Progress-index.com January 12, 2012 Saint Paul's College participates in 'Project Stop Now!' LAWRENCEVILLE - Saint Paul's College together with the Brunswick/Greensville Family Violence/Sexual Assault Unit sponsored an informational forum for students and interested persons, titled "Applying the Brakes on Relationship Violence." This collaboration and funding was made possible by a grant awarded through UNCF Special Programs Corporation; and Tougaloo College of Mississippi titled, "Project Stop Now!" "Project Stop Now!" is a program that targets freshmen students of Historically Black Colleges and Universities for awareness and preventive strategies in the area of abuse. The forum was followed up with a dialogue seminar presented by licensed professional counselors and victim advocates, Monique Goodson and Sharon Hicks of Raleigh, N.C. These activities were in recognition of Domestic Violence Month. Organizers say student participation was excellent. Wesley Alston, Saint Paul's College counselor of Academic Support Services and campus representative of Project Stop Now!, said "This initiative encourages affiliated institutions and others to plan and implement safeguards against abusive behaviors in college companionships." SANDRA M. PHOENIX Executive Director HBCU Library Alliance sphoenix@hbculibraries.org<mailto:sphoenix@hbculibraries.org> www.hbculibraries.org<http://www.hbculibraries.org/> 404.592.4820 Skype:sandra.phoenix1 1438 West Peachtree Street NW Suite 200 Atlanta, GA 30309 Toll Free: 1.800.999.8558 (Lyrasis) Fax: 404.892.7879 www.lyrasis.org<http://www.lyrasis.org/> Honor the ancestors, honor the children.