The University is participating in its first Rape Abuse and Incest National Network Day Oct. 1 to kick off National Domestic Violence month in October.
RAINN Day is an annual day of action that happens on college campuses across the nation to help bring awareness to students and educate them about sexual violence.
RAINN, is hosted by the Women’s Center, the Student Health Center’s Lighthouse program and Baton Rouge’s Sexual Trauma Awareness and Response Center and is scheduled to take place outside of the Women’s Center from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. 
According to the Director of the Women’s Center Summer Steib, the RAINN organization contacted the University and invited it to participate in this year’s event.
The organizers’ main goal this year is to provide students with information about all of the programs that are available on the campus and the surrounding area. According to RAINN, college students are at the highest risk for being victims of sexual violence.
Health Promotion Coordinator Seirra Fowler said the University doesn’t have a problem with sexual violence more than any other, but keeping the conversation about consent and sexual violence is always beneficial for students.
After this year, organizers hope to continue holding RAINN Day on the campus and for it to become a more student-driven event.