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Sarah Luvender, a campus counselor, displayed green dot cookies during Penn State Wilkes-Barre's Stand for State kickoff Jan. 25. 

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Students at Penn State Harrisburg offered their thoughts on taking a stand at the campus' Stand for State launch event Jan. 26. 

Ronika Money-Adams speaking to students

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Ronika Money-Adams, director of student affairs at Penn State Brandywine, spoke Jan. 26 to students about how they can make a difference on campus and in their communities by standing up for one another.

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Sophomores Erica Cruz, left, and Bailey Klocko posed for a photograph and shared their thoughts on bystander intervention at the launch of Stand for State on Jan. 27 in the HUB-Robeson Center, University Park.

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A green spotlight gave students the chance to make a statement at the launch of Stand for State on Jan. 27 at the HUB-Robeson Center, University Park. 

Mike the Mailman posing with students

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Mike Herr, better known as Mike the Mailman, conversed with students and posed for photos in the Stand for State Balloon Room, a safe space for students and University leaders to connect at University Park's launch event Jan. 27. 

A balloon with the message "What would happen if we created this many green dots at Penn State?"

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Penn State’s Stand for State uses a bystander intervention program by Green Dot that encourages people to erase dangerous situations (red dots) by standing up for friends as well as strangers (green dots). 

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Barry Bram, special assistant to the vice president for Student Affairs, spoke with senior Katie Gnatt in the Balloon Room at University Park's Stand for State launch event in the HUB-Robeson Center. 

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Students wrote ways that they could step in to help others in risky situations at the launch of Stand for State on Jan. 27 in the HUB-Robeson Center, University Park.