Breaking the silence about sexual assault
By Brittany Cosby / Staff Writer | April 30The Alabama Department of Public Health Office will observe April as Sexual Assault Awareness Month.Auburn University's Safe Harbor and the Women's Resource Center have co-hosted several events on campus to raise awareness for dating violence and all forms of sexual abuse.Safe Harbor is a part of Student Counseling Service.The organization is committed to reducing men's violence against women by increasing awareness about dating/domestic violence, stranger rape, acquaintance rape, sexual harassment and other forms of sexual violence.Raising awareness on college campuses is essential because one in four college-age women will be a victim of sexual assault at some point in their college careers.