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Educating Students about Sexual and Domestic Violence

Project HEAL Director Kunti Bentley (right) and MSU Green Dot Program Coordinator Jenay Divin work on prevention education.
Project HEAL Director Kunti Bentley (right) and MSU Green Dot Program Coordinator Jenay Divin work on prevention education.
Project HEAL Director Kunti Bentley (right) and MSU Green Dot Program Coordinator Jenay Divin work on prevention education.
Project HEAL Director Kunti Bentley (right) and MSU Green Dot Program Coordinator Jenay Divin work on prevention education.

In 2017, Missouri State University received a three-year grant for Project HEAL (Help, Educate, Advocate, Listen) from the Office on Violence Against Women in the Department of Justice.

Project HEAL is a coordinated community approach to reduce sexual assault, dating or domestic violence, and stalking on the campuses of Missouri State and Ozarks Technical Community College (OTC).

Last year, the program was one of only 15 programs across the country to receive a continuation grant for another three years.

Project HEAL Director Kunti Bentley gives an update on the initiative.

An interview with Kunti Bentley.

Read the full transcript

Project HEAL's partners include Abilities First, Community Partnership of the Ozarks, Greene County Family Justice Center, Harmony House, The Rebound Foundation and the Victim Center.

For more information about Project HEAL, visit its website.

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A native of Malaysia, Emily moved to Springfield in 2010 and started working at Missouri State University in 2014. She’s currently the public relations specialist in the office of university communications. She has a BA in Mass Communications from Colorado State University-Pueblo and a Master of Journalism from Carleton University in Ottawa, Canada.