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“What are we doing as a community to address sexual assault on campus? I think the documentary will highlight on what students are experiencing on campus that is criminal,” Peters said.

Peters said that sexual assault is not just an issue that affects women but men are also victims. According to Peters, one out of seven men are sexually assaulted.

“It's important that we have these conversations,” Peters said. “The documentary will highlight concerns and issues on college campuses.”

Peters said that he is involved in the formation of a panel at Pierce College relating to sexual assault prevention.

“Our panel is here to give staff and students the training they need to help reduce sexual assault crimes by being cautious to your surroundings and walking with someone to their car,” Peters said.

Art Gallery Director and Professor of Arts Monica Wee discussed the upcoming art exhibit, “Women Hold Up Half the Sky” which will run starting Nov. 1.

The exhibit will have videos, text panels, and a co-creative living sculpture. After visitors watch the videos and read the texts in the gallery, they are encouraged to add a wish to the “wish canopy.”

“[The canopy] becomes a living sculpture in the sense that it becomes a reflection of how we, at Pierce, are responding to the information,” Wee said.

There will be information in the gallery about charities and organizations that help women and families in need.

“What do we do when we go and we look at this information?” Wee asked. “It kind of becomes a big downer, where the idea behind it is not that, but instead to say, ‘Here’s how we empower women’ and if we empower everyone around us, it ends up having this sort of ripple effect.

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