Awareness Raising
Events for Women's Week awareness raising:
http://www.vday.org/contents/action/organize
You can bring it there, by organizing a V-Day event!
Every year V-Day events take place at hundreds of locations around the world. They take place in churches, town halls, theaters and arenas. These events are organized by local college students and local volunteers -- people just like you.
Presentation resources from RAINN for RAINN Day
http://www.rainn.org/college/materials
"In addition to RAINN's many resources, we encourage you to talk to fellow students and other RAINN Day organizers from around the country. Check out our new college listserv. It's a great way to share your own ideas and ask questions."
http://www.clotheslineproject.org/
" The Clothesline Project
(CLP) is a program started on Cape Cod, MA, in 1990 to address the issue
of violence against women. It is a vehicle for women affected by violence
to express their emotions by decorating a shirt. They then hang the shirt
on a clothesline to be viewed by others as testimony to the problem of
violence against women."
"The Clothesline Project is a visual display of shirts with graphic
messages and illustrations that have been designed by women survivors
of violence or by someone who loves a woman who has been killed. The purpose
of the Project is to increase awareness of the impact of violence against
women, to celebrate a woman's strength to survive and to provide another
avenue for her to courageously break the silence that often surrounds
her experience."
http://www.jmu.edu/womensresource/TBTN.shtml
"Take Back the Night continues the effort to end violence against women. Musical performances set the tone for two speakers who bring their own personal insights about various forms of violence. A speak-out follows which provides a supportive environment for those survivors and secondary-survivors that choose to share their experiences. After the speak-out, the participants carry candles and march through campus breaking the silence and making their voices heard. This is an experience that you will never forget! "
http://www.rainn.org/programs/get-carded/index.html
In 2004, more than 5,000 Get Carded volunteers distributed more than 1 million pieces of information to students on more than 750 campuses in all 50 states and the District of Columbia.
http://www.rainn.org/programs/social-norms/index.html
Engaging Men in the Prevention
of Sexual Assault
RAINN is proud to present the first national social norms media campaign
focusing on the role that that men play in preventing sexual assault.
http://www.unh.edu/sharpp/special_events_folder/tbtn.htm
Take Back The Night is an internationally recognized event with rich history, occurring worldwide since the 1970's. It is believed that the first event took place in England in 1970. During the first demonstration, the term "reclaim the night" was coined.
During women's week this was displayed in the quad with four or five cans of acrylic paint and a sponge brush. Participants inked their hands with the brush and put their hand prints on the board. (This is a sandwich board made of plywood. )
Other ideas: You can ask local activists to give a talk, ask local artists to present their works, ask domestic violence, stalking or crisis advocates to do a workshop, ask local police to give a self defense workshop for students.
Men against rape
http://www.cafepress.com/vergeofamiracle
Teal ribbons are the rape survivor awareness ribbons. You can hand out teal ribbons looped over safety pins.
About awareness raising:
Events Raise Awareness About Sexual Assault
Experience. Empowerment. Involvement. Prevention. These are just some of the themes that Sexual Assault Awareness Week covered on campus May 16-21.
Examples:
Women's Week at UNC Chapel Hill
http://www.unc.edu/womenscenter/events/ww2003.html
The Clothesline Project, These Hands Project and other visual presentations will raise awareness about violence against women.
Silent protest raises awareness of sexual assault
More than 50 men and women gathered
outside DeBartolo Hall Thursday afternoon in a silent protest to raise
awareness of sexual assault at Notre Dame.
The protest, titled "Project Black: Confronting the Silence,"
is part of V-day, an international movement aimed at ending violence towards
women and children. The movement spans the globe, with many colleges both
in the United States and abroad taking part, protest organizer Kaitlyn
Redfield said.
http://www.dartmouth.edu/~cwg/signature/month.html
Clothesline Project DisplayT-Shirt - T-shirts honoring and in remembrance of victims and survivors of sexual violence made by members of the Dartmouth community will be on display.
Take Back the Night March - Take Back the Night is an international rally and march that is organized in local communities with the purpose of unifying women, men, and children in an awareness of violence against women, children and families. The event is a collaboration of community and campus and other interested persons who are ready to take a stand against violence and make the night safe for everyone.
