April
24
10:00 AM to 1:00 PM
Wednesday

Denim Day: National Sexual Assault Awareness Campaign

Denim Day: National Sexual Assault Awareness Campaign
Wednesday, April 24, 10 a.m.-1 p.m. in the front of the Winnet building in the courtyard
Take a Stand. Support. Wear Denim. Show up. Speak up.

10 a.m.-12 p.m.
*Donate and/or sign denim jeans to support the "No Means No" campaign
*Visit internal and external resource tables

12-1 p.m.
*Circle of peace and comfort. Come say, sing, recite a poem or simply offer words of peace and comfort for those who are survivors.

For the past 20 years, Peace Over Violence has run its Denim Day campaign on a Wednesday in April in honor of Sexual Assault Awareness Month. The campaign began after a ruling by the Italian Supreme Court where a rape conviction was overturned because the justices felt that since the victim was wearing tight jeans she must have helped the person who raped her remove her jeans, thereby implying consent. The following day, the women in the Italian Parliament came to work wearing jeans in solidarity with the victim. 
Peace Over Violence developed the Denim Day campaign in response to this case and the activism surrounding it. Since then, wearing jeans on Denim Day has become a symbol of protest against erroneous and destructive attitudes about sexual harassment, abuse, assault and rape. In this sexual violence prevention and education campaign, we ask community members, elected officials, businesses and students to make a social statement with their fashion statement by wearing jeans on this day as a visible means of protest against the misconceptions that surround sexual violence.

Sponsored by Phi Theta Kappa, Student Government Association and the Center for Student Leadership Development.

Denim Day is April 24!