USA NETWORK & VERIZON BRING THE CHARACTERS UNITE COLLEGE TOUR TO MIDLANDS TECHNICAL COLLEGE

Verizon and USA Network have teamed up for the Characters Unite College Tour to encourage students to use technology and their voices to help solve some of the country’s biggest social issues, such as stopping hate and discrimination and preventing dating abuse. The tour will make a stop at Midland Technical College’s campus on Tuesday, October 28, 10:00AM – 3:00PM.

Students will be invited to create a free “I Won’t Stand For…” t-shirt, personalizing it by stamping a word to fill in the blank, such as bullying, dating violence, racism, religious intolerance, sexism, homophobia, ableism and more. In addition, they can take a photo to be a part of the Characters Unite gallery and immediately share the image with their friends and family via social media, joining millions of people – including top musicians, movie and television stars, athletes and political leaders – in the Characters Unite campaign to combat all forms of hate and discrimination.

In addition, students will have the opportunity to learn more about loveisrespect, a project of the National Domestic Violence Hotline and Break the Cycle, a program, dedicated to empowering young adults to prevent and end abusive relationships, and join Verizon in speaking out against domestic violence through the company’s Hopeline® from Verizon program. Verizon is providing HopeLine collection bins on site for participants to donate no-longer-used wireless phones and accessories that will be used to support domestic violence organizations nationwide.

The tour also includes stops at Columbia State Community College, Howard University, University of Maryland: College Park, Georgia Perimeter: Clarkston, University of Texas Austin and University of New Mexico: Albuquerque.

More information and resources are available at www.charactersunite.com.

Tuesday, October 28, 2014

10:00AM-3:00PM

Midlands Technical College

Beltline Student Center Commons

316 S Beltline Blvd, Columbia, SC 29205