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Thursday: Lawmakers, Victims, Stakeholders Call for Passage of Anti-Campus Hazing Bill

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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
July 10, 2017
CONTACT: John Elizandro
(202) 225-2011
 
Former Sen. Richard Lugar, Penn State University Provost to appear at Capitol Hill press conference urging passage of REACH Act
WASHINGTON – Congressman Patrick Meehan (R-Pa.) and Congresswoman Marcia Fudge (D-Oh.) will host a press conference on Thursday morning urging passage of legislation they’ve introduced that addresses hazing on college campuses. The lawmakers will be joined on Capitol Hill by former Senator Richard Lugar (R-Ind.), Penn State University Provost Nick Jones, the family of a victim of a fatal hazing incident and other stakeholders.
 
Last month, Meehan and Fudge introduced the Report and Educate About Campus Hazing (REACH) Act, H.R. 2926. The legislation takes on the challenge of hazing on college campuses by requiring incidents of hazing to be reported as part of a college’s annual crime report.
 
WHAT: Press Conference Urging Passage of the REACH Act
 
WHO: Congressman Patrick Meehan
Congresswoman Marcia Fudge
Former Senator Richard Lugar
Penn State University Provost Nick Jones
Gary and Julie DeVercelly, whose son Gary Jr. died in a 2007 hazing incident
Representatives of campus safety stakeholders and national Pan-Hellenic organizations
 
WHEN: Thursday, July 13th, 2017
Event begins at 9:30 a.m.
 
WHERE: House Triangle Location
East Plaza of the United States Capitol
(directions available upon request)
 
Members of the media interested in attending can RSVP to John Elizandro at (202) 225-2011 or john.elizandro@mail.house.gov.
 

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