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Who we are...
Safe Campuses Now encourages students
to take a proactive approach to their safety. Our volunteers
are dedicated to the idea that education and awareness are paramount
in preventing crimes against students occurring both on and off
campus. SCN is a free-standing organization. Our funding
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Safe Campuses Now Unveils
its Blitz Campaign To Advocate Safety
ATHENS, GA- Safe Campuses Now will be unveiling its Blitz
Multimedia Campaign on Wednesday, April 23 at 2 p.m. at the
Ritz Bar in downtown Athens. The Blitz Multimedia Campaign
is a safety and awareness project to address a variety of
safety topics including date rape awareness, advocating safe
rides home and pedestrian safety.
Eighteen new posters will be unveiled at this event. Safe
Campuses Now partnered with Snowden Tatarski Advertising to
develop these images that are distributed throughout Georgia
to advocate safety awareness. These posters will be
displayed in middle schools, high schools and colleges in
the local communities as well all throughout Georgia. More
than 38 thousand posters were distributed in 2007.
Speakers will include C.R. Chisholm, the Athens-Clarke
County Solicitor General, Robert Dallas the director of
Governor’s Office of Highway Safety, Jimmy Williamson, the
Chief of Police for the University of Georgia and a
17-year-old student, Ashley Derose, a survivor of an alcohol
and drug impaired crash that occurred three years ago when
she was 14. She will unveil the latest in our "While You
Still Can" series.
This event is sponsored by Snowden Tatarski, Governor’s
Office of Highway Safety, Locos Grill & Pub, Leon Farmer &
Co., UGA Parents & Families Association, Fred’s Historic
Properties, Apartment Finder and Fairway Outdoor
Advertising.
Safe Campuses Now is an Athens-based nonprofit organization
dedicated to crime awareness, education and prevention for
middle school, high school and college students. Students
are encouraged to take a proactive approach to their safety
through educational programs, publications and events. SCN
funding comes solely from grants, corporate partners and
private donations.
Neeley Odom, Communications Coordinator
Keith Sims, Executive Director |
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Click Here for Complete Details on the
Event |
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 In
his new book, Protect Yourself at College, author
Tom Kane has identified the areas both on and off campus
where students are most likely to become a victim of a crime
or accident. After years of extensive research, Protect
Yourself at College is a vital tool that will prepare
students to make smart choices that will yield safe results.
Protect Yourself at College is the first comprehensive
college safety book ever brought to the marketplace.
Published by Capital Books, each chapter includes real-life
stories and a checklist of safety suggestions and prevention
measures that will keep students safer. Chapters include
dorm living, campus safety, dating, alcohol and drugs,
Spring Break, fraternities and hazing, transportation,
living off campus, and Internet and computer safety.
Protect Yourself at College is scheduled to be released in
the spring of 2008. The book can be pre-ordered at
www.Amazon.com, or
www.CapitalBooks.com or by calling the publisher
directly at 1-800-758-3756.
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Southern students wary
after recent killings
The Associated Press
Three murders in less than a week have sent three Southern
college campuses into grief, and brought renewed attention to
campus safety
- a topic already on the minds of parents and students after recent mass
killings at Virginia Tech and Northern Illinois.
Click for complete article
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