|  | LOS ANGELES: Denim Day Rally & Press Conference
Peace Over Violence invites you to join us:Wednesday, April 24th @ 9am Los Angeles City Hall South Lawn Steps (this location faces 1st St)
featuring: inspirational program ● community solidarity ● special performance by Mariachi Lindas Mexicanas ● empowerment self defense demo ● interactive activities ● coffee & treats
This event will be ASL Interpreted and livestreamed through the POV Instagram @peaceovrviolnce. | |  | EVERYONE: Share your Denim Day activities with us!
Tell us what you are doing for Denim Day this year! Make sure you are following us on social media, tag our handles, and use the hashtag #denimday. Email us at [email protected] with any questions and to let us know how you are participating in this sexual violence prevention education campaign.
INSTAGRAM @peaceovrviolnce FACEBOOK /PeaceOverViolence
X @PeaceOvrViolnce LINKEDIN /peace-over-violence | |  | Donate or fundraise for Denim Day
Donate now or raise funds and awareness for Denim Day! Dollars for Denim is the community fundraising campaign of Denim Day. Funds raised support POV’s services for survivors of sexual violence and their families.There are so many ways that you can participate. Click the link below to get involved: donate directly now, text to donate, start a fundraising team, or start a social fundraiser! | | |  | Activate your campus, workplace, and community
The 2024 Action Kit is fully online and can be ordered anytime! It is updated with new information, resources, and over 250 NEW assets for 2024! It includes: Denim Day Material: action signs, cards, logos, posters, presentations (Powerpoint and Keynote), a sample proclamation, shareable images, Zoom backgrounds, and exclusive coloring pages Denim Day Resources: Hotlines, Break It Down: Sexual Violence, Sexual Assault Statistics: Did You Know?, 15 Ways to End Rape, and additional readings Social Media Guide: including assets, shareable images, sample posts, and statistics Denim Day Customizable Templates: including email header, Facebook cover, presentation slides, Instagram story images, Twitter header, and standard size prints (A4, 4x6 in., 5x7 in., half-letter, letter, and tabloid)
| |  | by Ellen Snortland, LA Downtown News
Patti Giggans breaks many molds while leading the way with aplomb and humor. Patti, the mother of Peace Over Violence (POV), also brought Denim Day into existence. For the past 25 years, it has been observed in cities worldwide. | | by Robin Abcarian, LA Times
Weeks before she was slashed to death outside her Brentwood condo in 1994, O.J. Simpson’s ex-wife, Nicole Brown Simpson, had predicted her own death. | | by Sonja Sharp, LA Times
It wasn’t long after the televised spectacle of O.J. Simpson fleeing a phalanx of police cars in a slow-moving white Ford Bronco on June 17, 1994, that batterers across Los Angeles adopted a bone-chilling new threat.
| | by Maryclaire Dale, Associated Press
Thirty years ago, women’s rights advocates working to pass the 1994 Violence Against Women Act found domestic violence was still something of a hushed topic.
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