2025 Body Respect Week Schedule of Events
Body Respect Week Kickoff – Uptown
Date/Time: Monday, November 3 | 12:00–2:00 PM
Location: McAlister
Food: NOLA Cookie Company
Hosted by: The Well for Health Promotion
Balanced Breathwork
Date/Time: Monday, November 3 | 5:30 PM
Location: Diboll Studio
Hosted by: The Well for Health Promotion and Campus Recreation
Body Respect Week Kickoff – Downtown
Date/Time: Tuesday, November 4 | 12:00–2:00 PM
Location: Tidewater Building (as part of Tulane Tuesday at Tidewater)
Food: NOLA Cookie Company
Hosted by: The Well for Health Promotion
Affirmation Station
Date/Time: Tuesday, November 4 | 2-4 p.m.
Location: McAlister, LBC Booth 8
Hosted by: The Well for Health Promotion
Partners: SAPHEs and TUPHEs
Bounce Ya Brass
Date/Time: Tuesday, November 4 | 5:30 p.m.
Location: Diboll Studio
Hosted by: The Well for Health Promotion and Campus Recreation
TUPHE Talks with SAPHE
Date/Time: Wednesday, November 5 | 2-4 p.m.
Location: McAlister, LBC Booth 4
Hosted by: Sexual Aggression Peer Hotline and Education (SAPHE) and Tulane University Peer Health Educators (TUPHE)
Sexual Health Pop-Up: Body Respect Edition
Location: McAlister (outside #M1)
Date/Time: Wednesday, November 5 | 12:00–2:00 PM
Hosted by: The Well for Health Promotion
Every Body Belongs
Date/Time: Thursday, November 6 | 12:00–3:00 PM
Location: Pocket Park
Hosted by: The Well for Health Promotion
Partners:
- Mary’s Rack
- Wave of Support – hula hooping challenge (longest time wins a prize)
- Campus Recreation – belt bag giveaways + body movement class info
- SAPHE – consent-centered engagement
- TUPHE – mocktails
- All In/Title IX – book giveaway
- Campus Health Nutrition- information on healthy diet and nutrition
Positively Blooming
Date/Time: Friday, November 7 | 11:00 AM–1:00 PM
Location: McAlister
Free Giveaway: Flower bouquets
Hosted by: Wave of Support
Sexual Health Pop Up: Body Respect Edition – Downtown
Date/Time: Friday, November 7 | 11 AM–1 PM
Location: Tidewater Building
Free Giveaways
Hosted by: The Well for Health Promotion
Shatter The Red Zone: BRW Edition
Date/Time: Friday, November 7 | 3:00-5:00 PM
Location: McAlister
Hosted by: The Well for Health Promotion, Wave of Support, Title IX, Office of Student Conduct, SAPHE, and Case Management and Victim Support Services
What is Body Respect Week?
Body Respect Week (BRW), taking place November 3–7, 2025, will bring the Tulane community a series of health events that are body-positive, identity-inclusive, and culturally specific. Programming is grounded in the Body Respect framework by Lindo Bacon, with a focus on the Five Pillars of Body Respect.
The week’s goal is to help Tulane students shift from the pressure to “love your body” to a more accessible and sustainable practice of respecting their body. We recognize that language about bodies and health is often confusing or misleading, and this initiative aims to create clarity and empowerment through education.
Body Respect Week is part of the All-In initiative and promotes body autonomy informed decision-making and consent. It also challenges stigma around body diversity and the social norms that contribute to objectification, disrespect, and sexual violence. At its core, Body Respect Week is a call to extend the same respect to others that we hope to receive ourselves.
Who is Body Respect Week for?
Body Respect Week is for Every Body. This initiative invites all students to take part in conversations about how we care for, relate to, and show up in our bodies. It’s a chance to reflect on questions like: How has your body helped you navigate life? What can you do to better support your body and its needs? What might shift if you stopped seeing your body as the problem? Body Respect Week encourages us to honor the bodies we have—just as they are—and reclaim the respect we all deserve.
Five Pillars of Body Respect
- My body deserves to be fed.
- My body deserves to be treated with dignity.
- My body deserves to be dressed comfortably and in the manner I am accustomed to
- My body deserves to be touched affectionately and with respect
- My body deserves to move comfortably.
