Yellow Ribbon Week

Each February PREPARE conducts a campus-wide Sexual Assault Awareness Week called "Tie a Yellow Ribbon Week."

During the week, more than 800 students attend events designed to educate the Wake Forest community about rape and sexual assault. Yellow ribbons are worn to honor victims and survivors of rape and sexual assault. Yellow tape ribbon is provided in central locations for students, faculty and staff to tie on the Quad ropes to honor someone they know who has been affected by rape or sexual assault.

In addition to the events, a "Rape Awareness Wall" display is placed in front of the Pit and yellow ribbons are distributed to students, faculty and staff.

The culmination of the week is the Speak-Out, a candelight program in which anonymous testimonials of Wake Forest students are read aloud. Selected students, staff and faculty members also speak on the issue of rape on our campus. The Speak-Out is an unprecedented display of support for rape awareness, including representatives from all areas of the Wake Forest Community and acting as an integral part of the fraternity/sorority pledge programs for all groups.