Sexual Violence Prevention Month 2026

SVPM 2026 Events Calendar

• Submit your SVPM events to be posted on this calendar
• Please review the Guide to Hosting Sexual Violence Prevention Month Events before you submit your event. 

4/1-4/30 (All Month) SVPM Trinket Giveaway

Look around campus for our trinket scavenger hunt and giveaways! Check our Instagram @pathtocareucb for info! (Campus-wide)

4/2: Free self-defense - Empowerment 101

Thursday, April 2, 2026, 5-6pm

242 Chavez

The Gender Equity Resource Center (GenEq) hosts IMPACT Bay Area who will lead this class on its approach to personal safety. Self-defense as a spectrum that starts with the first feelings in your body when you notice a situation might not be safe, through physical self-defense if necessary, all the way to what you can do to take care of yourself after something happens. Learn to recognize and honor your own intuition, develop assertive body language and powerful verbal skills, and practice simple and effective physical strike techniques! This event is open to all UC Berkeley community members, regardless of race, color, national origin, ethnicity, age, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, disability, religion, or any other protected class status. UC Berkeley is committed to fostering an inclusive environment that welcomes participants from all backgrounds.

If you require an accommodation for effective communication or information about campus mobility access features in order to fully participate in this event, please contact Joanna Villegas at (510) 230-3254 or joannavillegas @berkeley.edu with as much advance notice as possible and at least 7-10 days in advance of the event.

4/6: Healing Together: A Survivors Circle

A workshop for student survivors of sexual violence (Phone Call with Facilitator Required)

Monday, April 6, 2026, 4-6pm

In Person, Location to be shared by facilitator individually

The Healing Together: A Survivors Circle is a trauma-informed space for individuals of all genders to build connection and foster empowerment. Led by Tiffany Hsiang Lin, LCSW, from Social Services, this workshop is specific to survivors who have experienced sexual violence more than 3 months ago. Survivors who experienced sexual violence in the context of an intimate partner violence relationship are eligible to join as long as the relationship is no longer active. 

To save your workshop spot, students can fill out this form(link is external) or call Social Services (510) 642-6074, to set up a phone call with Tiffany. This will give the student the opportunity to learn more about the workshop and decide whether it feels like a fit for what they are looking for.

To refer students to the Survivor Circle, staff can reach out directly to Tiffany about students that you would like to refer, or if you have any questions about the groups. With the student's consent, we could do a warm outreach to schedule a phone call 

If you require an accommodation for effective communication or information about campus mobility access features in order to fully participate in this event, please contact Joanna Villegas at (510) 230-3254 or joannavillegas@berkeley.edu(link sends e-mail) with as much advance notice as possible and at least 7-10 days in advance of the event.

4/6-4/10: PATH to Care Tabling

Week of April 6th

Location: Upper Sproul 

Talk to PTC Peer Educators to learn about our work and enter a raffle for Marlee Liss’ book!

4/9: Take Back the Night (TBTN) 2026 

Thursday, April 9th, 4-6pm

Location: Campanile Esplanade, South Hall Rd., Berkeley, CA 94704

RSVP

Join GenEq to take back the night! Take Back the Night (TBTN) is a night of community building and empowerment against sexual assault and violence. TBTN is commemorated worldwide to protest against sexual assault and violence and call for the end of stigma against survivors and their experiences of SVSH. We hope to nurture a safe space for survivors/victims, women*, and all community members. Come together for an open mic centered around sharing, stories, experiences, and performances uplifting survivors. There will likely be time to perform at the open-mic impromptu, but we encourage you to sign up prior! Come enjoy food from Cafe Gabriela, craft activity & giveaways!

[CALL FOR ORGS] As part of the event, we’re also doing our annual tabling call for organizations! All organizations invested in advocating for survivors and victims of gender-based violence are welcome to sign up; however, GenEq offers tabling slots on a first-come, first-serve basis. Sign up for open mic at tinyurl.com/openmic26tbtn.

Sign up for your organization to table at tinyurl.com/tabling26tbtn Admission Information: https://tinyurl.com/geneqeventsrsvp.

Disability accommodations: Joanna Villegas, joannavillegas@berkeley.edu, (510) 230-3254

Questions: geneq@berkeley.edu

Hosted by the Gender Equity Resource Center, Big C(ommunity) Referendum 2.0, ASUC Sexual Violence Commission, Our Monologues, PATH to Care Center, Queer Alliance and Resource Center

4/15: PATH to Care Presents: Marlee Liss, Re-Imagine Justice for Sexual Harm: Why I fought for a Circle, Not a Courtroom

Wednesday, April 15th, 6-8pm

Location: Tilden Room, MLK Building

For Sexual Violence Prevention Month, PATH to Care is hosting Marlee Liss, award-winning speaker and founder of Survivors 4 Justice Reform, a global coalition of survivors advocating for restorative justice. Marlee's groundbreaking sexual assault case led to a precedent-setting restorative justice outcome in the courts.

Hosted by the PATH to Care Center. 

Light refreshments will be served.

If you require an accommodation for effective communication or information about campus mobility access features in order to fully participate in this event, please email pathtocare@berkeley.edu at least one week prior to the event with your accommodation needs.

4/23: Finding A Voice: Lyric & Poetry Workshop

Thursday, April 23, 2026, 4-6pm

Location sent upon sign-up

This songwriting and poetry workshop is a gentle, creative space for survivors and allies to explore voice, expression, and connection through words and music. Limited to 15 participants. To help maintain a sense of safety and privacy for all attendees, the exact location will be shared 24 hours prior to the workshop with registered participants.

Please RSVP(link is external). 

Hosted by the PATH to Care Center. For disability accommodation requests, please email mkwon@berkeley.edu(link sends e-mail). For questions, please email anastasia.sw@berkeley.edu(link sends e-mail).

4/28 & 4/29: Denim Day

Denim Day Decorating Event: Tuesday, April 28, 6-8pm

Location: Sproul 127

Decorate denim with PTC on April 28th to prepare to wear denim on Denim Day, April 29th, in solidarity! 

Hosted by the PATH to Care Center.

4/29: 2026 Denim Day

Wednesday, April 29, 10:00 am-5:00 pm

Location: Berkeley Way West, First Floor Lobby, 2121 Berkeley Way Berkeley, CA 94720

A court once ruled that tight jeans = consent. We wear denim to say otherwise, combat rape myths, and stand with survivors! Join the Berkeley Public Health SVSH Prevention Committee for Denim Day 2026. We'll be wearing denim and tabling in the first floor lobby of Berkeley Way West.

Everyone is welcome, especially our remote community! Go to Slide 2 of the Google Slides presentation for instructions — share a story or words of encouragement that will be projected and displayed at the event. Note: you must be logged into your Berkeley.edu email to access the slides. Submissions due end of day Monday, April 27th.

Hosted by the School of Public Health SVSH Prevention Committee

Add this event to your calendar: https://addcal.io/e/rs7jkg53fjyf