Ichabods Speak Out: YWCA Week Without Violence

Name: Ichabods Speak Out: YWCA Week Without Violence
Start: 2024-10-22T13:30:00-05:00
Location: Washburn University - Memorial Union

Schedule

Tue Oct 22 2024 at 01:30 pm

UTC-05:00

Location

Washburn University - Memorial Union | Topeka, KS

Come to speak up and speak out or listen and support this annual poetry open mic at Washburn University’s Memorial Union Underground. The event is October 22 from 1:30-3:00 PM, and snacks and beverages will be provided.
This year, we are excited to welcome Alexis Smith, Miss Kansas 2024, as our featured guest speaker. Alexis is a survivor and advocate for ending domestic violence!
Washburn University students, staff, faculty, administration and the greater Topeka community are welcome to join the YWCA Center for Safety and Empowerment in conjunction with Washburn University professor and author Dennis Etzel, Jr., and professor Dr. Jericho Hockett.
This event will provide a safe space for our community to speak-up and speak-out against relationship violence and sexual assault or to share words of encouragement, empowerment and support for survivors of violence. If you are not in the space to share, please feel free to come and listen to the words of others. Counseling and advocacy services will be available.
After the open mic, stick around to help decorate signs for the annual Week Without Violence March & Rally on Friday, October 25.
Week Without Violence at YWCA Northeast Kansas is sponsored by Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Kansas.