Wednesday, October 10, 2007
What did you do for hazing prevention week?
Did your campus or Greek community do some cool stuff for National Hazing Prevention Week? Tracy Maxwell, Executive Director of the newly formed "HazingPrevention.Org" organization needs to hear about it! She is collecting campus success stories to help inspire and motivate campuses who have yet to do a hazing prevention week.
You can email her at maxwell@hazingprevention.org, to let her know anything your chapter, campus, council, or organization did to help advance the cause of hazing prevention.
This summer, CAMPUSPEAK spun off its hazing prevention activities into this new non-profit, which Tracy is heading up. CAMPUSPEAK founded National Hazing Prevention Week and the accompanying symposium several years ago in partnership with a variety of higher education groups, including the Association of Fraternity Advisors, the NCAA, and many others. Tracy did most of the work on this fabulous project, and this summer, she left the staff of CAMPUSPEAK to launch the new non-profit.
The new organization will have numerous advantages in fundraising as a non-profit (which wasn't possible when CAMPUSPEAK -- a for profit company -- was calling the shots). HazingPrevention.Org will be the sponsor of future NHPW's and will sponsor the National Hazing Symposium. Tracy will certainly be planning other exciting projects as time goes on.
CAMPUSPEAK will continue to produce hazing prevention materials, provide hazing prevention speakers, and provide the "Crossing the Line" hazing prevention workshop to campuses looking to address the issue. CAMPUSPEAK will also be a primary sponsor of the new organization for a long time to come.
Send Tracy those success stories and help get this new venture off the ground!