Sexual Assault Awareness Month (SAAM) Calendar

  • Flyer with a close-up photo of blue and white textured fabric in the background. A white square card is centered on top, containing the following text in bold black lettering: 'Survivor Art Gallery.' Below the title, a QR code is displayed under the heading 'Art Submissions,' with the URL go.illinois.edu/survivorartgallery printed beneath it. To the right of the QR code, text reads: 'Art Submissions Due, Monday, March 30.' Below that, bold text reads: 'Gallery Open – April 2026,' with details listing hours of 9:00 AM–5:00 PM at the WRC, 616 E Green St, Suite 213. The card has a thin black border and minimalist design accents including two short horizontal lines and a small black square.

    Survivor Art Gallery
    Recurring

    All Day    4/1/2026 - 4/30/2026
    Women's Resources Center | 616 E Green St, Suite 213 Champaign, IL 61820

    This Sexual Assault Awareness Month the WRC is hosting a Survivor Art Gallery to honor the voices, stories, healing and resilience of the survivors in our community. We invite survivors, artists, advocates, and supporters to share artwork that reflects resilience, healing and the power of storytelling. Art may be submitted at go.illinois.edu/survivorartgallery.

  • Event flyer for The Clothesline Project at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign with a teal background. The title 'The Clothesline Project' appears at the top in large white distressed lettering. Below the title, an illustration shows three t-shirts hanging on a clothesline with wooden clothespins. The first shirt is white with orange text reading 'We Believe You.' The middle shirt is black with teal text reading 'Your Voice Matters.' The third shirt is pink with handwritten-style text reading 'We Support You.' Below the shirts, two events are listed side by side: on the left, 'T-Shirt Decorating' at the Women's Resources Center, Tuesday, April 7, 3:00–5:00 PM; on the right, 'Visual Exhibit' at Illini Union 104, Wednesday, April 15, 10:00 AM–4:00 PM. The University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign Student Affairs logo appears at the bottom left. Fine print states the event is open to all eligible persons regardless of gender, race, color, or national origin."

    Clothesline Project: Tshirt Decorating

    3:00 - 5:00 pm    4/7/2026
    Women's Resources Center - 616 E Green St, Suite #213, Champaign IL 61820

    Space will be held at the Women’s Resources Center for anyone who would like to participate in this project by decorating their own tshirt. Participants will have the opportunity to donate their tshirt to be displayed in the exhibit and/or take it home with them. All materials will be provided. Confidential Advisors will be present to offer support.

  • SAAM Awareness Table

    12:00 - 2:00 pm    4/8/2026
    Anniversary Plaza, Main Quad

  • Spring 2026 Survivor Strategies event flyer. Series for survivors on self-care and healing, held 2nd and 4th Tuesdays at the Women's Resources Center, 6:30-8:00 PM. Includes the topics for each scheduled session. Background features a misty mountain scene.

    Survivor Strategies: Healing Through Movement

    6:30 - 8:00 pm    4/14/2026
    Women's Resources Center | 616 E Green St. Suite 213, Champaign, IL

    Survivor Strategies is a program series designed to provide survivors with new self-care strategies to assist them in their healing journey and to create a space to build community and connect with fellow survivors. Join the Advocacy Team as we discuss healing through movement. This event is open to all survivors regardless of race, national origin, religion, or gender.

  • Event flyer for The Clothesline Project at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign with a teal background. The title 'The Clothesline Project' appears at the top in large white distressed lettering. Below the title, an illustration shows three t-shirts hanging on a clothesline with wooden clothespins. The first shirt is white with orange text reading 'We Believe You.' The middle shirt is black with teal text reading 'Your Voice Matters.' The third shirt is pink with handwritten-style text reading 'We Support You.' Below the shirts, two events are listed side by side: on the left, 'T-Shirt Decorating' at the Women's Resources Center, Tuesday, April 7, 3:00–5:00 PM; on the right, 'Visual Exhibit' at Illini Union 104, Wednesday, April 15, 10:00 AM–4:00 PM. The University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign Student Affairs logo appears at the bottom left. Fine print states the event is open to all eligible persons regardless of gender, race, color, or national origin."

    Clothesline Project Visual Exhibit

    10:00 am - 4:00 pm    4/15/2026
    Illini Union, Room 104

    The Clothesline Project is a visual display of violence statistics that often go ignored. Each shirt is made by a survivor of violence or by a loved one.

  • Relationship Skill Series: Consent is Sweet

    5:00 - 6:00 pm    4/15/2026
    Women's Resources Center - 616 E Green St, Suite #213, Champaign IL 61820

    Join the WRC every month as we explore different elements of healthy relationships! This month's topic: Consent! Food will be provided for the first 20 participants. All are welcome!

  • Event flyer with a teal background and soft glowing light effects in the corners. The title reads 'Supporting Survivors Through STRIVE,' with 'STRIVE' displayed in bold, bright white text for emphasis. Below the title, a tagline reads: 'Together we can build a community that cares for, supports, and uplifts survivors.' A rounded rectangle box in the lower center contains event details: Thursday, April 16, at the WRC, 616 E Green St, Suite 213, at 12:00 PM.

    Supporting Survivors Through STRIVE

    12:00 - 1:00 pm    4/16/2026
    Women's Resources Center - 616 E Green St, Suite #213, Champaign IL 61820

    Join us for a lunch and learn to discuss how we can build a community that cares for, supports, and uplifts survivors. *Lunch provided for the first 15 attendees!*

  • Ask First: The Power of Consent

    6:00 - 7:00 pm    4/22/2026
    Women's Resources Center

  • Event flyer with a tan/beige background. The University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign Student Affairs logo appears in the top left, and 'Women's Resources Center' is displayed in purple in the top right. On the left, large bold white text reads 'Book Club,' with a note below in dark purple: 'Limited free copies available. Register to reserve your copy.' In the center, the book cover for 'What My Bones Know: A Memoir of Healing from Complex Trauma' by Stephanie Foo is displayed — a purple cover featuring an illustrated arrangement of bones, tropical flowers, and leaves. To the right of the book, event details read: April 24, 2026, 4:00–5:00 PM, at the WRC. A QR code is shown with the registration link go.illinois.edu/WhatMyBonesKnow. Fine print at the bottom states the program is open to all eligible persons regardless of gender, race, color, or national origin, and that reasonable accommodations are available upon request.

    "What My Bones Know" Book Club

    4:00 - 5:00 pm    4/24/2026
    WRC | 616 E Green St, Suite 213

    Join the WRC for a powerful discussion on "What My Bones Know: A Memoir of Healing from Complex Trauma" by Stephanie Foo. Powerful, enlightening, and hopeful, What My Bones Know is a brave narrative that reckons with the hold of the past over the present, the mind over the body—and examines one woman’s ability to reclaim agency from her trauma.

  • SAAM Awareness Table

    4:00 - 6:00 pm    4/24/2026
    Anniversary Plaza, Main Quad

  • Survivor Strategies: Recognizing Progress

    6:30 - 8:00 pm    4/28/2026
    Women's Resources Center | 616 E Green St. Suite 213, Champaign, IL

    Survivor Strategies is a program series designed to provide survivors with new self-care strategies to assist them in their healing journey and to create a space to build community and connect with fellow survivors. Join the Advocacy Team as we recognize healing progress and grow This event is open to all survivors regardless of race, national origin, religion, or gende

  • Lifting Queer Voices: Sexual Violence Against the LGBTQ+ Community

    6:00 - 7:00 pm    4/29/2026
    Office of the Vice Chancellor for Access, Civil Rights, and Community