HARTS

An open HART for a unified community Our nation is in a state of utter confusion and disparity.

Our politicians and officials submit faulty policy, which in turn, is approved. While our generation, the millennials, are forced to reap the consequences of these newly implemented laws. We are the citizens that range between the ages of 15-25; we comprise the nation’s high schools, universities, and stand as the future force that will drive the movement toward equity. Unfortunately, our concerns

, issues, and rights, are often overlooked or dismissed by those individuals elected to represent our interests. HARTS (Helping Advocate Rights Through Stories) was founded in 2010 as a transformative method to promote student health activism and individual rights’ advocacy throughout the University of Virginia. What started as a weekly discussion group held in Lambeth Commons transformed into an advocacy unit that now functions under the University of Virginia as a certified independent organization. The organization focuses on raising awareness regarding issues that have a major impact on the lives of young adults between the ages of 15-25(millenials). We believe that through the promotion and acknowledgement of individual rights’ and access one simultaneously strives to create an open space geared toward increasing inclusion and individual empowerment. We have the right to be heard, acknowledged, and ultimately granted effective representation. HARTS works to ensure comprehensive family life education for all young people regardless of discriminating factors. We work to defund abstinence-only education programs as well as target HIV and AIDS issues. We strive to provide each individual with contraceptive and abortion information and access while promoting GLBTQ rights and awareness. We believe that through the promotion and acknowledgement of cultural/individual rights’ and access one simultaneously strives to create an open space geared toward increasing inclusion and individual empowerment. Your experiences and my experiences become our stories, millennials stories. We believe that through community outreach, dialogue and combined assistance we open HARTS for a unified community!

04/17/2015

HARTS Fashion Show Addresses Sexual Assault A fashion show at UVa Thursday night had students design outfits and work the runway to encourage people to talk about sexual assault.

04/10/2013

ONE day and almost 300 tested

11/06/2012

We, as UVA students, stand in solidarity for progression!

11/06/2012

We, as a generation of progressive bipartisan individuals, want to show our solidarity for justice regardless of the presidential outcome. Stand with your peers in solidarity for progression and post pictures as a symbolic message in order to show our leaders our insatiable desire for progression! We ask that our peers post pictures on any social media outlet of groups of people standing arm in arm for progression.