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Penn State P.O.W.E.R. Takes a Stand Against Sexual Assault

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This article is written by a student writer from the Her Campus at PSU chapter.

Penn State P.O.W.E.R. (Progressing Our Women Through Empowerment and Reverence) participated in the SlutWalk 2015 this past Thursday in an effort to spread knowledge of Sexual Assault Awareness month.

According to the organization, the SlutWalk is a, “transnational movement of protest marches that began in Toronto, Canada February of 2011. During these protests, participants rally against the idea of excusing rape by the aspects of a woman’s appearance and call for an end to rape culture.”

P.O.W.E.R. sought to bring this message to Penn State’s campus by conducting a march at noon that stretched from West Commons to the Life Sciences Building. The participants held provocative signs and some even donned risqué clothing pieces to help express the prevalence of victim blaming and the skewed culture that exists surrounding the topic of sexual assault. Though the crowd may have been small, the organization succeeded in bringing light to in an important issue both here at Penn State and nationwide.   

 

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Rachael David is currently a senior at Penn State University and serves as the Campus Correspondent for Her Campus Penn State. She is majoring in public relations and minoring in psychology. Her love of creative writing and all things Penn State is what inspired her to become a member of the HC team in the fall of 2013. Her background experience includes working for the Undergraduate Admissions Office at Penn State as a social media intern in the spring of 2014 and is currently working as a social media intern for an internet marketing company in Harrisburg called WebpageFX. This past summer she also served as a PR intern for Tierney Communications. Rachael enjoys anything media related especially catching up on her favorite shows, including Saturday Night Live and any show on Food Network. She has a passion for food but also loves being active and spending her free time running or hiking. She hopes to gain more experience in all aspects of the media industry during college and plans on pursuing a career writing for a life & style publication in the future.
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Shannon Deuel is a sophomore at the Pennsylvania State University pursuing a double major in advirtising/public relations and integrative arts. Most of her time is spent using her creative eye to solve general visual and promotional problems implimented in her internships and student organizations. In addition to writing for Her Campus, Shannon is a public relations committee member of Penn State's Student Red Cross Club and the Lawrence G. Foster Chapter of PRSSA. She is also a virtual intern for College Fashionista and a photo intern for VUONG PR in State College. Her main areas of focus include photography, graphic design, and writing, to name a few, and she hopes to someday work as a creative director at a large advertising firm or in-house organization she can pour her passion into! Shannon plans on leaving the country for the first time next year to study abroad in Germany as well!