ON WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 29,

“STUDENTS, STAFF, FACULTY, AND EVERYDAY CITIZENS ACROSS THE COUNTRY WILL STAND IN SOLIDARITY WITH SURVIVORS OF SEXUAL AND DOMESTIC VIOLENCE BY CARRYING MATTRESSES TOGETHER OR PILLOWS. TOGETHER, WE ARE BUILDING THE MOVEMENT TO MAKE SEXUAL ASSAULT ON COLLEGE CAMPUSES UNACCEPTABLE.

THIS NATIONAL DAY OF ACTION IS INSPIRED BY THE ACTIVISM AND ART OF EMMA SULKOWICZ, WHO IS BOLDLY CARRYING A DORM MATTRESS AROUND CAMPUS AS LONG AS HER RAPIST CONTINUES TO ATTEND COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY. CENTRAL TO THE IMPORTANCE OF EMMA’S ART IS THE COLLABORATIVE AND SUPPORTIVE NATURE OF THE PROJECT. CARRYING A MATTRESS WITH OTHERS BRINGS US TOGETHER TO COLLECTIVELY HELP CARRY THE WEIGHT, SHOWS OUR SHARED SUPPORT FOR SURVIVORS, AND OUR COLLECTIVE COMMITMENT TO WORKING TOGETHER TOWARD CULTURAL AND COMMUNITY-LEVEL CHANGE TO END SEXUAL AND DOMESTIC VIOLENCE.

THROUGH THIS POWERFUL DEMONSTRATION OF SOLIDARITY, PARTICIPANTS WILL TANGIBLY EXPRESS THEIR COMMITMENT TO LIFT THE BURDEN OF SEXUAL VIOLENCE FROM THE SHOULDERS OF SURVIVORS—TO CARRY THE WEIGHT TOGETHER.

WILL YOU JOIN US TO HELP CARRY THAT WEIGHT?”

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