Sexual Assault Awareness Month 2011 (SAAM) is a student-driven, community initiative to help put an end to sexual violence and make campus safer for everyone! We want to engage and inform the UBC community to spread awareness about this important issue. Our focus is a positive one – we intend to inspire people to realize that stopping sexual assault is everyone’s responsibility, and that as friends and bystanders, there are important and concrete actions we can all take to raise awareness and stop violence. SAAM is hosting a variety of fun and informative events, including 2 receptions, a film screening, a public lecture by noted activist Jaclyn Friedman, and a theatrical performance! Come to one or come to all, find out more about this important topic, and get involved! For more information email sa.awareness@ubc.ca or visit http://really.ubc.ca/saam
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Summary of Events:
Opening Reception
Date: Tuesday, January 11th, 2011
Time: 5:30 – 6:30 PM
Location: Centre for Student Involvement, Brock Hall, 1874 East Mall, UBC
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Join us for some food and to learn about Sexual Assault Awareness Month at UBC. What events do we have planned for the month? What can we do as a community to help make our campus safer and more inclusive? Come by the Centre for Student Involvement and find out!
Film Screening: Spin the Bottle – Sex, Lies, and Alcohol
Q&A with Panel to Follow
Date: Thursday, January 13th, 2011
Time: 6:30 PM
Location: Woodward 6, 2198 Health Sciences Mall, UBC
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A film by activists, professors, and filmmakers Jean Kilbourne and Jackson Katz that discusses issues of alcohol and sexual assault. What role does the media play in how we think about sex and intoxication? How can we rethink the way we act with alcohol and sex? A question and answer will follow with on-campus experts in sexuality, sexual assault, health, and wellness.
Yes Means Yes!: How Healing the Sexual Culture Can Help Stop Rape
Lecture with author and activist Jaclyn Friedman
Q&A to Follow
Date: Wednesday, January 19th, 2011
Time: 7:00 PM
Location: Hebb Theatre, 2045 East Mall, UBC
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Jaclyn Friedman is a writer, performer and activist. She is the editor of the hit book Yes Means Yes: Visions of Female Sexual Power and a World Without Rape. A popular speaker on campuses and at conferences across North America and beyond, she has also been a guest on several radio and television shows including CNN, The Washington Post, The Nation, Jezebel and Feministing.com. Friedman is founder and executive director of Women, Action and the Media, a US-based organization working for gender justice in the media. Come on out and listen to what this young feminist activist leader has to say about sexuality, sex, sexual violence, and how to make communities safer for all their members.
Dissolve – A One Woman Performance
Date: Tuesday, January 25th, 2011
Time: 7:00 PM Location: Frederic Wood Theatre, 6354 Crescent Rd, UBC
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Dissolve is a story that needs to be told. A one-woman play about drug-facilitated sexual assault by UBC alumnus Meghan Gardiner, who uses emotion and humour to explore this important topic. Come and see this inspirational and entertaining piece of theatre that has made an impact across campus.
Sexual Assault Support Centre Workshop
Date: Thursday, January 27th, 2011
Time: 8:15 PM
Location: Reading Room, Totem Residence Commons Block, 2525 West Mall, UBC
Come to this great workshop put on by the Sexual Assault Support Centre for SAAM 2011. In this workshop we will define sexual violence, debunk some common myths, and address what to do if someone should disclose a sexual assault, how to support a friend in that situation, and how to identify resources in the community.
Closing Reception
Date: Monday, January 31st, 2011
Time: 1:00PM
Location: Centre for Student Involvement, Brock Hall, 1874 East Mall, UBC
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Come and close Sexual Assault Awareness Month with tea and cake in the Centre for Student Involvement.
