On-Going Events

April 5th – April 9th

LCRC Clothesline Project: Science Center Atrium

The Clothesline Project sponsored by the SIC and LCRC is on-going for 4 days. This piece is a cumulative art piece created by survivors of sexual assault.

Wednesday, April 7

Kick-Off Event: Science Center Atrium, 4:30 PM
Come Celebrate our Kick-Off event for Sexual Assault Awareness Month! There will be snacks and live music!

Thursday, April 8

How to Get a Date: Wilder 115, 8:00 PM
A communication skills workshop for students. How do you ask someone on a date (without being painfully awkward)? How do you make small talk? How do you tell someone you are interested in him/her/zir? Learn and practice the communication skills you need to get a date.

Sponsored by the CLHP and ResEd

Monday, April 12

MRC Film Series: “No!”: Hallock Auditorium, 7:30 PM
Produced and directed over a period of eleven years, seven of which were full time, by Aishah Shahidah Simmons, an incest and rape survivor. This groundbreaking feature length documentary features riveting testimonials from black female rape survivors who defy victimization.

Tuesday, April 13

Mine or Yours Workshop: Boundaries and Communication in Queer Relationships: Wilder 115, 4:30 PM
Open workshop and discussion about queer, lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender community spaces and relationships and how personal boundaries are negotiated within them.

Sponsored by the MRC and Cleveland Rape Crisis Center

How to Get a Date: South Lounge, 8:00 PM
A communication skills workshop for students. How do you ask someone on a date (without being painfully awkward)? How do you make small talk? How do you tell someone you are interested in him/her/zir? Learn and practice the communication skills you need to get a date.
Sponsored by the CLHP and ResEd

Wednesday, April 14

Sexual Assault Oberlin College Policy & Procedures Panel: Wilder 112, 12:15 PM
A presentation of information to the campus community on Supporting Survivors of Sexual Assault at Oberlin College including policy, intervention and response, etc. Panelists include Camille Hamlin Allen, Marjorie Burton, and Barbara Thomas. Questions are encouraged and lunch will be provided.

Thursday, April 15

Invisible Abuse: The Silencing of Intimate Partner Violence within LGBTQA Communities: Wilder 115, 7:30 PM
A short film screening and discussion on partner violence within LGBTQA communities. All are welcome to attend.

Sunday, April 18

Sexualized Violence Workshop: Wilder TBA, 3:00 PM
This workshop aims to give voice to the struggles of those facing intimate partner violence within LGBTQA communities. We hops to raise awareness of the ways in which these struggles have been, and continues to be silenced both within and beyond LGBTQA communities.

Monday, April 19

How to Get a Date Workshop: Baldwin, 4:30 PM
A communication skills workshop for students. How do you ask someone on a date (without being painfully awkward)? How do you make small talk? How do you tell someone you are interested in him/her/zir? Learn and practice the communication skills you need to get a date.
Sponsored by the CLHP and ResEd

MRC Film Series: “Robot Stories“: MRC, Wilder, 7:30 PM
Directed by Greg Pak and winner of over 30 awards, “Robot Stories” is science fiction from the heart. Four stories in which utterly human characters struggle to connect in a world of robot babies, robot toys, android office workers, and digital immortality.

Tuesday, April 20

What Makes a “Man”: Reflections on Masculinities and Violence: Wilder TBA, 4:30 PM
Through research, academic inquiry and their own experiences, faculty panelists will discuss the relationship between violence and contemporary masculinities.

Thursday, April 22

Evaluation and Interest Meeting: Wilder 101, 4:30 PM
Students and faculty who are interested in Sexual Assault Awareness as a permanent, year-round issue, have the opportunity to evaluate the month’s events for program betterment in the future. Additionally, interested parties will be able to meet and exchange information and interests in hopes of starting a permanent group that can address sexualized violence year-round.

Creative Force: Transforming Violence in Our Lives and in Our World: Wilder 101, 7:00 PM
A conversation with Cherine Badawi and Arthur Romano on theories and histories of non-violent organizing and resources for activists, educators, and organizers engaged in peace and justice work.

Friday, April 23

Peace Community Church: Transforming Violence in Our Lives and in Our World: Peace Community Church, 5:30 PM
Peace Potluck with Cherine Badawi and Arthur Romano. A community conversation with two visiting non-violence educators and organizers. Please bring a dish to share!

ELC Art Show: Edmonia Lewis Center, 8:00 PM

Saturday, April 24

Creative Force: Transforming Violence in Our Lives and in Our World: Wilder 115, 1:00 PM
Workshop for educators and organizers interested in using Theater of the Oppressed and other creative techniques to facilitate community dialogue around issues of violence and oppression, with attention to sexualized and gender-based violence in honor of Sexual Assault Awareness Month. Featuring Cherine Badawi and Arthur Romano, who have been working as peace educators for over 10 years in the U.S. and abroad.

Philly’s Pissed Workshop: All Day

Monday, April 26

MRC Film Series: “Mysterious Skin“: MRC, Wilder, 7:30 PM
A teenage hustler and a young man obsessed with alien abductions cross paths, together discovering a horrible, liberating truth.

Wednesday, April 28

Take Back the Night: Wilder Steps, 8:00 PM
A passive educational campaign to both bring awareness to, and honor sexual assault survivors. Lights will line the stairs of Wilder steps, a visible and well-populated area of the campus. This event will function as our closing event for the month.