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There is now a CONTENT FREEZE for Mercury while we switch to a new platform. It began on Friday, March 10 at 6pm and will end on Wednesday, March 15 at noon. No new content can be created during this time, but all material in the system as of the beginning of the freeze will be migrated to the new platform, including users and groups. Functionally the new site is identical to the old one. webteam@gatech.edu
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Join the GT Counseling Center and the Office of Student Diversity Programs in a Diversity Film Fest screening of Brave Miss World.
Miss Israel Linor Abargil was abducted, stabbed, and raped in Milan, Italy at age 18. She had to represent her country in the Miss World competition only six weeks later. When, to her shock, she was crowned the winner, she vowed to do something about rape. This film follows her from the rape, to her crowning, and through her crusade to fight for justice and break the silence. During her travels to speak out and meet with other rape victims, her own trauma begins to surface. Her serial rapist becomes eligible for parole, and she has to hunt down his pervious victims in order to help keep him behind bars. The film explores the trauma of sexual assault through one young woman's journey from teenage rape victim to Miss World to empowered lawyer and activist.
This event is co-sponsored by the Georgia Tech Counseling Center, the Office of Student Diversity Programs, VOICE, and the Sexual Violence Prevention Alliance.
