‘Let’s Talk About Sex,’ Troy

Oluwaseun Omotayo Staff Writer  Trojan Outreach will hold its next project “Let’s Talk About Sex” next Wednesday.  The project will focus on creating conversations about safer sex.  “We will be giving out information about how to use different kinds of contraceptives,” said Morgan Williams, a graduate assistant from Mobile, Alabama, and the coordinator for Trojan Outreach. “We will also offer order forms for our Bedside Bags.”  The Bedside Bags will be free for students and will contain different contraceptives, tampons, pads, dental dams and other items.  Those interested will need…

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Program encourages sexual health

PJ Heath Staff Writer Coming up this February, Trojan Outreach’s latest project, Bedside Bags, is set to promote sexual health and hygiene among Troy students. This project brings light to the e issue of  sexual health while also giving students the opportunity to obtain items for safer intercourse and personal hygiene that otherwise might not be available to them. The items in these bags include, but are not limited to, condoms, lubricant, tampons, pads and other contraceptives.  Joel Miller, a sophomore human resource management major from Eufaula, Alabama, is a…

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Spring into self love: Trojan Outreach Celebrates Body Positivity

( Photo / Sparsh Shakya ) Trojan Outreach invites students to write positive messages on a displayin TC. Oluwaseun Omatayo Staff Writer Trojan Outreach celebrated body positivity during the second week of January 2021. The event, which is a first of its kind, was called “Spring into Self Love.”  The aim of the event was to encourage students to love their bodies and themselves the way they are.  The body positivity movement was initially created to celebrate all bodies while challenging society’s physical body norms. The organization held a couple…

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Trojan Outreach introduces Semicolon Project

Sarah Mountain Staff Writer Troy University’s Trojan Outreach program will be honoring Project Semicolon for the month of September, which is national suicide prevention month.  The Semicolon Project is a non-profit organization started by Amy Bleuel in 2013 in memory of her father who committed suicide 10 years prior. The Semicolon Project is a movement dedicated to presenting hope and love for those who are struggling with mental illness or feelings of hopelessness. The basis of the semicolon, according to Project Semicolon’s website, is in literature. An author uses a…

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