Marquette is honoring survivors of sexual violence by celebrating Denim Day on Wednesday, April 27, 2022. Show your support for survivors of sexual assault by wearing jeans on this day to call for an end to myths surrounding sexual violence.

We are asking that everyone who is observing and supporting Denim Day post a picture of themselves wearing denim on April 27, 2022 and tag Wellness Center Instagram.

Events April 27, 2022

• Wear any item of denim.
• Hear from student speakers at 6 p.m., Central Mall
• Support survivors. Visit display on Central Mall all day.
• Join the movement. Post using #MARQUETTEDENIMDAY.

About Denim Day

For the past 21 years, Peace Over Violence has run its Denim Day Campaign on a Wednesday in April in honor of Sexual violence Awareness Month. The campaign was originally sparked by by a ruling by the Italian Supreme Court where a rape conviction was overturned because the justices felt that since the victim was wearing tight jeans she must have helped her rapist remove her jeans, thereby implying consent. The following day, the women in the Italian Parliament came to work wearing jeans in solidarity with the victim. Peace Over Violence developed the Denim Day campaign in response to this case and the activism surrounding it. Since then, wearing jeans on Denim Day has become a symbol of protest against erroneous and destructive attitudes about sexual assault (from denimdayinfo.org).

Additional Information

• Denim Day Door Dec
• Support Flyers
• Sexual Violence Prevention
• International Denim Day
• Marquette Advocacy Services