Denim Day - Stand.Speak.Empower.

Denim Day is a campaign to prevent sexual violence in southern New Jersey through education and public awareness. April is Sexual Assault Awareness Month, and Denim Day is a month-long campaign and a call to action for all people to come together by wearing denim as a visible sign of protest against sexual violence.

There are many ways you can have a voice in the prevention of sexual violence. Participate in the Denim Day - Stand. Speak. Empower. campaign on an individual basis or coordinate a campaign in your workplace, school, university, community group. Share information with family, friends, and co-workers.

Pledge to participate by completing our online form. Click here.
Download the Denim Day toolkit. See right sidebar →
Attend the Stand.Speak.Empower. tri-county event on Tuesday, April 3rd at Rowan University Student Center from 6pm-8:30pm. For more information, click here.
Encourage everyone you know to wear denim on Fridays in April as a visible sign of protest against sexual violence.
Donate $5 to the Denim Dollars Campaign to help to provide support to survivors of sexual violence. Donate online or text EMPOWER to 20222 to make your $5 donation.
Purchase the Denim Day Stand.Speak.Empower. t-shirt to wear as a show of support for ending sexual violence in our community.

For more information email denimday@centerffs.org or contact 856.964.1990 x130.

Proceeds will provide services to survivors of sexual violence in southern NJ. The Center's SERV program is the NJ State designated Sexual Violence Provider in Camden, Gloucester, and Cumberland counties and the Domestic Violence Provider in Gloucester and Cumberland Counties. Your contribution to the Denim Dollars Campaign makes it possible for Center For Family Services to operate our 24 hour live sexual assault and domestic violence hotline, provide advocate accompaniments to hospital emergency rooms, police stations, college campuses, and to court, offer individual and group counseling, provide safe shelter for victims of domestic violence and their children, and implement a prevention program so that violence is no longer a public health epidemic.

History of Denim Day

In 1998, an Italian Supreme Court decision overturned a rape conviction because the victim wore jeans, reasoning she must have helped her attacker remove them. Enraged by the verdict, the women in the Italian Parliament launched into action and protested by wearing jeans to the steps of the Supreme Court. Wearing jeans became an international symbol of protest against erroneous and destructive attitudes about sexual assault. Denim Day was launched in the US in 1999 in California as a prevention and education campaign. Since the, states across the country have joined in this effort. This year, New Jersey hosts it's 3rd annual Denim Day on April 28th.

Text EMPOWER to 20222 to donate $5

A one-time donation of $5.00 will be added to your mobile phone bill or deducted from your prepaid balance. Messaging & Data Rates may apply. All charges are billed by and payable to your mobile service provider. All donations must be authorized by the account holder. Service is available on most carriers. Donations are collected for the benefit of denimdaycfs by the Mobile Giving Foundation and subject to the terms found at www.hmgf.org/t. You can unsubscribe at any time by texting STOP to 20222; Text HELP to 20222 for help.

Special Thanks to our Denim Day Sponsors:

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