On Oct. 4, 2019, a group of students met up to make posters and march across the University of Maryland to raise awareness of sexual assault on college campuses as a part of on-campus organization Preventing Sexual Assault’s Slut Walk.
“Too many times perpetrators are just given a slap on the wrist,” President Sophia Blake said during her opening speech before the walk began. “We are here for survivors and for advocates who want an opportunity to share their voice.”
October is Domestic Violence Awareness Month, and this was a preliminary walk for PSA as they prepared to march at the Supreme Court in Washington, D.C. on Sunday, Oct. 6, 2019, to protest Justice Brett Kavanaugh who was accused of sexual assault in 2018.
“I cannot be more proud of this organization,” Blake said as she prepared to lead the crowd in their march.
A student activist stands over a poster that reads “There is no dress code for rape” for Preventing Sexual Assault’s Slut Walk on Oct. 4, 2019. The University of Maryland’s on-campus organization PSA hosts this walk annually to support sexual assault victims and offer them resources. (Photo by Rachel Hunt)Sophia Blake, the president of the University of Maryland’s Preventing Sexual Assault club, shares her vision for the Slut Walk on Oct. 4, 2019. “We are here to reclaim the word slut,” she said. “We march for anyone who was blamed for their assault for what they were wearing or how much they drank.” UMD’s on-campus organization PSA hosts this walk annually to support sexual assault victims and offer them resources. (Photo by Rachel Hunt)Outside of the University of Maryland’s McKeldin Library, Emily Suter watches as fellow students design posters for the Slut Walk on Oct. 4, 2019 – an event which helps raise awareness of sexual assault on college campuses. UMD’s on-campus organization Preventing Sexual Assault hosts this walk annually to support sexual assault victims and offer them resources. (Photo by Rachel Hunt)Nabila Prasetiawan teaches a chant for the Preventing Sexual Assault’s Slut Walk on Oct. 4, 2019 at the University of Maryland. “However we dress, wherever we go, yes means yes and no means no,” she called. UMD’s on-campus organization PSA hosts this walk annually to support sexual assault victims and offer them resources. (Photo by Rachel Hunt)Joining the Slut Walk on Oct. 4, 2019, Marley Niesz holds a sign she designed as she travels from outside one library at the University of Maryland to another to raise awareness for sexual assault on college campuses. UMD’s on-campus organization Preventing Sexual Assault hosts this walk annually to support sexual assault victims and offer them resources. (Photo by Rachel Hunt)The graduate assistant for the Office of Civil Rights and Misconduct at the University of Maryland, Christina Sessoms, explains the resources the center offers for sexual assault survivors at the Slut Walk on Oct. 4, 2019. UMD’s on-campus organization Preventing Sexual Assault hosts this walk annually to support sexual assault victims and offer them resources. (Photo by Rachel Hunt)On Oct. 4, 2019, Nicole Lamb watches as Emily Suter, the Preventing Sexual Assault’s Intersectional Outreach chair head at the University of Maryland, reads a poem written by a survivor of sexual assault at the Slut Walk. UMD’s on-campus organization PSA hosts this walk annually to support sexual assault victims and offer them resources. (Photo by Rachel Hunt)
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