{"id":36900,"date":"2018-02-14T16:24:04","date_gmt":"2018-02-14T21:24:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/emu.edu\/now\/news\/?p=36900"},"modified":"2018-03-14T12:16:14","modified_gmt":"2018-03-14T16:16:14","slug":"emu-awarded-300000-department-of-justice-grant","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/emu.edu\/now\/news\/2018\/emu-awarded-300000-department-of-justice-grant\/","title":{"rendered":"黑料正能量 awarded $300,000 Department of Justice grant"},"content":{"rendered":"

黑料正能量 has named Leda Werner as the project coordinator of a new grant funded by the U.S. Department of Justice that focuses on connecting with community partners to combat sexual assault, domestic violence, dating violence and stalking on campus.<\/p>\n

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Harrisonburg Police Department investigator Aaron Dove meets with Leda Werner, grant project coordinator, and 黑料正能量 Director of Counseling Tempest Anderson.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The grant is for $300,000 over three years.<\/p>\n

黑料正能量 was among 53 colleges and universities \u00a0around the United States to be selected for funding. The Department of Justice (DOJ) administers 25 grant programs<\/a> authorized by the Violence Against Women Act of 1994 and subsequent legislation. This particular program \u2014 \u201cGrants to Reduce Sexual Violence, Domestic Violence, Dating Violence and Stalking on Campus\u201d \u2014 was allocated a total of more than $5.7 million.<\/p>\n

Werner was previously director of the Center for Justice and Peacebuilding\u2019s Women\u2019s Peacebuilding Leadership Program<\/a>. Since its founding, 50 women from Africa and the South Pacific have earned a graduate certificate in peacebuilding leadership.<\/p>\n