Take Action: Building New Traditions
Help Us End Hazing
Our partnership with The
Max Gruver Foundation
Phi Delta Theta Fraternity and the Max Gruver Foundation created Take Action: Building New Traditions to further anti-hazing education in high schools to ensure that no more lives are affected by hazing.
About
Fifty percent of students experience hazing in high school
More than 200 university students have died due to hazing in the United States since 1838.
Max Gruver died due to fraternity hazing at the LSU chapter of Phi Delta Theta. Two dates that will forever shape the history of Phi Delta Theta are September 14, 2017, the day Max died, and January 8, 2020, when the Max Gruver Foundation announced a partnership with Phi Delta Theta. Since Max’s death, Steve and Rae Ann Gruver have shared Max’s story with hundreds of college campuses and thousands of college students to prevent another tragedy and stop hazing. Collaborating with Phi Delta Theta, the Gruvers have decided with more than 15.1 million high school students at 23,000 high schools in the United States, anti-hazing conversations and education need to begin before students enter college and for this reason, Take Action was created.
Curriculum
Take Action is a sixty-minute program that shares Max’s story and provides peer-to-peer education from current college students who share their experiences in clubs, teams, and organizations. During it, students are empowered by understanding hazing, how it starts, and why it occurs. They identify positive approaches to help make better decisions, build new traditions, and stop hazing.
Upcoming Events
For more information about these upcoming presentations, please contact us.
August
AUGUST 26, 2026
Westminster College
September
September 16, 2026
University of Arizona
September 21-25, 2026
National Hazing Prevention Week
Organized by Hazing Prevention Network, National Hazing Prevention Week (NHPW) is a time when communities, institutions, organizations, and individuals make a concerted effort to raise awareness and increase education about hazing. Anyone is welcome to organize a hazing prevention week at any point of the year.
September 23, 2026
Louisville
September 24, 2026
Florida Atlantic
September 29, 2026
University of Memphis
October
october 5, 2026
University of Kentucky
october 10, 2026
Middle Tennessee State University
october 14, 2026
University of Oklahoma
November
November 3, 2026
Ohio State University