Denim Day NYC 2020 Annual Rally, 4/29

**Covid19 UPDATE, 4/23:

Virtual Denim Day Rally -- Denim Day NYC Coalition
2020 is Denim Day NYC Coalition's ten year anniversary! Along with the other members of the coalition, we are excited to celebrate this milestone with our New York City advocacy community, but of course the plans have changed and evolved. On April 29th, the Denim Day NYC coalition is hosting a Virtual Denim Day Rally on our website: https://www.denimday.nyc/

We would also love your involvement in our campaign: #AViolenceFreeFutureNeeds. Visit the official page above for details on how to participate, and please join us on the 29th. Don't forget to wear your denim!

**UPDATE, 4/28: 5 WAYS TO PARTICIPATE IN DENIM DAY:
http://therepresentationproject.org/5-ways-to-participate-in-denim-day/?
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Denim Day NYC 2020 Annual Rally: http://www.denimday.nyc

Join our annual Denim Day rally at Foley Square to take a stand and end sexual assault and violence!

"Society teaches us 'Don't get raped' rather than 'Don't rape'"
(Hilary Beaumont)

Denim Day grew out of a 1998 Italian Supreme court decision in which a rape conviction was overturned because the judge reasoned the victim’s tight jeans meant that she had to have helped her assailant remove them, implying consent. People were outraged all over the world and wearing jeans became an international symbol of protest against erroneous and destructive attitudes and myths surrounding sexual assault. Denim Day started in Los Angeles and has grown into an international movement. Denim Day NYC started in 2010 with a collaborative of three agencies and has grown to more than 40 agencies uniting to promote awareness around the issue of sexual assault.

No matter who your are
No matter where you work
No matter how you identify
No matter how you flirt
No matter what you wear
No matter whom you choose to love
No matter what you said before:
NO ONE has the right to touch you without your consent!
(NYC Stutwalk 2011)

Wednesday, April 29, 2020
12:00 PM 1:00 PM

Foley Square New York, NY
info@denimdayny.org

If you can't make it to the rally, you can show solidarity in the movement against sexual assault by wearing denim that day and telling people why!