Skip to main content
CARE at SARC CARE
  1. HOME
  2. Programs
  3. Sexual Assault Awareness Month

Sexual Assault Awareness Month 2023

April is designated as National Sexual Assault Awareness Month(SAAM). Sexual assault is an issue that affects our entire community. The goal of SAAM is to raise awareness about sexual violence and to educate communities and individuals about their role in prevention. SAAM has been recognized at UC San Diego since 2007 with efforts led by CARE at the Sexual Assault Resource Center and campus partners.

SAAM Materials

SAAM-Poster 2023.png

Click here to download and use our SAAM Branding Toolkit and Zoom backgrounds.

SAAM Events

Some of the key dates and events during SAAM include:

WEEK 1

Day of Action (Wear Teal Day) 

  • Date: Tuesday, April 4th
  • Time: 12-2 pm
  • Modality: In person
  • Location: Library Walk 
  • Activity type: Tabling
  • Description: Come win CARE at SARC swag and learn more about SAAM! Pick up a free teal ribbon to wear all throughout the month. 
  • Registration: N/A
  • Limited to: N/A

UC Learning Center Course - Empowering Employees to Intervene: Sexual Harassment with OPHD 
  • Date: Friday, April 7th 
  • Time: 10-12 pm 
  • Modality: In person
  • Location: Huerta/Vera Cruz Room in the Student Center
  • Activity type: Staff training
  • Description: An interactive workshop that will explore the barriers for intervention and empower participants to move from a bystander to an upstander. Participants will have an opportunity to apply the IDEAS model, developed by CARE at SARC for students, to workplace sexual harassment scenarios.
  • Registration: via the UC Learning Center 
  • Limited to: 24 people

WEEK 2

CARE at SARC Open House 

  • Date: Wednesday, April 12th 
  • Time: 9-11 am
  • Modality: In person
  • Location: CARE at SARC Office at Student Services Center, Suite 500
  • Activity type: Event for students, staff and faculty
  • Description: In honor of Sexual Assault Awareness Month (SAAM), we are excited to announce our CARE at SARC Open House! CARE at SARC invites you to come by our office for a self-directed walk through of our space. During the walk through, UCSD students, staff, and faculty will have the opportunity to check out the inside of our office, learn about our services, and meet the CARE Staff! Guests will also have the opportunity to network, ask questions, and receive a CARE at SARC goodie bag! Registration is strongly encouraged but not required. 
  • Registration: Register here
  • Limited to: N/A - first 30 people get a free goodie bag!

 Succulents for SAAM with The Zone 

  • Date: Thursday, April 13th 
  • Time: 12-2 pm
  • Modality: In person
  • Location: The Zone in the Price Center
  • Activity type: Student event
  • Description: Join us in taking a break and recognizing the resilience of sexual assault survivors by planting succulents. We are partnering with The Zone to raise awareness and honor survivors this SAAM. All supplies and materials will be provided free of charge. 
  • Registration: Register here
  • Limited to: two rounds of 20 people

UC Learning Center Course - How to Support a Student Survivor

  • Date: Friday, April 14th
  • Time: 10-12 pm
  • Modality: Virtual 
  • Location: Zoom
  • Activity type: Staff training 
  • Description: An interactive workshop designed to teach non-academic staff how to respond to student disclosures. Participants will learn how to give an effective and appropriate response including how to assess for urgency, ensure student victim rights, and identify on campus resources.
  • Registration: via the UC Learning Center 
  • Limited to: 35 people 

WEEK 3

Healing Through Writing with the Women’s Center 

  • Date: Monday, April 17th
  • Time: 12-1:30 pm
  • Modality: In person
  • Location: Women’s Center
  • Activity type: Healing program for students
  • Description:  This workshop will focus on how writing and storytelling can be utilized for healing and self-care practice and tips on how to get started.
  • Registration: Register here
  • Limited to: 20 people

Rainbow Reef Art as Healing in observation of SAAM and During Out & Proud Week

  • Date: Wednesday, April 19th
  • Time: 12-1 pm 
  • Modality: In person
  • Location: LGBT Resource Center
  • Activity type: Healing program for students
  • Description: Art as healing will be a space that centers around LGBTQ+ identified undergraduate and graduate students. In this session we will discuss the benefits of art as healing and explore what that looks like. The event will end with an art activity through painting and discussion. 
  • Registration: Register here
  • Limited to: 10-15 people

Title: Yes, No Maybe? Clarifying Consent for iLead

  • Date: Thursday, April 20th 
  • Time: 2-3pm
  • Modality: Virtual 
  • Location: Zoom
  • Activity type: Student program
  • Description: This interactive workshop focuses on communication, consent and healthy sexuality. Learn what consent is and how to ask, listen, and respect.
  • Registration: Register here
  • Limited to: N/A

