How can you support Deaf Survivors of sexual assault?
Click here and schedule your donation to NorCal for The Big Day of Giving on May 2nd. Money raised from this fundraiser goes towards supporting Deaf survivors!
WHAT IS DENIM DAY?
The campaign was originally triggered by a ruling by the Italian Supreme Court where a sexual assault conviction was overturned because the justices felt that since the survivor was wearing tight jeans she must have helped her rapist remove her jeans, thereby implying consent. The following day, the women in the Italian Parliament came to work wearing jeans in solidarity with the victim. Since then, wearing jeans on Denim Day has become a symbol of protest against erroneous and destructive attitudes about sexual assault. NorCal staff wear denim every year on Denim Day to support Deaf survivors of sexual assault.
OUR PHILOSOPHY
We practice survivor centered philosophy.
This means that you choose, you decide and we support your decision.
WHO WE SERVE INCLUDE
Individuals who experience domestic violence, dating violence, sexual violence and stalking who are deaf or hard of hearing, and intimate partners and family members close to survivors who are also emotionally affected.
WHAT CAN DEAFSAFE DO?
WHAT CAN I DO TO SUPPORT A SURVIVOR?
DEAF WOMEN ARE VICTIMS OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE
1 OUT OF 2
Facts & Stats: "DAWN" Web., 24 March 2016.
DEAF MEN EXPERIENCE SEXUAL TRAUMA IN THEIR LIFETIME
4 OUT OF 10
Schild & Dalenbery, 2015
COMPARED TO HEARING WOMEN DEAF WOMEN EXPERIENCE SEXUAL ASSAULT
TWICE THE RATE
Anderson, 2010