We are all aware of the tragedy behind the death of 17 year old Trayvon Martin, gunned down by an overzealous neighborhood watch patrolman. Racial Slurs were stated. numerous 911 calls have been made. 2 shots fired. One young man dead. One killer free. No justice. The public outcry from this tragedy is overwhelming. People everywhere are rallying for justice, and so are we.

This event will be held in front of the Trinity Chapel. The vigil will last no more than 30 minutes and is simply being done to show honor and respect for the life of Trayvon Martin. It is time for our generation to mobilize and take a stand against the senseless injustices that take place against us….This is a good place to start.
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Join the Red Class in a brief remembrance complete with scripture readings, song, a prayer, and small walk from the front lawn through the campus.
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Wear your hoodies to show a sign of the unitary for the movement…WE ARE TRAYVON MARTIN!!!♥

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February 11th, 2012 marks the beginning of the countdown of the remaining 100 nights remaining until graduation; May 20th, 2012!

Every year, Trinity Seniorss, participating in the May and December graduation, celebrate the 100 nights until graduation. This is another Trinity Tradition that we should all be excited to share together as we dance down memory lane, recalling events that occured from arriving at Trinity and the memories that will be made that night.

Although it is hard to full grasp the concept that these four years have flown by us and we are almost less than 100 days from beginning the next phase of our lives, the end is almost here; but before it ends we need to CELEBRATE in a major way. This is it!!!

This year, for our musical enjoyment, DJ Eskada will be gracing us with her talents.

Follow her on Twitter @djEskada

Don’t miss out on all the food, cake, dancing, and celebrating as we enjoy our largest celebration to date!!!

1 0 0   N i g h t s ! ! !

Personally I would not be able to explain the entire history of Black History in as much detail or with as much accuracy as it deserves but the aforementioned tool is a great way for us all, black or not, to learn about important events and icons in Black History.I encourage us all to take some time, not only in this month of February, to learn our history but every month of the year. Vist musuems. Talk to your elders. Watch historical documentaries. Read biographies. Do research. It will be well worth it, I promise!

When I dare to be powerful – to use my strength in the service of my vision, then it becomes less and less important whether I am afraid.  -Audre Lorde

What does it mean to be Black?

What is ethnicity? What is culture?

What about being interracial? What if I’m ashamed of being Black?

What does it mean to be Black?…..

Join the Red Class and RC’s Uju and Jennifer in Cuvilly Hall to answer the fundamental questions above as we jump start Black History Month with this powerful open floor discussion. All opinions are welcome but please remember to be respectful. See you there.

**Light refreshments will be provided**

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Cupid’s Holiday is also RED CLASS DAY!!!….

Every year Trinity students from each class gather on designated days to celebrate their “class day”, as we our the Red Class its only right that our class day is on Valentine’s Day! So come out to the Cafe and enjoy a special RED LUNCH provided by Dining Services as we celebrate our final Red Class together….

Also we will be meeting on Monday 2/13/12 to decorate Main Hall…

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Join us, the Red Class in celebrating Halloween and the “spirit of spook” with this Haunted Halloween Scavenger Hunt!!!! Follow us around campus to different sceninc locations such as Seymour Court and others before concluding in the “Room of Horrors” for snacks and a scary cinema experience!

Nobody deserves to physically, emotionally, verbally, sexually or psychologically abused; it is inhumane and immoral. Unfortunately in our society many, women and children, even men and the elderly encounter some form of domestic abuse. A lot of victims of abuse feel shame and a sense of hopelessness. If you know of or are somebody who is suffering from domestic please contact the National Domestic Violence Hotline at 1−800−799−SAFE(7233) or TTY 1−800−787−3224 or http://www.thehotline.org/.

National Statistics

• One in four women (25%) has experienced domestic violence in her lifetime.

• Estimates range from 960,000 incidents of violence against a current or former spouse,
boyfriend, or girlfriend to 3 million women who are physically abused by their husband
or boyfriend per year.

• Women accounted for 85% of the victims of intimate partner violence, men for
approximately 15%.

• Between 600,000 and 6 million women are victims of domestic violence each year, and
between 100,000 and 6 million men, depending on the type of survey used to obtain the
data.

• Women ages 20-24 are at the greatest risk of nonfatal intimate partner violence.

