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Grieving Parents to Talk About Teen Driving Safety
Posted 11/30/2009
Two parents who lost teenage children in car accidents will speak about teen driving safety on Tuesday, Dec. 1, at 1 p.m., in the Great Room of Konover Campus Center.
The program is free and open to all members of the University community.
The two parents, Sherry Chapman and David Roy, are members of a non-profit organization called !MPACT (Mourning Parents ACT), which works to eliminate teen driving fatalities caused by inexperienced drivers.
The speaking event was organized by students in CMM 371 – Public Relations Cases, taught by adjunct faculty member Bill Seymour. Seymour assigned students to develop a public relations plan and an event for a non-profit organization, and they chose the group, !MPACT.
The presentation is being co-sponsored by Lamda Pi Eta, the communication honor society.
In their presentations, Chapman and Roy will explain how everyone is affected by teen driving accidents. The talk will focus on awareness and safety, and how it is never too late to learn about safe teen driving.
Chapman’s son Ryan, 19, was killed as the result of a 2002 accident in Hebron, Conn., in which a teenager was driving. Roy’s daughter Alyssa, 16, was killed along with three other teens in a 2007 car accident in Bristol, Conn.
Through !MPACT, bereaved parents like Chapman and Roy visit high schools across the state and talk about the horrors of fatal teen car accidents. Tuesday’s presentation at the University of Hartford will enable the organization to reach out to college-age students.
“This presentation is a huge step for !MPACT because it gives them an opportunity to reach another demographic of teenagers,” said junior Brandi Holmes, one of the students who is organizing Tuesday's event.
For more information about !MPACT, visit www.mourningparentsact.org.
The program is free and open to all members of the University community.
The two parents, Sherry Chapman and David Roy, are members of a non-profit organization called !MPACT (Mourning Parents ACT), which works to eliminate teen driving fatalities caused by inexperienced drivers.
The speaking event was organized by students in CMM 371 – Public Relations Cases, taught by adjunct faculty member Bill Seymour. Seymour assigned students to develop a public relations plan and an event for a non-profit organization, and they chose the group, !MPACT.
The presentation is being co-sponsored by Lamda Pi Eta, the communication honor society.
In their presentations, Chapman and Roy will explain how everyone is affected by teen driving accidents. The talk will focus on awareness and safety, and how it is never too late to learn about safe teen driving.
Chapman’s son Ryan, 19, was killed as the result of a 2002 accident in Hebron, Conn., in which a teenager was driving. Roy’s daughter Alyssa, 16, was killed along with three other teens in a 2007 car accident in Bristol, Conn.
Through !MPACT, bereaved parents like Chapman and Roy visit high schools across the state and talk about the horrors of fatal teen car accidents. Tuesday’s presentation at the University of Hartford will enable the organization to reach out to college-age students.
“This presentation is a huge step for !MPACT because it gives them an opportunity to reach another demographic of teenagers,” said junior Brandi Holmes, one of the students who is organizing Tuesday's event.
For more information about !MPACT, visit www.mourningparentsact.org.
