Please note: Name badges are required to attend all BOOST Conference events including meals and workshops.

WEDNESDAY, APRIL 25

Join us for our early evening opening reception poolside. Connect with colleagues and make new friends while the sun sets against the San Jacinto mountains. A perfect way to start the conference!

OPENING RECEPTION & HAT CONTEST

BOOST is continuing our creative and fun tradition at our Annual Opening Reception so get ready to celebrate in style. Show up at the opening poolside reception on Wednesday evening and show off! Ornate, glamorous headpieces, outrageous-themed head wear, fancy floral arrangements, sports-theme, program orientated or boast your company or agency flair!

Be entered into one of 3 different Hat Contest categories: Most Glamorous, Best Theme, and Most Creative.

April 25th is truly a day to celebrate in Palm Springs with colleagues from all over the country.

OPENING RECEPTION FEATURING: JEANS 4 JUSTICE

What We Believe

Jeans 4 Justice believes in a community-driven model of social change that first brings awareness of an issue, educates on how to be an active bystander, and finally empowers participants as leaders in the movement to end sexual violence. We also believe in the infinite power of the individual, and that transformation and leadership happen from the inside out. When one person commits to making a shift in their own life by making powerful, compassionate and loving choices, they create a ripple around them that can cause change throughout generations. To read more about Jeans 4 Justice, click here.

April 25: National Denim Day – Denim Day is a campaign to raise awareness and educate the public about rape and sexual assault. This movement arose from the outrage that followed an Italian Supreme Court decision in 1998 to overturn a rape conviction because the victim wore tight jeans. It was argued that she must have necessarily have had to help her attacker remove her jeans, thus making the act consensual. The Italian Supreme Court stated in its decision "it is a fact of common experience that it is nearly impossible to slip off tight jeans even partly without the active collaboration of the person who is wearing them." This ruling sparked widespread protest. The day after the decision, women in the Italian legislature protested by wearing jeans and holding placards that read "Jeans: An Alibi for Rape." Wearing jeans has become an international symbol of protest against erroneous and destructive attitudes about sexual assault. As of 2011, at least 20 U.S. states officially recognize Denim Day.

For more information about Nation Denim Day, please visit www.denimday.com

Don’t forget to wear your denim for the opening reception and to celebrate National Denim Day!