Lemlem Zellelew was one of many people joined on the University of Louisville campus on Tuesday night who had witnessed domestic abuse firsthand.
Standing at the edge of the large crowd gathered for “Take Back the Night,” an annual university event aimed at raising awareness of sexual abuse and violence against women, Zellelew said such gatherings were important in building intolerance to violence.
“It's one of those issues that keeps coming up, and unless we recognize it as a society and as students not allowing it to be present in their relationships, then it won't stop,” said Zellelew, 25, a student at Spalding University who said abuse had occurred in her family.
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