Events

Sexual Assault Awareness Month

Denim Day 2012 – April 25

Planning for Denim Day 2012 is under way; visit the Facebook page to learn more and download the event flyer.   

Why Denim Day?

A symbolic gesture – an Italian court overturned a rape conviction due to the judges not believing that the victim had not consented to sexual contact since, in their opinion, her jeans were so tight the perpetrator could not have gotten them off without her assistance.

Sounds outrageous, yet in Italy, and all over the world, women and men who are victims of sexual assault continue to be disbelieved and accused of causing the assault due to their behavior… or fashion sense.

This has to stop. 

If you are in the Madison area, join us on the 25th in the Senate Parlor Room at the Capitol for our 2nd Annual Denim Day Ceremony....

If you are planning an event in your community, you are welcome to build off of the resources provided by United Way of Greater Milwaukee:

• Denim Day 2012 logo (jpg file)
• Denim Day “stationary” Word File 
• Denim Day - Ask Me Why I’m Wearing Jeans patch/sticker 

Templates (files you can fill in with agency-specific info): UPDATE 3/20/12 - a correction was made so that you can now SAVE these files with custom text in Adobe Reader

• Denim Day poster - 8.5"x11" PDF Template  5.7MB – this is a PDF with form fields to add your own event info and agency contact info

• Denim Day 2x2 Postcard PDF Template  9.2MB – this is a PDF with form fields to add your own event info and agency contact info; the postcards have two sides - the same information will populate on both cards, then print two-sided and cut in half.

Events

• UW-Whitewater – Ongoing through April until Wednesday, April 25, Drop boxes across campus including: University Health and Counseling Services, Academic Advising, University Policing, Career and Leadership Development, Anderson Library | Throughout the month of April, UWW will recognize Denim Day by collecting gently used jeans. The jeans will be donated to local organizations that help survivors of sexual assault and domestic violence

• Marquette University – 4–7p.m., Emory Clark Hall, 530 N. 16th Street (see flyer below:)