What is Denim Day?

JESSICA VAUGHAN Arts & Entertainment Editor @JVaughanRoundup

In Italy in the 1990s, the Italian Supreme Court ruled against a young girl who said she was raped by her driving instructor. According to

Peace Over Violence, the chief judge argued, “Because the victim wore very, very tight jeans, she had to help him remove them, and by removing the jeans it was no longer rape but consensual sex.”

In 2008, the Pierce College campus introduced the Clothesline Project tradition in response to the community on the connection between environmental degradation and agriculture and encourage everybody to adopt an earth-friendly lifestyle like going vegan,” Winnard said. “Going Vegan is the single best action a person can do on an individual level to help the planet.”

Karen Snook, the executive director of Kindred Spirits Care Farm at John R. Woodens High School (JRWHS), said tending to the earth and caring for

Denim Day campaign. It has been 10 years since the initial start of the project.

Today, ASO and B.R.A.V.E. are sponsoring the Clothesline Project in honor of the Denim Day campaign today from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. in Rocky Young Park.

Kathy Oborn, Chair of Political Science, Economics and Criminal Justice, started Denim Day at Pierce when she was a team lead for the animals has a profound social and environmental impact.

JRWHS is a continuation school for at-risk youth on Winnetka Ave.

“We have about 130 students who come to us, wounded. There they work with the animals, tend to the gardens. We teach them not only why, but how to grow food,” Snook said.

“The fact of the matter is that we controlled the tempo of the match,” Walker said.

The Brahmas led the second set from the start as Morgan Wadlow and Cole Chea made crucial kills and blocks that gave the team a 17-10 lead.

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