Laurel House's Tommie Wilkins to Speak at Saint Joseph's University Program 9/29 on Dating Violence

Students from the Rape Education and Prevention (R.E.P.P.) program at Saint Joseph's University have organized an awareness event scheduled for this evening, September 29, which will feature Laurel House's Tommie Wilkins as a speaker.

Ms. Wilkins, who is Laurel House's director of domestic violence education and training, will be speaking to the Saint Joseph's community about dating violence and healthy relationships. The Empty Place at the Table will also be on display.

The speaking event is part of a month long series of programs and activities at Saint Joseph's designed to raise awareness about interpersonal violence and safe dating. (Among the month-long events is the annual Kristin's Krusade, a 5K run/walk fundraiser scheduled for October 4 at SJU to benefit The Kristin Mitchell Foundation, named in memory of a SJU alumna who was killed as a result of dating violence.)

Laurel House is proud to be a community partner with Saint Joseph's University and its Rape Education and Prevention program, which distributes awareness materials around campus and organizes Take Back the Night events, among others.

We also thank Racquel Bergen, Chair of the Sociology Department at Saint Joseph's University, R.E.P.P. faculty liaison, and nationally-recognized expert on violence against women, for allowing us to be part of such an important effort.