SAAM Calendar
April 2020 Event Descriptions
The FACES Project: The FACES Project empowers survivors of sexual violence to share their stories and raise awareness in our community during Sexual Assault Awareness Month. Survivors are invited to participate in a photo shoot and contribute writings. The FACES Showing has been cancelled. Stay tuned for how to view and join our awareness event online! For more information about FACES, contact Katie Abeyta at kabeyta@savacenter.org
Survivor Art Show: Join us to celebrate the courage, strength, and resilience of survivors. The public Art Show has been cancelled, we are working to reschedule or hold an online viewing. Stay tuned for more details. For more information, contact Tanya Cadwell at tanya@savacenter.org.
The Kress Screening: Come join the SAVA Center for Roll Red Roll movie screening starting at 6:00pm at The Kress in Greeley (817 8th Ave, Greeley, CO 80631).
Roll Red Roll is a true-crime thriller and impact campaign that goes behind the headlines of the notorious Steubenville, Ohio rape case to uncover the deep-seated and social media-fueled “boys will be boys” culture at the root of high school sexual assault in America. The film unflinchingly asks, why didn’t anyone stop it? The impact campaign engages communities around the nation to answer this question for themselves, creating opportunities, tools and pathways for men and boys to challenge ingrained thinking about masculinity and explore their leadership potential in the fight against gender-based violence.
Roll Red Roll shifts the lens and burden from the victim to the perpetrators, bystanders, witnesses, and communities to understand and address the problem. By examining harmful notions of masculinity, Roll Red Roll is shining a light on “rape culture”— a culture that allows sexual assault to be normalized and dismissed. At the heart of this film and campaign, we are opening up a national dialogue that engages men and boys including fathers, coaches, and teens, to get involved in the work to prevent violence and shift culture.
As both an educational tool and a catalyst for social and behavioral change, Roll Red Roll is uniquely poised to incite critical conversations with students, thought leaders and grassroots activists working to eliminate gender violence. Director Nancy Schwartzman, a globally recognized human rights activist, has been using film and technology to transform the culture around gender-based violence for over 10 years. Never have we been so primed for this conversation.
Poetry Night: Join us for a night of poetry and drinks to celebrate resilience, empowerment, and healing at Grimm Brothers Brewhouse in Loveland. From 6pm-8pm $1 from all pints purchased will be donated to the SAVA Center.
If you are interested in signing up to share/perform poetry, please contact Cassie at cassie@savacenter.org or call 970-775-2963.
Loveland Aleworks:
SAVA will be at Loveland Aleworks (118 W. 4th Street, Loveland CO, 80537) on Wednesday, April 15th from 6-9pm. SAVA staff will be there with a booth and Aleworks will dontate $1 of every pint served back to SAVA.
What Were You Wearing? This Installation provides a tangible response to one of our culture’s most pervasive rape myths. Outfits have been recreated from stories of Sexual Assault Survivors. With this exhibit we hope to open up conversation about why victim blaming is wrong and how to listen, believe and support all survivors.
iLoveKickboxing “Sweat for SAVA”
Sweat for SAVA-the event is free and open to the public! It will be located at the ILKB Studio in Greeley (3532 W 10th St Unit A, Greeley 80634) from 9am-1pm on April 18th. Food will most likely be provided. Anyone can attend! Come as you are, come when you can and stay as long as you like.
There will be 5-6 stations all sponsored by local businesses, each station will have a designated exercise (pushups, squats, burpees, punches and kicks). Each rep you do the sponsoring business will make a donation to SAVA up to $1,000!
Gentrys Bar & Live Music: April 18th at 809 9th St, Greeley, CO 80631 from 6-10 pm at Gentry’s there will be live music, a raffle and Gentry’s is donating $1 for every drink purchased (excluding shots) during this time. The musicians are also willing to donate their tips from that night. Come out and say hello!
