Left to Right: Drew Brown, Athletic director; Dina Leduc, assistant director of Health Services; and John Jones, administrator at Orange County STOP-DWI; pictured at the Mount’s Stop-DWI Campaign.
Dina Leduc, assistant director of Health Services, and Drew Brown, Athletic director at Mount Saint Mary College, recently collaborated with Orange County Stop DWI to highlight the impacts of unsafe driving.
The Lewis Henry Morgan Institute’s “One Second” Exhibit Series, now on display at the Mount, explores the stories of crash victims across New York State. These forensic-style exhibits focus on risk factors such as drunk and drugged driving, excessive speed, phone use and texting while driving, and the importance of seatbelt use. Each exhibit consists of statements from those involved in the accidents, local news coverage, pre- and post-timelines of the events of the accidents, and the aftermath as detailed through victim statements.
Leduc and Brown brought the exhibit to the Mount to make students more aware of the consequences and impact their decisions can have on themselves and others. Poor choices can be life-changing and happen in the blink of an eye.
“Our hope is that students read these stories and it makes them stop and think before they do something that they cannot take back,” said Leduc. “We also hope that if they see a friend about to make a bad choice, that they’ll ‘see something, say something.’”