 So when I got to Cal as a freshman in 2015 I found no specific resources focused on domestic violence and I personally saw that as a problem because I really feel that domestic violence is such a prevalent public health issue that really deserves its own resource on campus and so that prompted me to have found the Antipartner Violence Commission along with a few other students who are very passionate about this issue because a lot of resources for dating violence are just a group of sexual assault and we really feel that we just want to have our own organization that is exclusively dealing with this one issue and I'm really proud of how the commission has grown and what it has turned into today and it's really amazing to see that we keep getting more people every year and our work just becomes more widely known. The beautiful thing about the Antipartner Violence Commission is that every member that comes into our group comes in with their own vision, their own project and so when that varies from high school to online to going out to shelters as well as more presentations on campus what I see that going is more consistency. I see that happening probably more than often and just seeing those opportunities lined up for our volunteers and not necessarily do people feel the need to join the commission but they just come out of their own hearts to say I want to do this, I want to give back and I want to be able to make this issue aware and I really do see how this commission can make that impact if we just keep working together. So ever since I've come into it I've worked on a Greek life project so I've given presentations to a fraternity and a sorority on campus and we basically educate the people in these Greek life organizations on what domestic violence is because a lot of people don't realize how broad of a definition it is and we tell them what they can do if they're in a situation of domestic violence or if someone around them is also in a situation of domestic violence, how they can get out of it, what it actually means to be in the situation basically give them a basic presentation of everything that IPVC includes. So the reason why I joined the main reason is because the commission we go to local high schools and elementary schools and middle schools and we give trainings about domestic violence and safe dating and so I feel like something like that for me in my high school years like my high school career would be like much appreciated and it would have been it would have taught me really important skills in my life so I want to be able to give those skills to the younger generation. Another way to just find out more about our events is to look us up on Facebook it's facebook.com slash ipv at Cal. Give us a like and a follow.