USF hosts events during Sexual Assault Awareness Month

March 29, 2023

Cougars HOPE (Healing, Outreach, Prevention, Education) will host a series of events in April to promote Sexual Assault Awareness Month.

The month of events reflects USF's commitment to creating a campus culture that fully reflects its Franciscan values to reverence the unique dignity of each person, serve one another, society and the Church, and foster peace and justice.

USF Sexual Assault Awareness Month Tool Kit

The April schedule:

Self-Defense Class: Wednesday, April 5, 6 to 8 p.m., North Campus gym

Tie-Dye T-shirts: Tuesday, April 11, 11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m., St. Francis Chapel lawn

Sexual Assault Awareness Panel: Wednesday, April 12, 6 to 8 p.m., Achatz Hall of Science and John and Toni Murray Research Center

New Toy Sports Equipment Drive: Saturday, April 15, noon, Bishop D'Arcy Stadium (during spring football game). Seeking new basketballs, soccer balls, etc.

Tie Blanket Making: Wednesday, April 19, 4 to 6 p.m., St. Benedict the Moor Justice Center, Trinity Hall

Teal Fridays: USF employees are permitted and encouraged to exchange Cougar blue for teal blue on Fridays in April

Denim Day: Participants wear jeans on Wednesday, April 26 as a visible protest to the misconceptions and myths that surround sexual assault

The Clothesline Project: April 24 to 30, Pope John Paul II Center, featuring a display that bears witness to the violence against women with a public display of a clothesline hung with shirts that represent a particular woman's experience.

Social media: Participants in events are encouraged to post on social media using the hashtags #SAAM2023, #USFFW and #USFCougarsHOPE

The Self-Defense Class, Tie-Dye T-Shirts, and the Sexual Assault Panel events are sponsored by USF Criminologists in Action.

For more information, contact Director of Cougars HOPE Chelsea Nabozny at [email protected] or 260-399-7700, ext. 6749.

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