Events
Sexual Assault Awareness and Prevention Month
View our 2025 SAAPM Events HERE.
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Together We Act. United We Change. This year's Sexual Assault Awareness and Prevention Month (SAAPM) theme is a call to collective action—because real change happens when we work together. Ending sexual violence requires more than individual efforts; it demands a united movement that addresses the root causes of harm, including all forms of oppression that enable violence to persist.
By centering racial equity, we acknowledge that historically excluded communities—particularly Black, Indigenous, and People of Color—face disproportionate barriers to safety, healing, and justice. Dismantling sexual violence means dismantling all forms of violence, ensuring that prevention efforts are inclusive, survivor centered, and intersectional. Throughout SAAPM, we invite you to be part of this movement. Explore this page for community building events, educational opportunities, and ways to take action throughtout the month.
Take Action:
You and/or your agency can directly show support by:
- Sharing the SAAPM event calendar of happenings and events throughout the month (virtual and in-person)
- Share educational materials in waiting rooms, newsletters, and social media
- Ensure your agency's outreach materials and social media reflect diverse survivor experiences
- Partner with culturally specific organizations to improve language access and service delivery
- Collaborate with racial justice organziations to address housing, economic inequality, and other root causes of vulnerability
Coalition and Community Building:
4/11 9a, Sexual Assault 101: Join Project PEACE for a free, virtual training on the fundamentals of sexual assault and responding in Arlington County. Whether you're new to the work, or need a refresher, this session will coveer key dynamics of sexual violence, survivor centered response, and how Arlington's coordinated system supports sruvivors. Continuing education credits are available. Don't miss this opportunity to strengthen your skills and connect with local resources.
Register here.
4/22 TBD, Cultural Humility for Service Providers: Project PEACE will host a Cultural Humility Training tailored towards coordinated community response team members serving sexual assault victims and survivors. This training will enhance skills in providing inclusive, respectful support to diverse survivors, fostering a more empathetic and effective response. Registration details to come.
4/30 3p, Project PEACE All Members Meeting @ Arlington Central Library: Please join Project PEACE for its bi-annual all-members meeting. This SAAPM edition will fearture a resource fair, coalition building and a review of Arlington’s Sexual Assault Response. What you need to know to refer someone to services in Arlington. Meeting will be hosted at the Arlington Central Library from 3:00p-5:00p.
Awareness Raising and Survivor Honoring
4/1 Clothesline Project @ Ballston Center: Join Doorwaysin honoring Sexual Assault Awareness and Prevention Month by participating in the Clothesline Project, at the Ballston Center from 10:00a-6:00p. This powerful event will allow community members to create and display shirts that share messages of support and healing for survivors. No need to be a survivor to participate. ALL are welcome! Can't attend? After April 1st, the Clothesline will remain on display all month long for viewing.
4/1 Day of Action (Teal Out): Chances are someone in your life is a survivor of sexual harament, assault, or abuse, even if they have never shared their story with you. Show your support for survivors of sexual harassment and abuse by wearing teal — the color of sexual violence prevention — on April 1st and post a selfie to Twitter or Instagram using #SAAPM2025. By wearing teal, you are signaling that you support survivors and are a safe person to talk to if they need to reach out.
4/16 10a, Clothesline Project @ DHS: Project PEACE invites DHS staff and partner agency colleagues to join in a collective t-shirt decorating effort for the Clothesline Project. The Clothesline Project is a powerful visual display where survivors and allies create shirts to raise awareness about sexual violence and show support for healing. Together, we can use art to spart conversation, amipliy survivor voices, and stregthen our commitment to prevention. Hosted in the DHS Auditorium from 10:00a-2:00p
4/24 6p,Take Back the Night @ Village at Shirlington: A community gathering and vigil held to support victims and survivors of sexual and domestic violence. The Annual Northern Virginia/Washington D.C Take Back the Night is dedicated to empowering those who have been victimized and helping all survivors reclaim their voice. It aims to strengthen local communities by bringing together races, faith groups, philosophies, genders, ethnicities, nationalities, sexual orientations, and socioeconomic backgrounds in a untied effort against sexual violence. Presented by Rally Against Rape
4/30 Denim Day: We all have a role in promoting consent and healthy boundaries and safe in our community. Join us in elevating this message by wearing jeans (or denim) with a purpose Wednesday, April 30th. In this rape prevention education campaign we ask community members to make a social statement with their fashion by wearing jeans on this day as a visible means of advocacy against the misconceptions that surround sexual assault
Amplifying social media messages by sharing the content already prepared on our social media accounts (Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram) with your own networks all month long, especially during #30DaysofSAAM.
Have a few extra minutes? We'd love to hear from you! Tell us about your experience accessing services in Arlington.
Click here to access the Safe Homes, Safe Relationships Survey. (Survey available in English and Spanish/encuesta disponible en inglés y español)
Everyone deserves to be safe at home and in their relationships. When someone in our community is not safe and is being hurt by their partner, there are resources to help. Please consider taking the survey to share your experience using, looking for, or referring people to resources for those impacted by domestic/intimate partner/dating violence and sexual assault in Arlington County. While the survey works best on a computer, you may also use a mobile device.
Questions in the survey ask about your experience, or the experiences of people you know, and could bring up strong emotions. It is your choice how many, and which questions you answer. If you need support at any time, please call the Doorways Domestic and Sexual Violence hotline available 24-hours a day at 703-237-0881.
This survey was created by Project PEACE, Arlington’s Coordinated Community Response, in order to understand how Arlington community members have, or have not, accessed local support. This survey is confidential and results will be analyzed by Project PEACE and their members to enhance and improve services for everyone in the county. Questions? Call or email: 703-228-5003 or info-projectpeace@arlingtonva.us
Regional Resources
If you or someone you know has been impacted by intimate partner or sexual violence you are not alone. We are here to help.
- For Arlington resources click here.
- For Alexandria resources click here.
- For Fairfax resources click here.
- For Loudoun resources click here.
- For JCADA resources and support click here.
Topic Specific Resources
Sexual and Domestic Violence Resources
Sexual and Domestic Violence Resources
Resources for Adults Supporting Youth
The materials above are free to download and use. To request pre-printed versions please email info-projectPEACE@arlingtonva.us