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APRIL IS SEXUAL ASSAULT AWARENESS MONTH (SAAM)
EVENTS

Tuesday, April 9th: 12:00PM - 1:30PM: Abolition April: Your Abuser Has Keys to Your Cell with Katie "KD" Dixon

Presented by: Queer Resource Center Santa Rosa and Petaluma

Learn about the ongoing fight against sexual abuse within America's carceral system by the Solidarity Committee for Incarcerated Survivors and allies. Together, let's expose and end this systemic violence.

Locations

Join in person at Queer Resource Center, Pioneer Hall, Santa Rosa Campus

Join us for a Zoom watch at Our House/Queer Resource Center, Jacobs Hall Room 116, Petaluma Campus
Zoom Link: 87029209242

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Wednesday April 10^th 11:00AM – 2:00PM: Club Day

Location: SRJC Quad (SR Campus) - In front of Bertolini Student Center

SRJC Student Health Peers & Verity will be in the quad with information on sexual assault prevention and resources.

Wednesday, April 24^th 12:00PM – 1:00PM: SAAM Workshop / Denim Day

Location: Pioneer Hall 380, Under the Intercultural Center

Learn about resources, consent, how to take action to create safer communities for all.
Wear your Denim!
This workshop is offered in partnership with Student Health Peers, SRJC Intercultural Center, and Verity

What is Denim Day?

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.

Learn more about Denim Day