Annual Events
The Women's Center participates in a variety of recurring national and international campaigns every year. Below, you can find more details on each of these campaigns, as well as event updates as the event comes closer.
One Billion Rising
Every February
Rise! Resist! Unite!
One Billion Rising is the biggest mass action to intimate partner violence and family violence, which disproportionately affects women and girls worldwide. The campaign calls all people to end intimate violence. It launched on Valentine’s Day 2012 and began as a call to action based on the staggering statistic that 1 in 3 women will be beaten or raped during their lifetime. With the world population at 7 billion, this adds up to more than ONE BILLION WOMEN AND GIRLS and others beyond that who will face terrible violence. We participate in this international event every Valentine’s day.
About the image: Artist/activist Alixa Garcia designed this artwork, in honor of One Billion Rising 2021: RISING GARDENS.
The Clothesline Project
Every April
The Clothesline Project displays handmade shirts bearing witness to interpersonal violence in our community. Each shirt is decorated to represent a particular survivor's experience. The Clothesline Project started with thirty-one shirts hung in Hyannis, Massachusetts in 1990 to call attention to interpersonal and family violence. Since then, thousands of projects have been started in communities worldwide. We have been involved since 1998 and have always welcomed participation from all people. We display our collection every April during Sexual Assault Awareness Month.
Equal Suffrage Day
Every August 26th
Each year we commemorate Equal Suffrage Day, August 26th, as a national day celebrating the ratification of the nineteenth amendment ending sex-based discrimination in voting.
Period Poverty Drive
Every November
Period poverty is prevalent all around us. Many people who menstruate struggle to afford period products during their monthly cycle, which keeps some people from being able to attend classes. Here, we fight this income-based public health crisis by collecting menstrual and hygeine supplies to distribute across campus and in our campus Food Pantry.
