Sexual Assault Awareness Month Events

Sexual Assault Awareness Month

April 2025: Together We Act, United We Change

'Together we act, united we change,' underscores the power of collective action in preventing sexual abuse, assault, and harassment. By coming together as communities, we can challenge harmful norms, uplift survivors, and create lasting change to build a future free from violence.

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Show your solidarity by downloading and using these Zoom Backgrounds.

Event Details

All Month: Clothesline Project Online Event

The Clothesline Project brings awareness to interpersonal violence and sexual assault. Click here to view the Clothesline project slideshow.

Tuesday, April 8: Spill the Title IX Tea-sdays

Join the Title IX Office for brain-tingling trivia to test your knowledge of various topics while enjoying boba tea. 

• Date: Tuesday, April 8, 2025
• Time: 11:00am - 1:00pm (PDT)
• Location: OCC Student Union Balcony, GWC LRC Lounge

Thursday, April 10: Yoga as Healing

Yoga is an empowering practice that prioritizes the lived experience and healing of each survivor. Join us in a trauma informed class that is centered on connecting survivors with community and healing.

• Date: Thursday, April 10, 2025
• Time: 4:00pm - 5:00pm (PDT)
• Location: Online via Zoom

Wednesday, April 16: 2025 CCC LGBTQ+ Summit

Join us for a watch party of the California Community Colleges LGBTQ+ Summit - a virtual gathering dedicated to empowering LGBTQ+ students, faculty, and professionals through learning, collaboration, and transformative action for more inclusive campuses.

• Date: Wednesday, April 16, 2025
• Time: 9:00am - 2:30pm (PDT)
• Location: OCC Multicultural Center, GWC Student Ally Center, Coastline Student Services Center (Fountain Valley) Room 109

Wednesday, April 23: Surviving and Thriving in the Digital Age

Relationships and dating have gone digital, introducing familiar challenges like unwanted photos and new risks like chatbot romance scams. Online interactions often blur boundaries, making consent and safety crucial. Join us to navigate the modern dating landscape and uphold what truly matters in relationships. Presented by EndTab.

• Date: Wednesday, April 23, 2025
• Time: 1:00pm - 2:00pm (PDT)
• Location: Online via Zoom

April 24: Green Dot Bystander Training

Interested in learning about bystander intervention and how to end power-based personal violence on campus? Join us for a brief overview of the 4 D's, which are choices and actions you make in response to a potentially harmful situation. Food will be provided.

• Date: Thursday, April 24, 2025
• Time: 12:00pm - 2:00pm (PDT)
• Location: OCC Student Union 213

April 30: Denim Day

The Denim Day campaign hopes to bring awareness to victim blaming and destructive myths that surround rape and sexual violence. Wear jeans with a purpose and meet up for a group photo with others wearing denim.

Post a picture on your college app or Instagram and tag @orangecoastcollege @coastline_oc and @goldenwestcollege with hastags #myjeansprotestviolence #denimday

Use Denim Day Zoom Backgrounds for photo backdrops and online meetings.

• Date: Wednesday, April 30, 2025
• GWC Time & Location: 10:30am (PDT), Student Services Center
• Coastline Time & Location: 12:00pm (PDT), Student Services Center (Fountain Valley)
• OCC Time & Location: 12:30pm (PDT), Main Quad

Event Registration

All Zoom links and passcodes will be emailed at least one week prior to each event.

These events are ADA compliant. Reasonable accommodation requests related to a disability should be made no later than five business days prior to this event by contacting dos@coastline.edu.