V-Week

Today was the 120 Dead ceremony at the student union.  I had never heard anything about V-Week before (which I guess I never pay attention) and as soon as we talked about it in class found out that the first event would be today.  They sold 120 shirts to male and females all over campus and then today we all gathered at 12:00 to show just how many people this really is.  While there we were handed a card with the ladies name that we represented.  It would have their name how old and where they were from.  It would also give a little short story on what happened to them. 

We all one at a time went up to a mic and stated the woman's name, age, and where she was from.  This really hit me emotionally mainly because you will not believe the amount of women that were under the age of 30! One was only 14 years old!! The other thing that really touched me is the fact that this is not just a big city problem.  Right before I went a woman gave a ladies name and then said "Kerrville" I thought wow mainly because I am from there, but also because it made me wonder why I didn't already know of this.  Kerrville is very small and usually everybody knows everything, but when it comes to violence it sometimes gets "pushed under the rug." This is an issue and one that every town should address because if we all try to raise awareness about relational violence maybe one day it will no longer be an issue.  

I am very glad that I got to be a part of the 120 Dead today because it really opened my eyes to this issue.  I am not going to be able to make it to either showing of the Vagina Monologues on Friday or Saturday because I have to work but you can Youtube them! I have already watched a couple and they are great!