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University commemorates Relationship Violence Awareness Month, uplifts survivors

Reyna Lim | Monday, November 1, 2021

As October draws to a close, Notre Dame wraps up its annual programming honoring Relationship Violence Awareness Month (RVMA), led by the University’s Gender Relations Center (GRC). Throughout the past month, the GRC collaborated with students in planning and staffing a variety of events. The programming addressed numerous aspects of relationship violence. On Oct. 4,

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Social Work Club raises money for disaster relief

Hallie Nolan | Monday, November 13, 2017

Saint Mary’s Social Work Club has conducted two successful charity events this semester, raising money for disaster relief in Puerto Rico and hosting a peanut butter and jelly drive for La Casa de Amistad, a community center in South Bend. Social Work Club president and senior Marilla Opra said the group aims to foster unity.

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BAVO encourages students to volunteer at County’s rape crisis center S-O-S

Megan Uekert | Tuesday, February 3, 2015

Saint Mary’s Belles Against Violence Office (BAVO), is calling on college students to become advocates for the Family Justice Center of St. Joseph’s County and S-O-S, the county’s Rape Crisis Center. Both are non-profit organizations, committed to offering services to victims of sexual assault, sexual abuse, stalking and domestic violence. Classes to become an advocate for