Sexual Assault Awareness Month (SAAM): More Events in Palm Beach County

Below is a listing of a number of SAAM events in Palm Beach County

What Were You Wearing Art Exhibit (Pop-Up Event)

Palm Beach State College
4200 Congress Avenue
Lake Worth, FL 33461

Tue, Apr 09, 9:00 am – 2:00 pm

The exhibition aims to explore the cultural attitudes around sexual assault— victim blaming and implying that a survivor could have prevented their assault had they worn something less revealing. The exhibit will display outfits from survivors, similar to what they wore during their assault.

Ceremony in the Garden: Honoring All Crime Victims in Palm Beach County

Mounts Botanical Garden & Clayton Hutcheson Agricultural Center
559 N. Military Trail
West Palm Beach, FL 33415

Thu, Apr 11, 8:30 am – 11:30 am

The Eighth Annual Ceremony in the Garden will honor all crime victims in PBC by highlighting and engaging in healing activities to include their personal stories, the presence of therapy dogs and the opportunity to participate in guided relaxation with a continental breakfast before the event. (Enter at Golf Street from Military Trail; drive to end of street and turn left into Clayton Hutcheson Complex.)

Contact: Ellen Craddock-Day 274-1500

What Were You Wearing Art Exhibit

Palm Beach State College
3160 PGA Boulevard
Palm Beach Gardens, FL 33410

Mon, Apr 15 – Mon, Apr 22 (All Day)

The exhibition aims to explore the cultural attitudes around sexual assault— victim blaming and implying that a survivor could have prevented their assault had they worn something less revealing. The exhibit will display outfits from survivors, similar to what they wore during their assault.

Teal Talk – Wed. April 10 6-9 P.M.

Keiser University Flagship Campus

2600 N Military Trail West Pam Beach, Fl.

In honor of Sexual Assault Awareness Month and Victims’ Rights Week, the Green Dot Program and Isaiah Sixty Project, Inc. are collaborating to host Teal Talk: The Rape of Recy Taylor.

Recy Taylor was an African-American woman who was gang-raped by a group of young, white men in Alabama in 1944. Despite hearing the men’s confessions, two juries refused to indict them for their crimes.

The event will feature a film screening and panel discussion highlighting the experiences of survivors of color. A panel discussion will immediately follow.

This event is free and open to the public.