Denim Day

Make a statement today by wearing denim and take a stand against Sexual Assault!

Encourage everyone to wear jeans or a denim shirt today! Denim day stickers are available from Shelterhouse. Please call 835-6771 to request them.

The first Denim Day happened after the Italian Supreme Court overturned a rape conviction because the victim wore jeans. The justices stated that the victim must have helped her attacker remove her jeans, from which they implied that she consented. Enraged by the verdict, the women in the Italian Parliament launched into action and protested by wearing jeans on the steps of the Supreme Court.  This call to action has become an international symbol of protest against wrong and destructive attitudes about sexual assault.