and walk is sponsored by SHARPP with support from organizations at UNH and in the local community.
The event will include a 20-minute campus walk, informational tables, a reading of UNH's Community Proclamation Against Violence and a student call-to-action to end violence.
The event is aimed at bringing students, faculty, staff and community members together to stand against all forms of violence on campus.
The event will begin at 12:30 p.m. in front of DeMeritt Hall.
Find out more here.

And UNH has been in the spotlight for its prevention efforts as SHARPP is one of only five college-based crisis centers in the country, and the organization has won Presidents’ Good Steward and President’s Leadership awards from the Campus Compact for New Hampshire, a statewide consortium of college and university presidents and private-sector partners.
“SHARPP is a national model in providing campus-based, confidential services to survivors of sexual and domestic violence as well as outreach and education,” explains Amy Culp, SHARPP’s director.
Kayla Goodwin ’18, a SHARPP community educator and peer advocate, echoes that sentiment.
“Most schools in the United States don't have this type of resource for their students,” she says, noting UNH “acknowledges that sexual assault does happen on college campuses, and we actively take part in prevention efforts.”
Culp notes there are many factors that ...

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