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Throughout the month of April, the University of California San Diego will recognize Sexual Assault Awareness Month (SAAM) as part of the campus’s mission to provide resources, education and support for the prevention of sexual violence. This year’s SAAM theme, “Engaging New Voices,” was established by the National Sexual Violence Resource Center to encourage and inform a wider audience about how to take action and stop sexual violence before it happens.Campus community members are invited to get involved with SAAM events, including the National Day of Action, Denim Day and more, all aimed at cultivating community awareness.
“UC San Diego’s recognition of Sexual Assault Awareness Month demonstrates the campus’s continued commitment to maintain an environment of respect and support in preventing, reporting and responding to instances of sexual assault and sexual violence,” said Chancellor Pradeep K. Khosla. “I encourage the UC San Diego community to participate in the dynamic events, which are designed to empower students, faculty and staff to ensure a safe and respectful campus community that does not tolerate sexual assault, relationship violence and stalking.”
SAAM at UC San Diego is organized by the SAAM Coalition, a group of various university organizations and departments including CARE at the Sexual Assault Resource Center.
According to Nancy Wahlig, director of CARE at the Sexual Assault Resource Center, the SAAM coalition hopes that this year’s theme will continue to foster a supportive campus culture in which survivors and their supporters are encouraged to speak out. “Survivors of sexual assault are often silenced both directly and indirectly through a culture of victim-blaming and shaming,” Wahlig said. “In order to overcome this silence, the coalition is seeking to ‘Engage New Voices’ on campus to contribute to dialogues about prevention and support.”
Established at UC San Diego over 25 years ago, CARE is an on-campus confidential advocacy and education office for UC San Diego students, faculty and staff impacted by sexual assault, relationship violence and stalking.
A highlight of SAAM events are provided below. For a full list of events, click here.
Outside of SAAM, campus efforts to energize and expand violence prevention throughout the year will be carried out through campus departments’ Colors of Change Campaign. Promotional and educational messaging will appear in various locations throughout campus to encourage UC San Diego, staff, faculty and students to be responsive bystanders, support survivors of violence and maintain a campus culture of consent.
In 2009, President Barack Obama became the first United States president to nationally proclaim April as Sexual Assault Awareness Month. SAAM has been observed by UC San Diego since 2007. To learn more about the campaign or to find more information about CARE at the Sexual Assault Resource Center, click here.
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