Spreading Awareness & Supporting Survivors
Denim Day 2024
On April 2oth MK Prevention Services is partnering with Simply Placed to host a Denim Day Event, "MK Denim Day" where anyone can support survivors of sexual assault by purchasing denim to wear on Denim Day which is April 24th. If you feel like you have enough denim in your closet you can still buy Denim Day stickers, a raffle ticket for a special prize (including an invisaWear necklace), or donate! A large portion of proceeds will be donated to Peace Over Violence through Dollars for Denim which goes directly to supporting rape prevention education and healing services for survivors of sexual harassment, assault, abuse and rape.
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Event Details
Date: April 20, 2024
Time: 10:00AM-4:00PM
Location: 281 Cabot St, Beverly, MA 01915
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How to support?
Denim Day History
The campaign was originally triggered in the 1990’s 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. Denim Day is 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. In this rape prevention education campaign we ask community members, elected officials, businesses and students to make a social statement with their fashion by wearing jeans on this day as a visible means of protest against the misconceptions that surround sexual assault.
MK Prevention Services is fundraising for Denim Day which is all about spreading awareness around sexual violence issues, supporting survivors, and educating ourselves and others. To support and be an ally to survivors you can:
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Purchase a denim item, sticker, or raffle ticket at MK Denim Day
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Donate directly to our fundraising page through the button below
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Tag us in your denim this month on Instagram @mk.preventionservices to join in our MK Denim Day Campaign to spread and raise awareness on these topics
We are using “Dollars for Denim” which is a fundraising campaign that empowers you to support Peace Over Violence programs and services by raising money, peer-to-peer. These donations directly support rape prevention education and healing services for survivors of sexual harassment, assault, abuse and rape.
I'm inviting you to support my campaign, to support survivors. Thanks for taking a moment to check this out and being an ally! :)