Crime Victim’s Awareness Walk: Please join us on Wednesday, April 22nd, 2020 at 6pm, at Civic Center Park (201 Laporte Ave) in Fort Collins, CO for a commemorative walk in support of victims and survivors who have been affected by crime, and those who serve them in the community. This walk, sponsored by the 8th Judicial District and its partner agencies (including SAVA!) will feature guest speakers and will have free giveaways, including food and more!
Scrapbooking Event: Scrap, Stamp and Create! Please mark APRIL 24-25th on your calendar and make plans to join us for a fantastic day of friends, fun, and creativity! We’ll be raising money for SAVA (Sexual Assault Victim Advocate center) so please join us! The event will take place at Journey Christian Church- 4754 W. 31st, Greeley, CO 80634. Registration Form available at Scrapbookallday.com
Todos Unidos: A Conference for Immigrants about Violence and Rights will be a Spanish speaking conference that brings together local experts and service providers who will address issues related to the rights of victims of crimes, immigrant rights in reporting crimes, and services available in our community. Join us to hear from wonderful knowledgeable Keynote Speakers and the opportunity to connect with many community partner agencies. The event will take place in Greeley 11:00am-3:00pm at the Rodarte Center (920 A St, Greeley, CO 80631). Event is completely free and we will provide lunch, childcare, and interpretation from Spanish to English. For more information or to be a volunteer for this event, please contact Joana Andújar (Weld County) at joana@savacenter.org
Una Conferencia para inmigrantes sobre la violencia y derechos sera una conferencia en Español que unira expertos locales y proveedores de servicios quien tocaran temas relacionados con los derechos de victimas de crimen, derechos de inmigrantes al reporter un crimen, y los servicios disponibles en nuestra comunidad. Acompañanos a escuchar de expertos estupendos y la oportunidad de conectarte con multiples agencias de la comunidad. Este evento se llevara acabo en Greeley de 11:00am-3:00pm en el Centro Rodarte (920 A St. Greeley, CO 80631.) Este evento sera completamente gratuito y proveeremos almuerzo, cuidado de niños y interpretación de Español a Ingles. Para mas informacion o para ser un voluntario para este evento, por favor contacte a Joana Andújar ( Condado Weld) a Joana@savacenter.org
Quiz for a Cause/Geeks Who Drink: Quiz For a Cause is Geeks Who Drink’s standing offer to nonprofits to use our quiz as a tool for fundraising and community outreach. In addition to raising funds, nonprofits will have the opportunity to distribute literature and educate people about their mission, both at the event itself and through Geeks Who Drink’s website, email list and social media network. A quick explanation on how a pub quiz actually raises funds. It’s simple: quiz participants pay an entry fee of $5 per person. One entry fee per team goes into a cash purse for the winners; the rest goes to the cause at hand.
The Fort Collins Quiz for a Cause will take place on Wednesday, April 8th at 6:00pm at the Trailhead Tavern (148 W Mountain Ave, Fort Collins, CO 80524) and in Greeley on Thursday, April 23th at 8:00pm at The Tavern at St. Michael’s Square (2918 67th Ave, Greeley, CO 80634). For more information contact Katie Abeyta at kabeyta@savacenter.org
Denim Day: For the past 20 years, Peace Over Violence has run its Denim Day campaign on a Wednesday in April in honor of Sexual Assault Awareness Month. The campaign began after a ruling by the Italian Supreme Court where a rape conviction was overturned because the justices felt that since the victim was wearing tight jeans she must have helped the person who raped her remove her jeans, thereby implying consent. The following day, the women in the Italian Parliament came to work wearing jeans in solidarity with the victim. Peace Over Violence developed the Denim Day campaign in response to this case and the activism surrounding it. Since then, wearing jeans on Denim Day has become a symbol of protest against erroneous and destructive attitudes about sexual harassment, abuse, assault and rape. In this sexual violence prevention and education campaign we ask community members, elected officials, businesses and students to make a social statement with their fashion statement by wearing jeans on this day as a visible means of protest against the misconceptions that surround sexual violence.
https://www.denimdayinfo.org/why-denim