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Wall of Healing — All Month Event! Outside the Student Union Building Ballroom Honoring survivors of sexual assault. Send submissions campus mail to the Student Counseling Center at MS 5008.
Take Back the Night Rally and March Friday, April 3 at 7:00pm at Urbanovsky Park Join Texas Tech Feminist Majority Leadership Alliance as they help survivors of sexual assault Shatter the Silence™ about sexual violence.
Walk a Mile in Her Shoes Saturday, April 4 at 10:30 at the Lubbock Co. Courthouse This ain’t no ordinary march! Join Lubbock Rape Crisis Center and Lubbock men as they speak out against rape by walking a mile in women’s shoes.
Faces of Healing: Art and Recovery Tuesday, April 7 & Wednesday, April 8 from 11am-2pm Visit our tables at the SUB to create a mask of empowerment and healing.
Sensory Overload – SEX, SEX, SEX! Wednesday, April 8 at 6:30pm in Human Sciences 169 Tricia Earl, M.F.A & Christopher Smith, M.A. Sexual messages are pervasive in popular culture. Through various multimedia channels, this presentation will challenge common beliefs and provoke discussion on how to be a critical consumer and advocate for positive media expressions. Co-sponsored by The Women’s Studies Program.
“Exotic” Women: Myths and Stereotypes about Women of Color Wednesday, April 15 at 6:30pm in Human Sciences 169 Neetha Devdas, M.S & Erin Snyder, Ph.D. This presentation will explore images of women of color across a broad range of media and discuss how these images contribute to sexual violence.
“No” is Universal: Realities of Same-Sex Sexual Assault Wednesday, April 22 at 7:00pm in Human Sciences 226 Kim Stanley, M.S. & the Sexual Assault Prevention & Awareness Campaign This presentation provides information about sexual assault in the GLBTQ community but also challenges the audience to consider how stereotypes about gender and sexuality contribute to their beliefs about rape.
Wear Your Jeans in Support on April 22 In 1998, an Italian Supreme Court decision overturned a rape conviction because the victim wore jeans, reasoning she must have helped her attacker remove them. Wearing jeans on this day has become an international symbol of protest against erroneous assumptions about rape.
Spirituality and Sexual Assault: Messages of Hope from Clergy Thursday, April 23 at 6:30pm in Human Sciences 169 Come listen to panelists from different religious communities discuss how faith and spirituality can be helpful following a traumatic event and in the prevention of sexual assault.
Questioning Authority! Legal and Medical Aspects of Sexual Assault Monday, April 27 at 6:30pm in Human Sciences 169 Don’t miss out on this informative and interactive question and answer session addressing legal and medical aspects of sexual assault.
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Sexual Assault Awareness Month April 2009 |
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Sponsored by the Texas Tech University Student Counseling Center, the Sexual Assault Prevention and Awareness Campaign, Student Health Services, The Women’s Studies Program, Lubbock Rape Crisis Center, Tech Feminist Majority Leadership Alliance, University Student Housing, and the Panhellenic Executive Council. |
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Questions? Contact Dr. Erin Snyder at erin.snyder@ttu.edu or 742-3674 |