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University of Illinois Springfield is planting a flag – one thousand of them, actually – to call attention to the problem of sexual assault.
April is Sexual Assault Awareness Month, and the first Tuesday in April is the Day of Action. Because public gatherings such as marches and speeches are discouraged during the pandemic, a UIS student’s idea this year was to plant one thousand tiny flags, each bearing a teal ribbon signifying survival of sexual assault, on the university’s quad.
Rexann Whorton, director of UIS’ women’s center, says each flag symbolizes 433 people who are victimized by sexual assault in America in a year.
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