BCC to Host Virginia Tech Gun Violence Survivor for Public Talk 08:28AM / Thursday, October 27, 2022 | |
PITTSFIELD, Mass. — Berkshire Community College (BCC) welcomes speaker Lisa Hamp on Tuesday, Nov. 1 at 6 pm for "Safety is Personal: Lessons Learned as a Survivor of the Virginia Tech Tragedy."
The talk, presented by the Koshka Foundation, is free and open to the public and will be held in the Boland Theatre, located in Koussevitzky Arts Center.
Hamp, a nationally recognized school safety advocate, was a student in the only classroom to successfully prevent multiple entry attempts during the Virginia Tech school shooting 15 years ago. She shares personal experiences during and after the shooting, describing how her class built a barricade to prevent the shooter from entering their classroom and her struggle to deal with the post-traumatic stress that followed. Hamp explains what made her eventually seek counseling eight years after the shooting and relays a variety of lessons she has learned since that tragic day.
Hamp will also share best practices for active shooter prevention, civilian response to an active shooter and considerations for crisis and emergency preparedness.
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