On Tuesday, September 28th, the whole school gathered in the gym to listen to a guest speaker from the Center for Women and Families, Amanda Houpt. Students were extremely interested and intrigued as they learned about a new program called Green Dot. The Mary Byron Project introduced the speaker and sponsors the program because they believe it is time for more students to get involved in putting an end to power-based personal violence. The Green Dot Program gives students a chance to do additional training at Assumption with Amanda and learn how to be a bystander that knows how to react in situations where violence is occuring. Students seemed eager to learn more after attending the assembly. The Mary Byron Project closed the assembly by introducing an event they are working on called Walk A Mile in Her Shoes in which they are partnering with St. X and Trinity to have high school boys walking in high heels to advocate against teen dating violence. Together, these two programs provide the education and opportunity to make Assumption a leading school in violence prevention and awareness.~Jaclyn O.
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