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By Carly Bowling
March 31, 2024
Every 68 seconds, an American over the age of 12 is sexually assaulted. Each April, The University of New Mexico’s LoboRESPECT Advocacy Center joins organizations around the country in prevention efforts and educational campaigns in honor of Sexual...
By Carly Bowling
March 27, 2024
More than 463,000 people are sexually assaulted in the United States every year, according to RAINN. To shed light on this shocking statistic, the LoboRESPECT Advocacy Center at The University of New Mexico will create an art installation titled “Sole Survivor.”
April 03, 2023
April is recognized nationally as Sexual Assault Awareness Month and departments at The University of New Mexico are teaming up to help educate and engage the campus community in conversations about sexual violence, consent, objectification and healthy...
April 01, 2022
Sexual Assault Awareness Month (SAAM) is recognized every year during April. Each year, the National Sexual Violence Resource Center promotes SAAM by highlighting a specific theme and this year’s theme is Building Safe Online Spaces Together.
NSVRC is...
April 01, 2021
April 1 kicks off Sexual Assault Awareness Month and groups across the country are joining the National Sexual Violence Resource Center (NSVRC) in pledging to create safe spaces online.
This year, the NSRVC’s campaign for Sexual Assault Awareness...
By Rachel Whitt
April 06, 2020
The University of New Mexico is joining institutions and organizations across the country in recognizing April as Sexual Assault Awareness Month.
This is the nineteenth year the National Sexual Violence Resource Center (NSVRC) has organized Sexual...
April 22, 2019
At a recent UNM Board of Regents meeting, Student Regent Melissa Henry and two colleagues asked the University community to join them in recognizing Denim Day on Wednesday, April 24. Organized by Peace Over Violence, Denim Day brings together ...
By Rachel Whitt
April 09, 2018
According to a recent CNN report, many states, including New Mexico, require more training hours to receive a barber’s license than a police badge. Some states are even encouraging cosmetologists to receive victim response training. It’s part of why...
By Elizabeth Dwyer
March 29, 2018
With the momentum of movements like Me Too and Time’s Up, society is experiencing a shift around sexual violence – how it’s identified, reported and prevented. April is Sexual Assault Awareness Month (SAAM), a time to raise public awareness about sexual...
By Dianne Anderson
April 19, 2017
New numbers show The University of New Mexico is making big strides toward addressing a rising national problem: sexual misconduct on college campuses.
Just six months after UNM reached an agreement with the U.S. Department of Justice and the U.S....
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