UCF Victim Services will host Light Up the Night Monday, Oct. 3, to honor the lives of victims of domestic abuse.<\/p>\n
Light Up the Night will start in the Pegasus Ballroom of the Student Union at 6 p.m. The event, which is open to the public, is held annually to \u201cbreak the silence and end the violence\u201d of those who have lost their lives due to intimate partner violence. October is National Domestic Violence Awareness Month.<\/p>\n
At Light Up the Night, survivors will share their stories to raise awareness, and resources will be shared for those involved in a violent relationship.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe hope that participants will understand what dating violence is and how they can identify it, and understand the impact that it can have on individuals and the communities,\u201d said Christine Mouton, the director of UCF Victim Services.<\/p>\n
Light Up the Night also will remember fellow Knights who were needlessly lost through a memorial called an Empty Place at the Table. The symbolic observance references a seat left empty due to the effects of intimate partner violence.<\/p>\n
\u201cThis year, as part of our Empty Place at the Table memorial, we will collectively recognize the deceased Pulse victims at one of the place settings,\u201d Mouton said.<\/p>\n
If you or someone you know is suffering from intimate partner abuse or domestic violence, contact UCF Victim Services at 407-823-2425 or call your local law enforcement agency.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"UCF Victim Services will host Light Up the Night Monday, Oct. 3, to honor the lives of victims of domestic abuse. Light Up the Night will start in the Pegasus Ballroom of the Student Union at 6 p.m. The event, which is open to the public, is held annually to \u201cbreak the silence and end the violence\u201d of those who…","protected":false},"author":10,"featured_media":74243,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"template-twocol.php","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"lazy_load_responsive_images_disabled":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":"","_wp_rev_ctl_limit":""},"categories":[5,6,27],"tags":[8607,4932],"tu_author":[],"class_list":["post-74242","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-colleges","category-community","category-student-life","tag-light-up-the-night","tag-ucf-victim-services"],"yoast_head":"\n