DOJ Announces $22 Million to Reduce Sexual, Domestic Violence on College Campuses
Some of the funding will be used to promote boys’ and men’s roles in combating violence against women and girls.
Some of the funding will be used to promote boys’ and men’s roles in combating violence against women and girls.
The HBCUs, which recently were targeted with bomb threats, will use the grants to support student trauma recovery and increase campus security.
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So far in 2022, Howard University has received eight bomb threats. Many other HBCUs were targeted earlier this year as well.
North Carolina A&T State University Chief of Police Jermaine Cherry shares how his campus handled a recent bomb threat and how preparations helped mitigate its effect.
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Central State University police developed a K-9 therapy program and opened a food and hygiene pantry to support students’ mental and physical health.
The Project School Emergency Response to Violence (SERV) program will provide short-term grants for added security and mental health professionals.
HBCUs across the nation started receiving bomb threats at the beginning of the year, but the number of threats increased in February.
At one Philadelphia college, a small group of parents hired private security to patrol the campus.