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‘I know not everyone has experienced what I’ve experienced when it comes to domestic violence, … but I know that a lot of the volunteers are here because they care about the community and want to give back to it.’ DAYJANELL HUDSON | special events coordinator for Volunteer LSU
LSUnited to help ULL mobilize faculty advocacy BY CAITIE BURKES @caitie1221
Volunteer LSU helps clean, reorganize space at Iris Domestic Violence Center Students reflect on service, domestic violence in city BY JOSHUA JACKSON @Joshua_Jackson_ On Sunday, 29 LSU students took part in a first of its kind Volunteer LSU project to show support for domestic violence survivors. Student volunteers moved furniture, rearranged and organized donated clothing and cleaned up the children’s playground for the Iris Domestic Violence Center. For some, the project hit closer to home than any volunteer work they had done before. Business marketing junior
Dayjanell Hudson serves as the special events coordinator for Volunteer LSU. Hudson proposed the project because of her personal connection to the issue and to shine a light on Iris as the only domestic violence center in Baton Rouge. “My aunt is a victim of domestic violence, so this became a personal project and something I wanted to do,” Hudson said. “Knowing the domestic violence rates in Baton Rouge are so high, I felt that the other students and I needed to know there’s a place we can go to help.” According to Iris, one in four women are victims of domestic violence in the Capital Area. Baton Rouge ranks second in
domestic abuse related homicides. For more than 30 years, the center has operated as the largest nonprofit domestic violence organization in Baton Rouge. The center offers multiple forms of support, including legal services, counseling and workforce education and training. Services are also offered through outreach offices in surrounding areas such as Gonzales and Port Allen. Originally known as the Capital Area Family Violence Intervention Center and The Battered Women’s Program, Iris rebranded to also open its doors to men who are victims of domestic violence.
see VOLUNTEER LSU, page 7
Students from Volunteer LSU pitch in Sunday around the Iris Domestic Violence Center in Baton Rouge by raking leaves, cleaning up the children’s playground, organizing donated clothing and wiping down tables. According to Iris, one in four women in the Capital Area are victims of domestic violence, and Baton Rouge ranks second in domestic abuse related homicides. photos by EMILY BRAUNER /
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Faculty advocacy group LSUnited reached out to the American Association of University Professors chapter at the University of Louisiana at Lafayette last month to promote faculty advocacy throughout the state. Although no official partnership exists yet, ULL representatives expressed interest in collaborating with LSUnited to establish a statewide network of faculty members. Representatives from both universities met at the Alexandria Summit earlier in the academic year. One informal meeting later, LSUnited plans to meet with ULL representatives Nov. 21 to help motivate and organize the university’s efforts. Michael Russo, LSU Libraries instruction coordinator and LSUnited member, said ULL faculty hope to mobilize faculty activism, which they see lacking on campus. “They thought we might be able to help them get things started at ULL and get the faculty to be a little less passive,” Russo said. LSUnited previously reached out to LSU Faculty Senate to further mutual visits, consultations and efforts to launch state activism and mailing lists. Faculty Senate President Kevin Cope said LSUnited realized many of its causes — such as faculty prerogatives, compensation and benefits — are statewide issues rather than simply campus matters.
see LSUNITED, page 7