JANUARY 2025 EVENTS

January 11th is National Wear BLUE Day

APRIL 2025 EVENTS

WEAR TEAL DAY IS APRIL 1st, 2025!

Location: Student Center Atrium & Johnson County Courthouse

3:30 pm Hear from Advocates in Student Center Atrium

Hear from Kristina Korobov, a Senior Attorney with Zero Abuse Project, and Elizabeth “Beth” White, President and CEO of the Indiana Coalition To End Sexual Assault, about the importance and impact of addressing and preventing sexual violence.

4:00 pm Walk to the Courthouse on Jefferson St.

Survivors and Allies walk from the Franklin College Campus Atrium to the Johnson County Courthouse to help raise awareness of sexual violence.

4:30 pm Reception in the Student Center Atrium

DENIM DAY 2025

SAVE THE DATE: Wednesday, April 30, 2025

DENIM DAY

Wear denim to support sexual assault survivors!

Contact tracy@assistindiana.org for denim ribbons!

The Denim Day story begins in Italy in 1992, when an 18-year old girl was raped by the 45-year old driving instructor who was taking her to her very first driving lesson. He took her to an isolated road, pulled her out of the car, removed her jeans and forcefully raped her.

She reports the rape and the perpetrator is arrested and prosecuted. He is then convicted of rape and sentenced to jail. Years later, he appealed the conviction claiming that they had consensual sex. The Italian Supreme Court overturned the conviction and the perpetrator was released. A statement from the Court argued that because the victim was wearing very tight jeans, she had to help him remove them, and by removing the jeans it was not rape but consensual sex. This became known throughout Italy as the “jeans alibi.”

Enraged by the verdict, the women in the Italian Parliament launched a protest wearing jeans on the steps of the Supreme Court. This protest was picked up by international media which inspired the California Senate and Assembly to do the same on the steps of the Capitol in Sacramento. Patti Occhiuzzo Giggans, Executive Director of Peace Over Violence, saw this in the media and thought everyone should be wearing jeans to protest all of the myths about why women and girls are raped. Denim Day in LA was born. The first Denim Day in LA event was held in April of 1999, and has continued annually since.
For more information about Denim Day please visit: https://denimday.org/

MAY 2025 EVENTS

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AUGUST 2025 EVENTS

SEPTEMBER 2025 EVENTS

DANCING WITH THE JOHNSON COUNTY STARS

SEPTEMBER 12TH AND 13TH OF 2025 (more info to come!)

OCTOBER 2025 EVENTS

Wear Purple Day for Domestic Violence Awareness Month, also known as Purple Thursday, will be observed on Thursday, October 23rd, encouraging people to wear purple to show support for survivors and raise awareness about domestic violence.