Campus Sexual Violence Forum To Be Held At Kean University

UNION, NJ — The Union County Prosecutor’s Office is hosting a campus sexual violence public forum on Monday at Kean University to raise public awareness on this problem.

The Rape, Abuse, and Incest National Network (RAINN) has reported that 11.2 percent of all college students nationwide experience some form of sexual assault, including 23.1 percent of female undergraduates, with those of ages 18-24 being at triple the national-average risk.

Acting Union County Prosecutor Lyndsay V. Ruotolo will moderate a discussion with a panel of experts, active in addressing the serious problem of campus sexual violence.

Panel participants will include Prosecutor’s Office Chief of Detectives Patricia Gusmano, Special Victims Unit Supervisor and Union County Assistant Prosecutor Caroline Lawlor, Special Victims Unit Sgt. Sofia Santos, Union County Sexual Assault Response Team (SART) and Forensic Nurse Examiner (FNE) Coordinator Dorothy DiFabio, and New Jersey Coalition Against Sexual Assault Assistant Director Robert Baran.

The event will be held at 6:00 p.m. in Room 106 of the Maxine and Jack Lane Center for Academic Success (CAS) on the main campus of Kean University in Union. Admission is free, and parking will be available on site.

The meeting is the eighth in a series of events hosted by the Prosecutor’s Office as part of the 21-County, 21st Century Community Policing Project, launched by New Jersey Attorney General Gurbir S. Grewal in April 2018.

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