Good afternoon all,

You all may wear jeans tomorrow. 

Barbara

Barbara Smith

Executive Director of Academic Advising

The University of Texas at San Antonio

One UTSA Circle

San Antonio, TX 78249
Phone: (210) 458-5586
Fax: (210) 458-4303 

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From: UTSA News
Sent: Tuesday, April 23, 2019 3:17 PM
To: UTSA Faculty and Staff - ALL <utsafacultyandstaffall@utsa.edu>
Subject: UTSA community encouraged to wear denim on Wed., April 24

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Support Sexual Assault Awareness Month by wearing denim

Sent on behalf of the UTSA Office of Student Advocacy, Violence Prevention and Empowerment:

Dear UTSA Faculty and Staff,

For the past 20 years, Peace Over Violence has run its Denim Day campaign on a Wednesday in April in support of Sexual Assault Awareness Month. The campaign began after a ruling by the Italian Supreme Court, in which a rape conviction was overturned because the justices believed that the victim, who was wearing tight jeans, must have helped the person who raped her remove her jeans, thereby implying consent. The following day, women in the Italian Parliament came to work wearing jeans to show solidarity with the victim.

Since then, wearing jeans on Denim Day has become a symbol of protest against erroneous and destructive attitudes about sexual harassment, abuse, assault and rape. UTSA students, faculty and staff are encouraged to wear jeans tomorrow as a visible means of protest against the misconceptions that surround sexual violence. 

You are also encouraged to post a photo to social media using hashtags #DenimDay #SAAM #NoExcuse #Beaks Up #Speak Up #ItsOnUs #BelieveSurvivors #SetTheExpectation #NotOnMyCampus

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