April is Sexual Assault Awareness Month (SAAM)! The goal of SAAM is to raise public awareness about sexual violence and to educate communities on how to prevent it.  Sexual violence is a major public health, human rights and social justice issue. We need everyone’s help to end it. The NOVA Community can help make a difference!

NOVA Sexual Assault Services (SAS) would like you to get involved during SAAM! NOVA SAS is hosting several events this month:

April 6^th – April 10^th: Red Flag Campaign Week (Annandale Campus)

April 9^th: Red Flag Info Table (Annandale Campus – CF Quad)

April 9^th: Walk a Mile in Her Shoes (Annandale Campus – CF Quad)

April 13^th – April 17^th: Red Flag Campaign Week (Medical Education Campus)

April 14^th: Jackson Katz: “Violence Against Women-it’s a men’s issue” Roundtable (Alexandria Campus – Women’s Center)

April 16^th: Red Flag Info Table (Medical Education Campus – 1^st Floor)

April 16^th: Student Government Association (SGA) Benefit Concert   (Annandale Campus – Ernst Theater)

April 20^th – April 24^th:  Red Flag Campaign Week (Loudoun Campus)

April 21^st: Red Flag Info Table (Loudoun Campus – Front of LR)

April 21^st: Take Back the Night (Loudoun Campus – Side entrance of LW)

April 28^th: Bystander Intervention Roundtable (Alexandria Campus – Women’s Center)

April 29^th: Denim Day (Annandale Campus – CF Quad)

If you would like more information regarding these events, please contact Angela Acosta at aacosta@nvcc.edu or 703-323-2406 or like us on Facebook

If you are in need of services, please contact NOVA SAS at nova.sas@nvcc.edu or text/call 703-338-0834 (24 hours / 7 days a week).

-Written by: Angela Acosta, Sexual Assault Services (SAS) Outreach Specialist, NOVACares Office