Language is not just words- it’s also culture. Concerns of access don’t encompass linguistic understanding only, but must also include awareness of the social norms within a community that may create unique issues or barriers. When we assume that all groups of people experience and heal from harm in the same way, it not only...

  Non-Verbal, Deaf and DeafBlind Survivors Throughout our history, the most vulnerable among us have been left out of important violence prevention conversations due to real or perceived barriers to language access. People with disabilities have been among the most highly impacted by inadequate language access, including but not limited to non-verbal survivors, deafblind, and hearing...

According to the U.S. Census, over 22 million people living in the United States speak a language other than English at home. This means that if non-English speakers all lived in one state, they would be the third most populated state in the country.  That’s more people than  Wyoming, Vermont, Alaska, North Dakota, South Dakota,...

Highlighted Resource The following resources are a must have for rape crisis centers and advocates to have available in their center to make it easier to understand what a person’s first language is. They can be shown to a survivor who can then point to their language.  The use of these tools can minimize the...

This brief provides information on how Rape Prevention and Education funded programs connect the dots between health equity and anti-oppression work.

This brief provides information on the impact of COVID-19 on Rape Prevention and Education programs and how they adapted during the first year of the pandemic. 

This publication includes a description of the background for NSVRC National Strengths and Needs Assessments and the methodology for the 2021 survey administered to Rape Prevention and Education funded programs and agencies. 

This worksheet, which is a part of the NSVRC Evaluation Toolkit, provides evaluation planners with ideas for evaluating policy activities. 

Poet Kelly Mays (Native Child) shares her poem inspired by her work on the MPHI Community Sexual Violence Prevention (CSVPA) Advisory Committee.   You can hear more of Kelly’s work and connect with those that are honoring her legacy at the link below. Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/nativechild.mays/  

This episode is a conversation with Kelly Mays and Sara McGirr about the process used and findings from an equity focused sexual assault community assessment process in Michigan.      SHOW NOTES: MPHI’s Office of Gender, Sexuality, and Violence website: https://mphi.org/svp/ MPHI Community Assessment Reports Executive Summary: Findings from Michigan’s Community Sexual Violence Assessment CSVPA...