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October marks the beginning of Domestic Violence Awareness and Prevention Month (DVAM), a month dedicated to bringing advocates and community members together to end domestic violence. At Rutgers University—New Brunswick, the Office of Violence Prevention and Victim Assistance (VPVA), with its campus partners, has taken a lead on providing support and programming during DVAM.
Eddie Malague signed up for the Rutgers Summer Service Initiative, which seeks to provide meaningful summer internship experiences to Rutgers Camden, New Brunswick and Newark undergraduate students at public service-orientated non-profit organizations and direct-service government offices while expanding their knowledge and skills to engage as active citizens. Malague’s experiences over the past five or six weeks are precisely what Rutgers President Jonathan Holloway envisioned when he announced the service initiative at his inauguration speech on Nov. 5, 2021.