Student Group Helps Mark Domestic Violence Awareness Day

UMaine’s Male Athletes Against Violence (MAAV) student group appeared at the State House Tuesday to help mark Maine’s second Domestic Violence Awareness Day. The Bangor Daily News interviewed Roosevelt Boone, a former UMaine football player who was representing MAAV, who said adults and parents need to call out jokes, TV shows and music lyrics that demean women.

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