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Laura Gerry
  • South Hero, VT

Laura Gerry Becomes Certified PAC Member

2017 Oct 5

Castleton University student Laura Gerry recently became a certified PAC member and victim advocate after completing more than 40 hours of training.

Peer Advocated for CHANGE (PAC) is a volunteer student group. They have been trained to educate the campus about sexual assault, relationship violence, stalking and harassment. PAC members are also victim advocates who staff a 24/7 hotline, which is available to survivors or friends of survivors.

CHANGE stands for Creating, Honoring, Advocating, and Nurturing Gender Equality. CHANGE is a coalition of faculty, students, administrators and staff members who work together to develop programs that educate about issues such as sexual assault, rape, relationship violence, sexism and homophobia in the hopes of creating a campus that embraces gender equality in all of its forms.