As the longest-running sexual violence prevention and education campaign in history, Denim Day asks 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.
The City of Pasadena recognizes that sexual assault remains a serious issue in our society. In order to change the attitudes that allow sexual violence to persist, we must all speak out and commit to creating a society that does not tolerate sexual assault.
Denim Day promotes sexual violence education and prevention
For the past 21 years, Peace Over Violence has run an inspiring and powerful opportunity to practice solidarity and support survivors by renewing our commitment to exposing harmful behaviors and attitudes surrounding sexual violence. Denim Day is a 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, what started as a local campaign to bring awareness to victim blaming and destructive myths that surround sexual violence has grown into a movement.
As the longest running sexual violence prevention and education campaign in history, Denim Day asks 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.
CARE is a peer education group consisting of female and male ally students focused on raising awareness and preventing dating violence, sexual assault, stalking and harassment at the University of Wisconsin Oshkosh. Peer Educators provide educational programs about Healthy Relationships, Consent, Sexual Rights and how to be a Male Ally.
Please join us! We are looking for peer educators who are motivated and caring to volunteer with CARE. Our peer educators help us hold educational programs, presentations, informational tables, and campus event sponsorships to spread the word and stand up against sexual assault and other forms of relationship violence. Most peer educators will spend an hour or two a month helping out, but you can do a lot more if you like.
If you sign up for the CARE internship, the hourly requirement would vary between 6-9 hours per week and will provide you with an excellent opportunity to learn about domestic violence, sexual assault, as well as healthy relationships. As a peer educator you are tasked with taking that knowledge and educating the campus community to help us create a safer campus.
Denim Day takes place on the last Wednesday of April, which is Sexual Assault Awareness Month. This day of action and awareness is an event in which people are encouraged to wear denim to combat victim blaming and educate others about sexual violence. 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, what started as a local campaign to bring awareness to victim blaming and destructive myths that surround sexual violence has grown into a movement. As the longest running sexual violence prevention and education campaign in history, Denim Day asks 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. There is no excuse and never an invitation to rape.
YWCA Greater Lafayette stands in solidarity with survivors of sexual assault and domestic violence. Our Domestic Violence Intervention and Prevention Program (DVIPP) team continues to provide safe shelter, legal advocacy and additional support services to people of any gender in our mission to eliminate racism, empower women and promote peace, justice, freedom and dignity for all.
The Denim Day campaign began in 1999 as part of an international protest of an Italian Supreme Court decision to overturn a rape conviction because the victim was wearing jeans. The Italian Supreme Court dismissed charges against a 45-year old rape suspect because his 18-year-old victim was wearing jeans at the time of the attack. The Head Judge argued, "Because the victim wore very, very tight jeans, she had to help him remove them... and by removing the jeans... it was no longer rape but consensual sex." The judgment sparked a worldwide outcry from those who understand coercion, threats and violence go along with the act of rape. Each year we host Denim Day to honor this survivor and all survivors who have experienced victim blaming. Denim Day is a symbol of protest against misconceptions that surround sexual assault.
As they do every year, Columbia Health is offering a variety of awareness, education, and advocacy events focused on preventing sexual violence and fostering a respectful community. This includes taking the Denim Day Pledge on Wednesday, April 27th, where we can show support and compassion for survivors of sexual assault by wearing jeans or other denim. There will also be a Hoping, Health, Inspiring Collective Art Installation and spoken-word performance by LA BRUJA on Thursday, April 28th.
Sexual violence will not be tolerated in our community. Survivors have led the movement around awareness and prevention of sexual assault. This month, let us honor their experiences by re-committing ourselves to creating, fostering, and facilitating safe and respectful online spaces.
RAINN is the nation's largest anti-sexual violence organization. In its 27-year history, RAINN has helped more than 3.7 million assault survivors and their families. RAINN operates another national response hotline and carries out programs to prevent sexual violence, help survivors, and ensure that perpetrators are brought to justice.
According to the Denim Day website, National Denim Day 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. Since then, people from around the world observe Denim Day by making a social statement with their fashion by wearing jeans as a visible means of bringing awareness to the misconceptions that surround sexual violence.
You can take a visible stand against violence in our community by encouraging your friends, family, coworkers, and classmates to take the Denim Day Pledge, wear denim on Fridays in April, and make a donation of $5 to support survivors of sexual violence.
Sexual violence has become so prevalent that the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention considers it one of the fastest growing epidemics in the nation. Denim Day is a month-long campaign to raise awareness and bring an end sexual violence in our community.
Your donation in support of Denim Day will support crisis intervention services for victims and survivors of sexual violence, including a 24/7 hotline, counseling, safe housing, and advocate accompaniments to hospitals, police stations, and the court.
Take Back the Night is an annual event that aims to support survivors of sexual violence, raise awareness, and promote action within our community to end sexual and gender-based violence.This year's theme is: In Full Bloom ? In Full Bloom represents stages of growth and healing. The goal of this year's event is to empower survivors to name their experience for themselves, on their own terms and in their own language. We strive to create a safe and welcoming space for individuals, both survivors and aspiring allies to survivors, to be critical of the systems in which sexual violence is rooted, and call to the forefront the different ways in which sexual violence is experienced within different communities.
Peace Over Violence was established in 1971 by pioneering feminist activists, is a sexual and domestic violence, intimate partner stalking, child abuse and youth violence prevention center headquartered in Los Angeles. POV has been committed to social service, social change and social justice. POV\u2019s innovative programs are comprehensive and include Emergency, Intervention, Prevention, Education and Advocacy services.
In 2021 St. Bonaventure University received a three-year $270,000 continuation Campus Program grant from the Department of Justice designed to strengthen the campus community through strategic planning, education, prevention programming and enhanced victim services related to gender-based violence and sexual assault. 2ff7e9595c
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