• Between 1993 and 2004, intimate partner violence on average made up 22% of nonfatal
intimate partner victimizations against women. The same year, intimate partners
committed 3% of all violent crime against men.

• Separated and divorced males and females are at a greater risk of nonfatal intimate
partner violence.

• Women of all races are about equally vulnerable to violence by an intimate partner.

• Average annual rates of intimate partner victimization between 1994 and 2004 are approximately the same for non-Hispanic and Hispanic females and males.

• Intimate partner violence affects people regardless of income. However, people with
lower annual income (below $25K) are at a 3-times higher risk of intimate partner
violence than people with higher annual income (over $50K).*

• On average between 1993 and 2004, residents of urban areas experienced highest level
of nonfatal intimate partner violence. Residents in suburban and rural areas were equally
likely to experience such violence, about 20% less than those in urban areas.

• Nearly 2.2 million people called a domestic violence crisis or hot line in 2004 to escape
crisis situations, seek advice, or assist someone they thought might be victims.

• Studies show that access to shelter services leads to a 60-70% reduction in incidence and
severity of re-assault during the 3-12 months’ follow up period compared to women who
did not access shelter. Shelter services led to greater reduction in severe re-assault than
did seeking court or law enforcement protection, or moving to a new location.

• Nearly three out of four (74%) of Americans personally know someone who is or has
been a victim of domestic violence. 30% of Americans say they know a woman who has
been physically abused by her husband or boyfriend in the past year.

Domestic violence homicides

• On average, more than three women and one man are murdered by their intimate partners
in this country every day. In 2000, 1,247 women were killed by an intimate partner.
The same year, 440 men were killed by an intimate partner. Intimate partner homicides
accounted for 30% of the murders of women and 5% percent of the murders of men.

• Most intimate partner homicides occur between spouses, though boyfriends/girlfriends
have committed about the same number of homicides in recent years.

• The health-related costs of intimate partner violence exceed $5.8 billion each year. Of
that amount, nearly $4.1 billion are for direct medical and mental health care services,
and nearly $1.8 billion are for the indirect costs of lost productivity or wages.

• About half of all female victims of intimate violence report an injury of some type, and about 20 percent of them seek medical assistance.

• Thirty-seven percent of women who sought treatment in emergency rooms for violence-
related injuries in 1994 were injured by a current or former spouse, boyfriend or
girlfriend.

Dating violence

• Approximately one in five female high school students reports being physically and/or
sexually abused by a dating partner.

• Forty percent of girls age 14 to 17 report knowing someone their age who has been hit or
beaten by a boyfriend.

• One in five teens in a serious relationship reports having been hit, slapped, or pushed
by a partner. 14% of teens report their boyfriend or girlfriend threatened to harm them
or themselves to avoid a breakup. Many studies indicate that as a dating relationship
becomes more serious, the potential for and nature of violent behavior also escalates.

• Date rape accounts for almost 70% of sexual assaults reported by adolescent and college
age women; 38% of those women are between 14 and 17 years old.

Domestic violence and children

• In a national survey of American families, 50% of the men who frequently assaulted their
wives also frequently abused their children.

• On average between 1993 and 2004, children under age 12 were residents of households
experiencing intimate partner violence in 43% of incidents involving female victims and
25% of incidents involving male victims.

• Studies suggest that between 3.3 – 10 million children witness some form of domestic
violence annually.

**Stats provided by  http://www.evefoundation.org **

Breast Cancer is a very serious health issue that affects women! We need to be proactive and take care of our girls. Monthly self breast exams are a great way to start. Unfortunately a few of us will develop breast cancer in the future, myself included. Some of us have seen first hand the anxiety, discomfort, and panic that breast cancer can cause, I understand. Pictured below are both of my grandmothers, both survivors of breast cancer. One had a simple masectomy and the other had a lumpectomy. Dealing with their illnesses made the threat and fear of the ailment a reality. Have you been affected by breast cancer?

