“Why Don’t Domestic Violence Victims Just Leave?” allowed those that attended the meeting to share their thoughts and experiences with domestic violence.
Long Beach City College hosted a public meeting to inform attendees about sexual violence prevention and education on Thursday, November 14th.
This was the second TED Talk meeting of the 2019 fall semester.
“These are events for students, so we want students to be involved, we want students to kind of be the guiding force here,” said Sylvia Garcia, a student events coordinator at Long Beach City College.
This group wants to spread awareness of sexual violence in our society and push people to stand up and stop it once and for all.
“We’re not going to be a club, we’re just going to be a special interest group so I will work with whatever students sign up,” Garcia said.
“It’s a very difficult topic to talk about, but it needs to be talked about,” Garcia said.
After the TED Talk video was shown to those who attended, the room opened up for discussion based on what causes victims to stay with their abusers and how people can combat related issues.
The topic of religion was the most related and understood among attendees.
“Religion itself says that you have to stay with your partner because it’s the godly thing to do,” said LBCC student Noshin Razzaghi.
One attendee was particularly passionate on the topic of religion. They said that the community around a religion decides how relationships should work.
“Women are afraid to leave their men because, in my community, they want them to stick through the pain and work out as much as they can, and once they’re really broken they can leave,” expressed LBCC student Fatima Said.
Sexual Violence Prevention and Education will be hosting their last TED Talk on Wednesday, December 3rd at the Liberal Arts Campus in the Valhalla Room.