CMU Athletics: Plaidvocates

Yesterday marked one year since our community was devastated by a senseless act of hate and violence. Today, and everyday, we stand with our neighbors, friends, and family in the Jewish community and we vow to find ways to be stronger than hate. To love unconditionally. To cherish the differences between us that make this world and this life so beautiful. There was a gathering at the Tree of Life yesterday to create a space for grief, support, and ultimately love to be shared throughout the community. Tree of Life members and family, we will never forget the unjust horror that occurred at this sacred place, and we hope to stand by you and support you on your path to healing. A special thank you to Plaidvocate Enza Potter, who organized an effort to send cards and messages of hope and support to members of the Tree of Life, we hope they helped shine some light on a dark day.

Our regional social event from Oct 18th at the Women's Soccer game. The women won with an exciting goal in OT and the Plaidvocates and friends had a great time mingling over pizza and hot choco! Our maps are getting covered with pins!

To honor those who serve to protect this campus every day, we hosted another annual police appreciation event. We presented the CMUPD with a gift and breakfast and they let us tour the facility and sit on their decked out motorcycles! Thank you CMUPD!

Annual educational workshop on sexual assault and relationship violence - another huge success! This year, the upperclassmen got to compete in a game show challenge as a part of their training

The Plaidvocates, SAAC, and Green Dot partnered this year to host the It’s on Us! BBQ. for the second year in a row we had a great turn out. Thank you to everyone involved in the event - spreading awareness about sexual assault and relationship violence is so important and we should be very proud of what we accomplished. Some exciting stats to share from the event:
700+ food items grilled
400+ It’s on Us! buttons give out
350+ “Got Consent” water bottles give out
300+ Cookies give out
50+ pictures and notes of support for our PAAR canvas

CMU campus stats on sexual assault - It’s On Us to change these numbers!

The legendary It's On Us BBQ is back! Come join the Plaidvocates and SAAC this week to help support the campaign to end sexual assault and relationship violence. There will be food, games, giveaways, and great info. Please stop by when you have a few minutes walking across the cut! RAIN DATE IS THURSDAY APRIL 18 SAME TIME/PLACE

Good morning! We hope everyone had a fun and safe Carnival weekend. As we all get back to the grind on this dreary Monday morning, the Plaidvocates would like to share some excellent events we have coming up. This event is a self defense class for female students taught by our beloved CMUPD. It's still a bit away but we are sharing now because you have to come sign up for it at the It's On Us! event this Wednesday. Spots are limited!

ATTN: We will be cancelling all remaining meetings for the Student Athlete Support Group. Please stay tuned for details regarding a reboot for this support group come fall semester. Please contact us with any questions!

ATTENTION: Here are the remaining events to be hosted this spring semester by your favorite campus health advocacy group! Please stay tuned for more details on upcoming events and feel free to reach out by email or FB/Instagram direct messaging if you have any questions!

The Plaidvocates hosted the second annual chopped style cook-off this past Sunday. Eight teams of student athletes competed to create dishes that would be judged on creativity, taste, and presentation. Teams learned about proper safety skills in the kitchen and food nutrition facts prior to cooking up these fabulous dishes. We hope everyone had a great time and that they will be back to compete next year! Thank you to all of our judges, Chartwells, CMU Dining, and the Plaidvocates nutrition committee for helping put together this event!