Students Helping Students End Sexual Violence

From Forrest Seymour, Counseling Center: About a dozen KSC students trained to be peer educators in KSC’s annual Mentors in Violence Prevention (MVP) training over the weekend.

MVP’s motto is “Students Helping Students End Sexual Violence.” MVP has been at KSC for six years. It is part of a national network of MVP programs across the country working with colleges and high schools, professional sports teams, and the U.S. military. At KSC, MVP does 10 to 20 programs per semester, reaching 250 – 500 students. Presentations take place in classes, res halls, and all first-year halls and are offered to all Greek pledges.

MVP uses the “Bystander Approach,” which seeks to empower bystanders to sexual abuse by teaching safe ways for them to intervene in the abusive cycle. For more information, contact Forrest Seymour, 8-2047.

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KSC student peer educators at a MVP training session September 29 – 30.