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<p style="background:white"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">We hope you all had a great Easter weekend with what was a full schedule of events for our athletics teams and staff supporting them. </span><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="background:white"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">We want to take an opportunity to join the Baylor Equity, Civil Rights and Title IX Office on campus for Denim Day, on Wednesday, April 30. <b>Denim Day</b> is
a national awareness campaign, encouraging participants to wear denim on the last Wednesday of April, Sexual Assault Awareness Month. Click<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="https://news.web.baylor.edu/news/story/2025/baylor-university-recognizes-national-sexual-assault-awareness-month" title="https://news.web.baylor.edu/news/story/2025/baylor-university-recognizes-national-sexual-assault-awareness-month"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:purple">here</span></a><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>for
a list of campus Sexual Assault Awareness Month events.<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="background:white"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">Denim Day was established in 1999 in response to a judge’s ruling that a survivor could not have been assaulted since she was wearing tight jeans. The day of
action and awareness was set aside in support of survivors to shift misconceptions surrounding sexual assault and educate others about need to eliminate victim blaming. More information can be found at this link: </span><u><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#0563C1"><a href="https://nationaltoday.com/denim-day/" title="https://nationaltoday.com/denim-day/"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:#0563C1">https://nationaltoday.com/denim-day/</span></a></span></u><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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wearing denim on<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><u>Wednesday, April 30</u>,</span></b><span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black"> </span></span><i><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">(please
use best judgment based on your schedule)</span></i><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">, use the #DenimDay, and tag @BU_Equity in any photos you post on social media!</span><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="elementtoproof" style="margin:0in;background:white"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">Sic ‘em<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="elementtoproof" style="margin:0in;background:white"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">Ramone<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="mso-ligatures:none">Ramone Cooper</span></b><span style="mso-ligatures:none"> | Associate AD_Academic Services<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-ligatures:none">Department of Athletics | Baylor University<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-ligatures:none">O: 254-710-6478 | C: 254-252-0326<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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