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On that website. Were going to have a breakout later today to talk more about the website and some of the great information that is involved. I just want fed to say that. Due to the time, well go ahead and leave it at that. I believe these ladies are going to be here throughout the day. So i feel free to come up to them or any of our speakers today if you have some follow up questions and lets give them another round of applause. Republican incumbent is running for a second term against jason carter. Recent polls show governor deal ahead by an average of nearly 3 . Within the usual margin of e...

And id like to begin by asking you what comes to mind when you think of that word . College. Fraternities. Initiation. Okay. All right. So it didnt take long for some images to pop into your head. And, thank you. And youre like many others who think about some common images as they relate to hazing. And one is young men in college fraternities, beating each other, passing out or even dying tragically from alcohol poisoning because of hazing. Also people think about professional athletes like last years headlines of the rookie Jonathan Martin of the Miami Dolphins and more recently people think...

If everyone can give another round of applause for darlene johnson. Apologize for the technical difficulties and thank you for rolling it with and going ahead and starting. I appreciate it. I just want to make sure that i give her a proper introduction. Darlene currently serves as the associate director in the office of violence against women. In this capacity, she supports the director and managing the Community Engagement division and implementing Grant Programs that respond to violence against women. So thank you. Now were going to hear from elizabeth allen. Dr. Allen is professor of gradua...

Sitting together and brainstorming about what it is they can learn from each other. Im terribly sorry. Finishing up, and again, what ive seen from central and eastern democracy promotion often times it is not just about what those countries have done at home but what they have done, that didnt work and maybe their counterparts should not repeat. Great. Thank you very much. What is your takeaway . What stand out for you . Well, be kind of dispirited but i definitely agree that there is a lot to be done with the Central European ngos as they are wellequipped. Theyre relatively cheap to run. They...

Yes, thank you. [ inaudible question ] about the needs around the clubs that kids go through hazing to get into because i think when theyre interpreting the event as a problem, a lot of kids going into a club think of it as an art. Its kind of a brainwashing. And theyre going to the hazing but they feel its an honor that theyve been asked to do it. And so the Marketing Needs to be up front about the clubs and the aura so that the kids are alerted way before they even are in the situation where theyre intervening. Absolutely. I wholeheartedly agree with you. Were moving in that direction. Yeah....