#WackyWednesday - UT Wellness Center/Office of Misconduct & Family Justice Center

On this wacky Wednesday, we started our day at the University of Tennessee. The university's Health and Wellness Center generously provided Panera bagels with coffee (huge perk since the coffee machine at the church was temporarily out of order this morning), and then we were given a presentation. The presentation was very casual and informed us on the different procedures and policies UT follows when dealing with sexual misconduct issues. One program the university does is the "Vols help Vols". This program designed for students promotes proper consent by displaying colorful posters around campus and giving free bystander informational sessions along with t-shirts and goodies. Several people from the Office of Student Conduct and Community Standards came and answered any concerns and questions we had regarding the process and legislation of sexual misconduct on campus.

During the presentation, this quote exposed how easy it is for someone to take sides with a perpetrator rather than be active and intervene to aid the victim.   

Temporary tattoos were one of the many free items we were given by the Health & Wellness Center.

One of the pieces of artwork displayed in the Family Resource Center.  The words written on the figures are two different dialogues of relationship violence.  This was created by Bobbie Crews Studio.  

We were fortunate enough to be able to explore the University of Tennessee campus on this beautiful day after our meeting with the Health & Wellness Center and Offie of Student Conduct and Community Standards.  Depicted is the Neyland football Stadium.

The latter half of our day was spent at the Family Resource Center.  After being shown around the facility and learning what a typical visit was like for a client, we congregated in the assembly-room and discussed the impacts and repercussions of relationship violence.  This was a really interesting visit because each of the places we visited earlier in the week continued to reference the Family Justice Center and say how incredible of a resource it is for victims of relationship violence or someone closely involved.  

When we returned to the church we are staying at, we helped serve dinner to the congregation.  This truly was a humbling experience because every member was so welcoming and interested in what our group was doing during our Spring Break. 

Until next time,

Emilie & Naj