Great times at Trinity and Castleton

We, the RV Team, have had a burst of good luck. Our luck has come in the form of friendly faces throughout the Northeast. Recently we visited Trinity College and Castleton State University. Each gig brought new friends and positive reactions.

First, Trinity. Located in Hartford, Connecticut, Trinity is a stunning campus. If you shut your eyes and imagine the classic college campus, you'll see Trinity College. All the buildings are beautiful stone structures complete with archways and ornate windows. I, or course, enjoyed the campus because coffee was never hard to find. We parked right outside the student center, so we got to see many students and, more importantly, many students got to see our RV. We presented four times at Trinity to over 300 students, many athletes and greek pledges. After our final presentation, numerous men thanked us, calling the men's program one of the best presentations they'd seen on the subject of sexual violence. As you can imagine, we were thrilled by the response.

At Trinity, we worked closely with Laura Lockwood, Director of the Women and Gender Resource Action Center. Not only did she treat us kindly and generously, but she also offered a lot of interesting conversation. She is doing a huge amount of good work at Trinity and we were honored to be a part of her efforts. We also got to meet Lauren, her assistant, who was kind enough to give us a short tour of Hartford. We welcome any chance to travel in a vehicle under 37 feet!

After Trinity, we headed to Castleton State in Vermont for our first chapter training. each of us was quite nervous about this new endeavor. Luckily, the guys we worked with were exceptional. Not only did we really feel that they had a strong beginning, but we had a lot of fun with them. The two day training was intense and time consuming, but I'm positive we all left feeling sure of the impact those guys would have on their campus community. It was great for us to get connected to the incredible power of One in Four chapters. Here, we met Jackie as student coordinator for the Change Initiative, a program that hopes to bring more education to Castleton State concerning issues of sexuality and sexual health. She was kind enough to take us to see the beauty of Vermont. We got to watch the sunset over the colorful foliage decorating the mountains of Vermont. Our contact, Linda was a pleasure to work wit as she had tons of great input and, again, treated us quite well!

Following these two gigs, we hit the road and stopped off at the Ben and Jerry's factory, a Vermont must. After that, we traveled to Salem, Mass to check out the witch trial history. Currently, we are making our way to Virginia for a presentation at Radford.

The past days have been rich, full of good work and friendly people.