My Inspiration

Statistics

• About 1 in 8 women in the United States (12%) will develop invasive breast cancer over the course of her lifetime.
• In 2010, an estimated 207,090 new cases of invasive breast cancer were expected to be diagnosed in women in the U.S., along with 54,010 new cases of non-invasive (in situ) breast cancer.
• About 1,970 new cases of invasive breast cancer were expected to be diagnosed in men in 2010. Less than 1% of all new breast cancer cases occur in men.
• From 1998 to 2007, breast cancer incidence rates in the U.S. decreased by about 2% per year. One theory is that this decrease was partially due to the reduced use of hormone replacement therapy (HRT) by women after the results of a large study called the Women’s Health Initiative were published in 2002. These results suggested a connection between HRT and increased breast cancer risk.
• About 39,840 women in the U.S. were expected to die in 2010 from breast cancer, though death rates have been decreasing since 1990. These decreases are thought to be the result of treatment advances, earlier detection through screening, and increased awareness.
• For women in the U.S., breast cancer death rates are higher than those for any other cancer, besides lung cancer.
• Besides skin cancer, breast cancer is the most commonly diagnosed cancer among U.S. women. More than 1 in 4 cancers in women (about 28%) are breast cancer.
• Compared to African American women, white women are slightly more likely to develop breast cancer, but less likely to die of it. One possible reason is that African American women tend to have more aggressive tumors, although why this is the case is not known. Women of other ethnic backgrounds — Asian, Hispanic, and Native American — have a lower risk of developing and dying from breast cancer than white women and African American women.
• In 2010, there were more than 2.5 million breast cancer survivors in the U.S.
• A woman’s risk of breast cancer approximately doubles if she has a first-degree relative (mother, sister, daughter) who has been diagnosed with breast cancer. About 20-30% of women diagnosed with breast cancer have a family history of breast cancer.
• About 5-10% of breast cancers can be linked to gene mutations (abnormal changes) inherited from one’s mother or father. Mutations of the BRCA1 and BRCA2 genes are the most common. Women with these mutations have up to an 80% risk of developing breast cancer during their lifetime, and they are more likely to be diagnosed at a younger age (before menopause). An increased ovarian cancer risk is also associated with these genetic mutations. In men, about 1 in 10 breast cancers are believed to be due to BRCA2 mutations and even fewer cases to BRCA1 mutations.
• About 70-80% of breast cancers occur in women who have no family history of breast cancer. These occur due to genetic abnormalities that happen as a result of the aging process and life in general, rather than inherited mutations.
• The most significant risk factors for breast cancer are gender (being a woman) and age (growing older).

Hey Ladies, its that time again! “cheesy well sing”…..yeah, I know right. But its our last one and these are memories that we will hold close to our hearts forever. Below I have given you the lyrics that we will be singing on Sunday. The actual songs that our lyrics were based off are included under each song in order to help you better understand the tempo.

Blue Class (from Kelly Rowland Motivation)

And when we’re done, blue class is gonna take our place
And when we’re done, blue class is gonna be the new seniors at TU baby
but you can’t stop there, your last year starting in 1 year soon
And you’re almost there
You can do it, I believe in you, blue class
So close from here

Blue Class we can be your motivation
Go, go, go, go
Motivation
Go, go, go, go

http://youtu.be/OzWG2P_JXw8

Green Class (John Legend Green Light)

Your moving on up now
Its all in your smile
Reading those books like its going out of style
Study just a little bit harder
Two years down and two more to go
So sad to leave you
So let’s hit the town
We’ve got an obsession with these caps and gowns
Mays’ just a little bit closer
Just need a few more credits so

[Chorus:]
Give me the green light
Give me just one night
We’re ready to go right now
We’re ready to go right now

http://youtu.be/xSXwY2f2Rzk

Gold Class (from Beyonce Countdown)

Oh, killing us softly and we’re still falling
Still the ones we love, we will always be with you
Oh, fall semester half gone, only 1 more to go
Say it real loud if you fly
When we leave, your gonna lose your mind

Red Class is all 10s
We dressing to the 9
Got here in 08
Make us feel so lucky 7
Blow us kisses from your 6
100 nights in 5
Still the ones you checking 4
We been doing this for 3
Graduating in 2
Red Class is number 1

http://youtu.be/9yIxS7O1bGQ

Hey gals,

I know we are all in sheer ecstasy over receiving our caps and gowns but there are certain things we need to discuss pertaining to cap and gown weekend. It is for this reason that we will be holding 2 meetings; 1 for commuters and another for residents, both to discuss senior events, specifically, the fast approaching Trinity tradition.

This meeting is pertinent to understanding our roles in Cap&&Gown Weekend, please plan to be in attendance.