Victims of sexual violence can give voice to their outrage Tuesday night at AW/ARE's 11th annual Sexual Assault Awareness Month Speak Out and Candlelight Vigil.

The vigil is from 6 to 8 p.m. at Forker Science Lab at Shenango Campus of Pennsylvania State University, Sharon.

"The reason we decided to have the speak out at Penn State is because our focus on sexual violence starting in July will be college campuses," said Mimi Prada, Community Advocate for AW/ARE, the county women's shelter service.

The vigil's focus is "Where is the Outrage?" about sexual violence, Mrs. Prada said.

"We want them to get outraged and direct it -- giving them some other ideas of what to do with their outrage, such as send letters to their representatives, donate time to a shelter service or start a peer group," Mrs. Prada said.

Keynote speaker at the vigil will be Claudia Brown, a professor in the Human Development and Family Studies Department at Penn State University Shenango Campus."She is very in tune to these issues coming from a college perspective," said Mary Keck, sexual violence coordinator for AW/ARE. "She is also very focused on women's issues."

AW/ARE is also setting up their clothesline project -- T-shirts personally designed by survivors of violence -- on school campuses, including Thiel College in Greenville, Shenango Valley Campus of Pennsylvania State University and Business Institute of Pennsylvania in Sharon.

Citing that 60% of date-rape drug abusers are between 18 and 25 years old, Mrs. Keck, said that college-age kids statistically one of the highest percentage of victims of sexual assault.

AW/ARE would also like to see peer groups created on college campuses for students to stand up and take action, such as looking at school policies on sexual assault.

"And along with focusing on college campuses, we want to incorporate men within this movement," said Mrs. Keck. "We recognize that a lot of men have been sexually abused or sexually assaulted. They can have the opportunity to speak out to other men about this."

AW/ARE encourages the community to come to the event Tuesday to listen, learn and speak out. "By not speaking out against it, it gives the message to people that says it's acceptable," said Mrs. Prada.

"What I would like to see people get out of this is that we have the right to be outraged," said Mrs. Keck. "And that outrage, in a positive way, is healthy."