Hays, KS- Jana’s Campaign, Inc. is excited to announce that Ms. Kelley Parker is joining our staff and will assist us in expanding our violence prevention work in Colorado. Parker, past vice-president of Jana’s Campaign, has stepped down from her board assignment to assume this staff position. Kelley Parker comes to us as the former Major Gifts and Planned Giving Manager with the Cheyenne Mountain Zoo in Colorado Springs, CO. She is also an online leadership studies instructor for Fort Hays State University, where she received both her bachelor and master degrees.

“Kelley brings a wealth of knowledge and experience in non-profit programming and fundraising,” says Curt Brungardt, Jana’s Campaign president. “Most importantly, she has a passion for our mission of reducing gender and relationship violence.” Parker will be based out of Colorado Springs and will be responsible for both our Colorado and national programming efforts.
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Jana’s Campaign is a regional gender violence prevention and education organization located in Hays, Kansas. Jana’s Campaign was created in honor of Jana Mackey who lost her life to domestic violence in 2008. Mackey, a Hays High School graduate, was a law student at the University of Kansas and had spent years herself volunteering and helping victims of sexual assault and domestic violence in Lawrence.

Hays, KS- This week, Drs. Curt and Christie Brungardt, faculty members at FHSU and founders of Jana’s Campaign, will be speaking at a national conference at Dartmouth College (New Hampshire) on the issues of reducing gender-based violence on college campuses. They will be presenting on a panel with other experts who have moved from victimization to activism. The Brungardts have also been selected to be part of a 90 member coalition of national experts to develop and implement strategies on college campuses across the U.S.

“This is such an honor to be asked to participate at this level,” says Christie Brungardt, mother of the late Jana Mackey. “We will use this opportunity to learn and bring back suggestions to benefit FHSU and our regional community.” Over the next three years, this national action group will formulate recommendations and engage campuses to improve their prevention and response to dating violence, sexual assault, and stalking. “Jana’s Campaign and our sponsored event, the Heartland Campus Safety Summit, will help facilitate these action steps with colleges and universities throughout our six-state region,” says Curt Brungardt, Jana’s Campaign president.
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Jana’s Campaign is a regional gender violence prevention and education organization located in Hays, Kansas. Jana’s Campaign was created in honor of Jana Mackey who lost her life to domestic violence in 2008. Mackey, a Hays High School graduate, was a law student at the University of Kansas and had spent years herself volunteering and helping victims of sexual assault and domestic violence in Lawrence.

Contact:
Jana’s Campaign
785-656-0324
janascampaign@gmail.com