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The National Sexual Violence Resource Center (NSVRC) is the leading nonprofit in providing information and tools to prevent and respond to sexual violence. NSVRC translates research and trends into best practices that help individuals, communities and service providers achieve real and lasting change. The center also works with the media to promote informed reporting. Every April, NSVRC leads Sexual Assault Awareness Month (SAAM), a campaign to educate and engage the public in addressing this widespread issue. NSVRC is also one of the three founding organizations of Raliance, a national, collaborative initiative dedicated to ending sexual violence in one generation.

Survivors of Sexual Violence with Developmental Disabilities in LGBTQ and Transgender Communities Speak Out
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How can bias and discrimination impact survivors with developmental disabilities (DD) within the LGBTQIA+ community?

Survivors with DD within the LGBTQIA+ community often experience bias and discrimination which impacts their access to services. Too often, people do not understand or personally know individuals with disabilities or who are LGBTQIA+.

Below are some of the ways bias and discrimination plays a role in this issue or impacts survivors of sexual violence:

How to Create a Trauma Informed Workplace
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The Mental Health Landscape

#SAAM2023 Glossary of Terms
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This list does not include all the terms and definitions related to systems that maintain unearned privileges and unjust oppressions. As we work towards a future without sexual violence, advocates, survivors, and communities must respond to a complex reality that center the needs of those most impacted by systemic oppression.

What is the connection between Language Access, Sexual Violence, and Racism?
Making connections: Language access, sexual violence, and racism

What is Language Access?

What is the connection between Media, Sexual Violence, and Systems of Oppression?
Making Connections, Media, Sexual Violence, and Systems of Oppression

How powerful is the media in creating social norms?

What is the connection between Housing Inequality, Sexual Violence, and White Supremacy?
Making Connections, Housing Inequality, Sexual Violence, and White Supremacy

What is the state of housing inequality in the United States?

What is the Connection Between Mass Violence, Racism, and Sexual Violence?
Making Connections, Mass Violence, Racism, and Sexual Violence

How are acts of mass violence connected to white supremacy?

What is the connection between Sexual Violence, Racial Injustice, and All Forms of Abuse?
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This Q&A page is meant for white audiences struggling to understand how issues of racism and sexual violence are connected, and why preventing sexual violence requires ending white supremacy culture. It also explains white people’s role in making these changes.

 

How is the sexual violence movement tied together with the movement to end racial injustice?

At its heart, doing the work of sexual violence prevention is:

Social Justice Booklist for Children, Teens, and Young Adults
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Social justice means equal rights and equitable opportunities for all. True social change relies on actions and efforts at multiple levels, and it can begin with introducing youth to social justice books to help them better understand different cultures, people, and situations.

El tema central del Mes de concientización sobre la agresión sexual 2023
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El mes de concientización sobre la agresión sexual (SAAM, por sus siglas en inglés) resalta el hecho de que la violencia sexual es un asunto generalizado y afecta a todas las personas en la comunidad. El SAAM busca concientizar a la población acerca de la violencia sexual e informar a las comunidades sobre cómo prevenirla.