1. 2017 Sexual Assault Awareness Month @ ASU
Changing the Culture of Violence

2. { The quick overview Sexual Assault Awareness Month Change the culture
ASU Denim Day
The quick overview

3. Content ahead could be triggering.

4. 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

5. 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

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

7. 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.

8. 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 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?

9. 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.

10. 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.

11. Questions?

12. connect to resources
ASU’s Sexual Violence Awareness and Response Website 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

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

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