{"id":19835,"date":"2023-04-20T12:15:18","date_gmt":"2023-04-20T20:15:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wou.edu\/westernhowl\/?p=19835"},"modified":"2023-04-20T12:15:52","modified_gmt":"2023-04-20T20:15:52","slug":"abbys-house-takes-part-in-30daysfosaam","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wou.edu\/westernhowl\/abbys-house-takes-part-in-30daysfosaam\/","title":{"rendered":"Abby’s House takes part in #30daysfoSAAM"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Written by: Mirella Barrera-Betancourt<\/span><\/p>\n

Content warning:<\/b> includes mentions of assault and violence<\/span><\/p>\n

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This year, in recognition of Sexual Assault Awareness Month, Abby\u2019s House is demonstrating support for survivors of interpersonal violence and sexual assault through a month-long series of events. In previous years, these events stretched out across a span of months. However, Abby\u2019s House is integrating the events alongside a month of observance.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cThe Clothesline Project\u201d was the first event to arrive at Western for Sexual Assault Awareness Month. The project consisted of an interactive information table in the Werner University Center, as well as a display of an array of t-shirts across the ceiling.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

The display spotlighted a few very raw and honest confessions of assault, while many other expressions remarked about key elements of consent and self-love, such as: \u201cNobody is an object\u201d and \u201cYou are whole, beautiful, and deserving of love.\u201d The shirts are designed by survivors, allies and their loved ones.<\/span><\/p>\n

There is a purpose and rationale behind the color and number of the t-shirts, as each color represents a different type of violence and assault.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

In the grand display at <\/span>Utah Valley University, the following are represented: <\/span>white for the people who have died due to violence and assault; yellow for survivors of physical assault and domestic abuse; purple for the people attacked because of sexual orientation; red, pink and orange for survivors of rape or childhood sexual abuse; brown and gray for survivors of emotional, spiritual or verbal abuse; and <\/span>blue and green for survivors of incest or childhood sexual abuse.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cThe Clothesline Project\u201d was not the sole new event to arrive at Western for Sexual Assault Awareness Month. On the evening of Apr. 16, Abby\u2019s House hosted an independent event for students identifying as survivors of violence or assault, advocating for self-care and self-love in a time of healing. The event featured guest speaker, Laura Hasbun of Maracuya Botanicals.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Additionally, \u201cThe Bandana Project\u201d \u2014 <\/span>an awareness campaign aimed to address the issue of sexual assault among farmworker women \u2014 <\/span>was one of the projects to be featured for the month.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

On Apr. 18, Abby\u2019s House set up an information table about \u201cThe Bandana Project,\u201d including a display of bandanas decorated by students. The display can be found near the North entrance of the Werner University Center.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cDenim Day\u201d \u2014 which is occurring on Apr. 26 \u2014 was established in Los Angeles in 1990 by Patricia Giggins to observe Sexual Assault Awareness Month. This day encourages supporters and survivors alike to demonstrate their solidarity by wearing denim with a purpose.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

On Apr. 27, Abby\u2019s House is to host one of the more widely observed events at Western: \u201cTake Back The Night.\u201d This event is an annual rally and speak-out against sexual and domestic violence stretching out in movements across colleges and universities in the country.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

This year, the rally is featuring a speaker and candlelight march, as well as student testimonials. Participants are encouraged to share their voices through readings of poems and healing stories.<\/span><\/p>\n

For more information on the remaining events for the month, as well as their scheduled times, check out the Abby\u2019s House Instagram at @abbyshouse_wou.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

The observance month may be finite, but Abby\u2019s House always encourages everyone and anyone to advocate for victims of sexual and physical violence and assault.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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Contact the author at howlnews@wou.edu<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":1094,"featured_media":19836,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_seopress_robots_primary_cat":"","_seopress_titles_title":"","_seopress_titles_desc":"","_seopress_robots_index":"","_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","_et_pb_use_builder":"off","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-19835","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-entertainment"],"modified_by":null,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wou.edu\/westernhowl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19835","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wou.edu\/westernhowl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wou.edu\/westernhowl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wou.edu\/westernhowl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1094"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wou.edu\/westernhowl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=19835"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/wou.edu\/westernhowl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19835\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wou.edu\/westernhowl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/19836"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wou.edu\/westernhowl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=19835"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wou.edu\/westernhowl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=19835"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wou.edu\/westernhowl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=19835"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}