Help Save The Next Girl and The Roanoke Police Department are excited to co-host the 1st Annual “Launch Past Danger” Safety Summit offering several safety sessions to both students and parents. This initial summit will be held on Saturday, Aug. 6, 9:00 a.m. – 1:00 p.m. at the Roanoke Police Academy located at 5401 Barns Avenue, in Roanoke. This event is free of charge and includes a free-boxed lunch for all participants who register.
Participants may register for three of the following safety sessions: Basic Personal Safety, Situational Awareness, Drug & Alcohol Awareness, Dating Violence, How to Handle Peer Pressure and Help Save The Next Girl Basic Principles. The Roanoke City Police Department, Help Save The Next Girl, and Secure Higher Education will teach the sessions.
There will be live music and local community service resources are invited to come and set up information booths.
Participants may register at http://helpsavethenextgirl.com/safetysummit/.
About Help Save The Next Girl
Help Save the Next Girl (HSTNG) is a national non-profit organization formed in honor of Morgan Dana Harrington, a 20-year-old Virginia Tech student who was abducted and murdered in 2009. HSTNG seeks to sensitize young women and girls to predatory danger.
The HSTNG foundation fosters mutual respect and camaraderie with young men, and is committed to be an active, imaginative presence on campuses, in clubs, and at violence-prevention forums across the country. Through diligent activism in education, victim support, and legislation, HSTNG creates a strong foundation against violence and strives to help save the next girl.
HSTNG creates a strong foundation against violence and strives to help save the next girl.