After Hours Resources hosted by Revelle College

  • Date: Thursday, April 20th 
  • Time: 4-6 pm 
  • Modality: In person
  • Location: Revelle Anchor
  • Activity type: Tabling
  • Description: Come learn more about CARE at SARC, SAAM and win swag! Pick up a free teal ribbon to wear all throughout the rest of the month.
  • Registration: N/A
  • Limited to: N/A

UC Learning Center Course - Empowering Employees to Intervene: Sexual Harassment with OPHD 

  • Date: Friday, April 21st
  • Time: 10-12 pm 
  • Modality: Virtual
  • Location: Zoom
  • Activity type: Staff training
  • Description: An interactive workshop that will explore the barriers for intervention and empower participants to move from a bystander to an upstander. Participants will have an opportunity to apply the IDEAS model, developed by CARE at SARC for students, to workplace sexual harassment scenarios.
  • Registration: via the UC Learning Center 
  • Limited to: 24 people

Take Back the Night hosted by UC San Diego Health, DV/SA Committee 

  • Date: Friday, April 21st 
  • Time: 7 pm
  • Modality: In person
  • Location: Balboa Park (Fifth and Laurel)
  • Activity type: All campus event
  • Description: Join UCSD Health at Balboa Park for a short program recognizing SAAM with survivor speakers. The event will feature a resource fair and a short walk around Balboa Park.
  • Registration: N/A
  • Limited to: N/A

WEEK 4

Yes, No, Maybe? Clarifying Consent hosted by Muir College 

  • Date: Monday, April 24th 
  • Time: 12-1 pm
  • Modality: In person 
  • Location: Mariposa Room 
  • Activity type: Student program
  • Description: This interactive workshop focuses on communication, consent and healthy sexuality. Learn what consent is and how to ask, listen, and respect.
  • Registration: TBA
  • Limited to: 25 people

SAAM Awareness Tabling

  • Date: Monday, April 24th 
  • Time: 2-4 pm 
  • Modality: In person
  • Location: Library Walk
  • Activity type: Tabling 
  • Description: Come win CARE at SARC swag and learn more about SAAM! Pick up a free teal ribbon to wear all throughout the month. 
  • Registration: N/A
  • Limited to: N/A

Party IDEAS for iLead

  • Date: Tuesday, April 25th 
  • Time: 4-5 pm
  • Modality: Virtual
  • Location: Zoom
  • Activity type: Student program
  • Description: The focus of the workshop will be knowledge and skill-building around Sun God Festival safety, protective behavioral strategies, and bystander intervention.
  • Registration: Register here
  • Limited to: N/A

Denim Day hosted by the Women’s Center

  • Date: Wednesday, April 26th 
  • Time: 12-1 pm
  • Modality: In person
  • Location: Women’s Center
  • Activity type: Photo opportunity for students, staff and faculty
  • Description: Students, faculty and staff are encouraged to wear denim on Wednesday, April 16th. Please join us in the Women’s Center from 12-1 pm for interactive activities and a group community solidarity picture at 12:40 pm
  • Registration: N/A
  • Limited to: N/A

Denim Day Workshop hosted by the Women's Center

  • Date: Wednesday, April 26th 
  • Time: 4-5 pm
  • Modality: In person
  • Location: Women’s Center
  • Activity type: Student program
  • Description: UCSD students are invited to attend the Women’s Center Denim Day Workshop. Attendees will learn more about the history of Denim Day, Consent in a Digital Age, and Naming Rape Culture. Light refreshments will be provided.
  • Registration: TBA
  • Limited to: 20 participants

Addressing Digital Abuse on Campus hosted by EndTAB 

  • Date: Thursday, April 27th 
  • Time: 9-11 am
  • Modality: Virtual
  • Location: Zoom
  • Activity type: Staff training for CARE, CAPS and CCRT
  • Description: Learn more about how to address digital abuse on campus. Today, students are spending more time online and, on their devices, than ever before, which has created new safety risks for victims of gender-based violence and stalking. As such, it has become increasingly important for faculty and staff to develop skills that prioritize the digital safety of students in the same way we prioritize their physical safety. In this interactive training, trainees will learn to demystify common and emerging forms of tech-enabled abuse - and highlight ways anyone can prevent and respond to them when they arise.
  • Registration: Limited to CARE, CAPS, and CCRT members. 
  • Limited to: TBA

Take Action during SAAMsaam-denim-day-.png

Here are some ways for you to take action and support Sexual Assault Awareness Month: 
  • Participate in a SAAM event with a friend or colleague
  • Rock a teal ribbon or display a SAAM poster
  • Wear Teal on Day of Action (4/4) and throughout April
  • Wear Denim on Denim Day (4/26)
  • Follow and engage with CARE at SARC on Instagram (@ucsdcare)

Requesting a Program 

CARE staff will have limited availability during the month of April. We will not be able to fulfill the majority of program requests, and priority consideration will be given to requests submitted before March 1st. We encourage you to promote and attend the SAAM events listed above.