Denim Day

Denim Day is a global initiative to support survivors.

Denim Day is a campaign on the last 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.

The RPEs will have a table on Tuesday 4/23 to share more information about the campaign and remind the community to wear Denim on 4/24.

Students, faculty, and staff will all be invited to wear denim on Wednesday 4/24. There will be a table outside on the Hoval (rain location: Hogan lobby table 1) where you can donate money and/or share your reason for wearing denim. Donations will be given to "LIFTWorcester" that serves survivors of sex trafficking. The table will be available 10:00am-2:00pm.

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Co-hosted with: RPE (Relationship Peer Educators)

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