Indiana State University celebrates Denim Day

RISE UP Foundation hosts poetry slam at Lincoln University in honor of Denim Day

The Rise Up Foundation hosted an event at Lincoln University in recognition of Denim Day on Wednesday Evening.

Rockford University raises awareness about sexual assault on Denim Day

ROCKFORD, Ill. (WTVO) — Rockford University raised awareness about sexual assault and advocated for survivors on Denim Day. Denim Day is a campaign that started in 1999 after the Italian Supreme Court overturned a rape conviction, claiming the victim must have helped her attacker remove her tight jeans, implying consent. Many women wore jeans the next day to show solidarity. Rockford University students strung up shirts on a clothesline along wi…

Indiana State University celebrates Denim Day

TERRE HAUTE, Ind. (WTWO/WAWV)— The last Wednesday of April is recognized as Denim Day. People are encouraged to wear denim and raise awareness about sexual violence. Indiana State University held an event recognizing Denim Day and educating students about the importance of this issue. There were various campus organizations and community partners there, including Union Health, Council on Domestic Abuse, university police, and the Indiana Univers…

Dr. Howard Fuller Collegiate Academy recognizes Denim Day

Denim Day is being recognized as part of Youth Victory Over Violence Week at Dr. Howard Fuller Collegiate Academy in Milwaukee.

Denim Day, raising awareness of sexual violence, held on Wednesday with event at Rockford University

Denim Day, an effort to combat sexual violence and raise awareness of survivors, will be celebrated on Wednesday, April 30 through wearing denim as well as a community event at Rockford University.

"Denim Day" unites the community in a visible stand against sexual violence and victim-blaming

Denim Day is coming up on Wednesday, April 30th, and local advocates are asking the community to wear jeans to support survivors and protest harmful myths about sexual Violence. Denim Day is more than a fashion statement — it’s a global campaign to raise awareness about sexual violence and victim blaming. The movement began in Italy in 1992 after a driving instructor raped an 18 year-old. When Italy’s Supreme Court overturned his conviction, cla…