List of awareness ribbons

This is a partial list of awareness ribbons. The meaning behind an awareness ribbon depends on its colors and pattern. Since many advocacy groups have adopted ribbons as symbols of support or awareness, ribbons, particularly those of a single color, some colors may refer to more than one cause. Some causes may be represented by more than one ribbon.

Colors and meanings
RibbonColorFirst useAuthorMeanings
Pink ribbon October 1992[1] Alexandra Penney for Self Breast cancer awareness.[2]
Red ribbon 1985 Duncan Hunter and Henry Lozano's Camanera Clubs Substance-abuse awareness (Red Ribbon Week is commonly held in American schools.)[3]
June 1991[4] Visual AIDS Artists' Caucus (anonymous)[4] HIV/AIDS awareness[5][6]
Maroon ribbon ? International Myeloma Foundation Multiple myeloma awareness
Orange ribbon ? Kidney cancer[7]
? Leukemia & Lymphoma Society Leukemia awareness
? Multiple Sclerosis International Federation Multiple sclerosis awareness[8]
Yellow ribbon ? Traditional (in the U.S. and in Canada) symbol of support for military forces, especially those deployed overseas and in conflicts.
1994[9] International Association for Suicide Prevention, Yellow Ribbon Suicide Prevention Program Suicide prevention[10]
? Endometriosis awareness[11]
2012-2014[12] Rural Fire Brigades Association Queensland[12] Rural Fire Service Queensland – A symbol of unilateral support of Rural Fire Brigades across the state of Queensland, Australia[12]
2014 Yellow Ribbon Campaign and Sewol Ferry Protest Movement Sinking of South Korean ferry MV Sewol in 2014 which resulted in more than 300 deaths.[13]
2014 Supporters of 2014 Hong Kong protests.[14]
2018 Protest against imprisonment of Catalan independence movement leaders during the Catalan crisis[15]
Lime green ribbon ? Non-Hodgkin lymphoma awareness[16][17]
Green ribbon ? Mental health awareness[18][19]
Jade ribbon ? Jade Ribbon Campaign awareness about hepatitis B and liver cancer[20]
Blue ribbon ? Mourning and honoring a police officer killed in the line of duty.[21][22][23][24]
1993 Tom Hennessy[25] Myalgic Encephalomyelitis/Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (ME/CFS)[26][27]
1996 Showing support of freedom of speech, press, and freedom of association online. Proposed by Electronic Frontier Foundation in a 1996 campaign for protesting against Internet censorship.[28][29][30]
? Parkinson's disease awareness[31]
? Canada's National Non-Smoking Week[32][33][34]
? "Stand With ACLU" initiative[35]
2014 Supporters of government officials and police during the 2014 Hong Kong protests.[14]
Dark blue ribbon ? Colon/Colorectal cancer awareness[36][37]
Purple ribbon ? Alzheimer's awareness [38]
? Opioid crisis awareness – Notably worn by various Senators during President Donald Trump's 2018 State of the Union address.[39]
? Month of the Military Child, Celebrating Military Kids[40]
? Spirit Day and victims of homophobia[41]
? Epilepsy awareness[42]
? Lupus Awareness Month (May)[43][44]
? Pancreatic cancer [45]
Silver ribbon 1993 Jean Singleton[46] Schizophrenia, brain illness and brain disorders[46]
Gray ribbon ? Brain Tumor Awareness Month/Brain Cancer Awareness[47][37]
? Borderline personality disorder[48]
? Diabetes Awareness Month[48]
White ribbon 1991 White Ribbon Campaign, of men and boys working to end male violence against women and girls[49]
Black ribbon ? Typically a sign of mourning, or otherwise in memoriam[50]
? Melanoma[7]
? Awareness of the POW/MIA issue in the US[50]
? Black Ribbon Initiative awareness and public outreach program of Madhya Pradesh Police (India) to make all sections of society computer security aware and alert.1
? Anti-violence campaign in New Zealand.[51]
? Skin cancer awareness[36]
2015 Black Ribbon Movement of medical professions and medical students against the appointment of military officers to positions within Ministry of Health in Myanmar (Burma) in August 2015.[52]
Zebra print ribbon 2008 EURODIS Neuroendocrine tumors (NET), Ehlers-Danlos Syndromes, and Rare disease awareness[53][54][55]
Houndstooth ribbon 2011 Relief efforts in Tuscaloosa and northern Alabama following 27 April 2011 tornado (The pattern evokes former University of Alabama head football coach Bear Bryant, an icon of the city and its area.)[56]
Orange and black ribbon ? Ribbon of Saint George; commemoration of World War II in post-Soviet countries[57][58]
Pink and blue ribbon ? Infant and pre-natal death[49]
Red, white and blue ribbon 2011 Used in Omaha, Nebraska, after a deadly shooting at Millard South High School (Matches to the school's colors)[59]


See also
  • Awareness campaign

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