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Speaker urges students to take a stand against sexual misconduct
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Katie Koestner - photo by COURTESY PHOTO
National speaker Katie Koestner, director of the Take Back the Night Foundation, had some straight talk about digital citizenship, bystander intervention and her own inspiring story, Thursday at Barton Community College.Koestner appeared on the cover of “Time” magazine at age 18 when she spoke out about her college rape — a story she shared during her evening presentation.Her free programs, hosted by Barton’s Sexual Misconduct & Assault Resources Team (SMART), drew hundreds of students from the campus as well as interested community members. At the start of Koestner’s presentations, Stephanie Joiner from Barton SMART advised audience members that advocates from the Family Crisis Center were on hand if they needed to talk to someone.“To have this kind of turnout is wonderful,” Joiner said. “I think it speaks highly of our community.”