Campaigns & Events

The PEACE Center highlights and supports national campaigns geared toward raising awareness and mobilizing community members to end sexual violence. These campaigns are integrated into the campus culture and work to engage all campus community members.

The UTSA PEACE Center will be hosting social media campaigns during Sexual Assault Awareness Month (SAAM) in April. Read below to learn more about how to get involved:

HOW TO PARTICIPATE

Priority Date: April 3, 2024 - 11:00am - Denman Galleria SU 2.01
Start By Believing and Resource Fair

• Download pledge card.
• Print out pledge card (you may also write your own pledge if you do not have a printer) and sign it.
• Take a selfie or screenshot your signed digital pledge. (photos will be accepted all month)
• Send photos to peace.center@utsa.edu 

Start By Believing campaign invites the community to believe and support survivors of sexual assault. By signing the pledge, you are showing the community that you are a safe person who will treat survivors with respect, compassion and help them get connected to help without judgment or shame. Learn more: www.startbybelieving.org

HOW TO PARTICIPATE
April 9 - 11:00am - SU Rowdy Lawn

• Using a blue marker, draw a triangle on the top of your hand to represent a megaphone.
• Take a selfie or virtual team screenshot/picture with your blue triangles.
• Send photos to peace.center@utsa.edu

RAINN Day campaign invites the community to #LETSGETLOUD as allies in the movement to end sexual violence. The blue triangle represents a megaphone that is speaking up, raising voices and elevating this important conversation. Learn more: www.rainn.org/rainnday

Wednesday April 9, 2024 - 11:00am
Student Union Window Lounge

HOW TO PARTICIPATE

• Wear denim with a purpose!
• Send photo(s) of you wearing any kind of denim to peace.center@utsa.edu

Denim Day campaign is a way to support survivors and educate the community about all forms of sexual violence. This campaign was born after a ruling by the Italian Supreme Court where a rape conviction was overturned because the justices felt that since the victim/survivor was wearing tight jeans she must have helped the person who raped her remove her jeans, thereby implying consent. Now, every year we wear jeans with a purpose to end victim blaming, deconstruct harmful myths and make a social statement that there is no excuse and never an invitation to rape. Learn more: www.denimdayinfo.org

Help us spread the word!

Send these instructions to your students, colleagues, and campus partners. Have them send their photos to peace.center@utsa.edu to be featured in the campaign. Increase engagement by posting all of your photos, pledges and posts on your social media platforms as well!

Follow us on Instagram @utsapeace to view your featured photos in the campaign!