November 22, 2009 | Medgar Evers College
Medgar Evers College’s Center for Women’s Development, the Mayor’s Office to Combat Domestic Violence, and Verizon Wireless recently teamed up to increase awareness of dating violence through the launch of UHopeLine, an extension of Verizon’s HopeLine program. The program recycles unused wireless phones and donates them to victims of domestic violence. As a part of the program, Medgar Evers College is now home to a collection bin for used wireless cellphones that will be provided to domestic violence victims.
Verizon Wireless made a $1,000 donation to The Center for Women’s Development in acknowledgment of Medgar Evers College’s participation. Click here for more information about the College’s participation in the program.
About Medgar Evers College, CUNY
Medgar Evers College was founded in 1969 through the efforts from educators and community leaders in central Brooklyn. The College is named after Medgar Wiley Evers, a Mississippi-born black civil rights activist who was assassinated on June 12, 1963. The College is divided into four schools: The School of Business; The School of Professional and Community Development; The School of Liberal Arts and Education; and The School of Science, Health, and Technology. Through these Schools, the College offers 29 associate and baccalaureate degree programs, as well as certificate programs in fields such as English, Nursing, and Accounting. Medgar Evers College also operates several co-curricular and external programs and associated centers such as the Male Development and Empowerment Center, the Center for Women’s Development, the Center for Black Literature, and The DuBois Bunche Center for Public Policy.