2017 Sexual Assault Awareness Month @ ASU Changing the Culture of Violence

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The Consent Game© Sexual Assault Awareness Month The purpose of Sexual Assault Awareness Month is to raise awareness about sexual assault and provide support for those who experience it. This year, the National Sexual Violence Resource Center is calling on you to raise your voice to change the culture of violence. Highlights for this year

Sun Devil Support Network Take Back the Night Denim Day Consent Dinner and Dialogue Social Media Campaign Sexual Assault Awareness Month ASU Professional speakers Sun Devil Support Network These are just a few of many events ASU has to offer during Sexual Assault Awareness Month. Yoga for Recovery Symposium on SV

The Consent Game© Want more information about SAAM? Visit eoss.asu.edu/mvp/events

What can you do? Have conversations about consent. Attend an event in support of Sexual Assault Awareness Month. Have conversations about consent. Identify and address rape culture. Believe and support survivors. Know the resources. Attend an event for Sexual Assault Awareness Month and learn more about violence in our community. Do you know what consent is? Consent is mutual, voluntary, clear, and active. Talk with your friends about what consent is and how they can identify and ask for consent. Always communicate with your partners and ask for consent after each and every act, every time. Jokes about violence, sexism, and catcalling condone violence and create a culture where violence is accepted and survivors are not supported. Hear something that could hurt? Say something. When someone tells your they have experienced sexual assault, believe them. There are many resources available to victims and survivors of sexual assault at the end of this slide. Know them so that you can help a peer.

Get involved! Interested? Email consent@asu.edu Join the Sun Devil Support Network Become a peer educator Join the Sun Devil Movement for Violence Prevention The Sun Devil Support Network is a peer advocacy network for those who have experienced sexual assault or relationship violence. Attend an all-day training to be certified as a Support Network Advisor and provide support to your community. Peer health educators are committed to interrupted rape supportive culture by providing workshops on consent, healthy relationships, and bystander intervention. The Sexual Violence Prevention and Education Program is currently hiring peer educators for the 2017-2018 academic year. The Sun Devil Movement for Violence Prevention is a student organization that mobilizes students to be active in creating consent culture at ASU. Want more information about any of these opportunities? Email consent@asu.edu

The Consent Game© ASU Denim Day- April 26th Wear denim as a visible sign of protest against the myths that still surround sexual assault. In 1998, an Italian Supreme Court judge overturned a rape conviction because the victim wore tight jeans, arguing that she would have had to help the perpetrator take them off and therefore it was not rape. One of the many myths about sexual violence is that it only happens among strangers. In fact, in most sexual assaults involving college students the victim/survivor and perpetrator know each other. Often times coercion and power dynamics are present, which voids consent.

The Consent Game© Debunk myths around sexual violence After this case, denim became an international sign of protest against the myths that still surround sexual violence. Sexual violence is never a victim’s fault. The way someone dresses does not mean YES. Alcohol can be a factor in sexual assault, but it is never the cause. Many victims know the assailant. Sexual assault is preventable. See something. Say something. These are truths to sexual violence. Let’s continue to combat myths.

Questions? Email consent@asu.edu

connect to resources ASU’s Sexual Violence Awareness and Response Website https://sexualviolenceprevention.asu.edu ASU Police Department ASU Police Victim Advocate ASU Counseling ASU Advocacy and Assistance ASU Student Rights and Responsibilities Title IX Student Coordinator Sun Devil Support Network

more resources Other Resources RAINN National Hotline: 1-800-656-HOPE National Domestic Violence Hotline: 1-800-799-SAFE ASU Sun Devil Anonymous Hotline: 1-877-SUN-DEVL

take care of yourself, each other, and your community.