GWC Announces Sexual Assault Awareness Week Schedule

GWC’s Intercultural Programs (ICP) office will host its 4th Sexual Assault Awareness Week from September 4-7 on campus, featuring interactive activities, installations, and a screening followed by a group discussion. Through the week’s programming, ICP aims to educate students and the community about sexual assault issues and affirmative consent, promote healthy relationships, and to provide resources for victims of assault and abuse.

The weeklong activities include:

	The Clothesline Project: All week, Central Quad A visual display and a national movement that bears witness to the violence against women. A clothesline is hung with shirts, each one decorated with messages of emotion and hope, by a survivor herself or by allies.
	T-Shirt Making Station: Tuesday 9/4 from 11:00 am – 1:00 pm, Central Quad Speak up and get involved! Give voice to your feelings, hopes and support for survivors by decorating a T-shirt to be added to the installation.
	Consent Fair: Wednesday 9/5 from 11:00 am – 1:00 pm, Student Center Patio Learn more about sexual assault prevention awareness, affirmative consent and Title IX information. Engage with key community organizations to learn more and get involved.
	Film Screening of The Invisible Warfollowed by group discussion: Wednesday 9/5, 1:00 – 3:30 pm, Regional Criminal Justice Training Center MPR 100 Watch the groundbreaking investigative documentary about the epidemic of rape within the U.S. Military. The film exposes the systemic cover-up of military sex crimes, chronicling survivor’s struggles to rebuild their lives and fight for justice.  There will be a guided discussion immediately following the screening.

GWC’s Sexual Assault Awareness Week events are organized in collaboration with the Office of the Dean of Students, GWC Equity, the Veterans Resource Center, and EOPS/CARE/Guardian Scholars.  For more information or questions, please email icp@gwc.cccd.edu, call 714-895-8146, visit the ICP webpage, or connect to ICP via Facebook.

ICP’s Mission:
The goal of Intercultural Programs is to engage the campus and ourselves in learning about different cultures and identities, including sexual orientation, gender, religion, race, socioeconomic status, and ability, as well as the intersections of these identities. Intercultural Programs also advocates for an inclusive campus for all students and works to create change on campus, in the nation, and in the world.