It happens to an estimated 30 per cent of women in the United States. It is a national crisis. If you or someone you know is sexually assaulted, it is not some vague incident that can be forgotten or accepted as the norm. If sexual assault happens at your daughter’s high school, it is not just a “boys will be boys” right-of-passage. The listed organizations address sexual assault in all its forms, providing awareness, education, support, and resources to stop it now.

Valorus

ValorUS provides leadership, vision and resources to rape crisis centers, individuals and those committed to ending sexual violence. Their work includes campus, media, preventive programs, and advocacy.

Connecticut Alliance to End Sexual Violence

The Connecticut Alliance is a statewide coalition of individual sexual assault crisis programs. The alliance works to end sexual violence through victim assistance, community education and public policy advocacy.

DomesticShelters.org/ State Coalitions

This organization offers the online and mobile searchable directory of domestic violence programs and shelters in the U.S. and Canada that is free to the public. In addition, there is a wish list platform for domestic violence agencies and programs.

FindLaw/ State Sexual Assault Laws

States address the crime of sexual assault, with some adding specific categories of victims, defenses and penalties. Find your state’s definition and statutes of sexual assault.

Inside Southern/ Sexual Misconduct Facts

Southern Connecticut University provides a comprehensive resource to inform students of their rights and steps to follow when faced with a sexual misconduct issues. It includes definitions of consent, sexual assault, rape culture and victim blaming facts. It is included in this listing as a tool to compare other universities and schools resources. Students and parents may find it useful.

National Sexual Violence Resource Center (NSVRC)

The NSVRC’s mission is to provide leadership in preventing and responding to sexual violence through collaboration, sharing and creating resources, and promoting research. Their work helps individuals, communities and service providers. The organization leads the Sexual Assault Awareness Month Campaign every April. Use their Directory of Organizations to find help.

Prevention Innovations Research Center (PIRC)

Prevention Innovations Research Center (PIRC) is internationally recognized for its collaborative research and community engagement focusing on sexual and relationship violence and stalking prevention and response. PIRC conducts scholarly research that informs policy and practice, and convenes practitioners and researchers to develop strategies for evidence-based, innovative approaches to violence prevention.

Raliance

Through the collaborative effort, and reach and influence of their partners, Raliance advances prevention initiatives across all industries by: awarding grants, advancing research, influencing policy; and helping leaders establish safe environments and strong communities. The film Roll Red Roll documents the aftermath of a high school rape case and sheds light on the broader culture that normalizes and enables sexual violence.

Rape, Abuse & Incest National Network (RAINN)

RAINN is the nation's largest anti-sexual violence organization. The organization created and operates the National Sexual Assault Hotline (800.656.HOPE), online resources in partnership with more than 1000 local sexual assault services across the country. RAINN offers toolkits, handouts, online dating app safety, and warning signs for college-age adults, teens and children.

RAINN

State resources for those seeking help or information about sexual assault.

Sexual Assault Kit Initiative

SAKI provides funding through competitive grants programs to support the jurisdictional reform approaches to sexual assault cases. It is administered by the Bureau of Justice Assistance.

Shattering The Silence

Pave is a national nonprofit that works to prevent sexual assault and help survivors as they heal from trauma. They work to empower students, parents and civic leaders to end sexual violence. They offer national campaigns, speakers bureau and training.

Start Believing

As few as one in five victims report their sexual assault, so they often don’t get the help they need. Start Believing trains and supports comunities across the country to help survivors of sexual assault.

Roll Red Roll Film

Roll Red Roll shines a light on “rape culture”—a culture that allows sexual assault to be normalized and dismissed. The film shifts the lens and burden from the victim to the perpetrators, bystanders, witnesses, and communities to understand and address the problem.

Take Back the Night Foundation

Take Back the Night Foundation’s mission is to create safe communities and respectful relationships through awareness events and initiatives. They seek to end sexual assault, domestic violence, dating violence, sexual abuse and all forms of sexual violence.

Texas Association Against Sexual Assault (TAASA)

The Texas Association Against Sexual Assault is committed to ending sexual violence in Texas through education, prevention and advocacy. The organization supports survivors on their paths to hope, healing and justice. TAASA is the voice of the sexual assault movement in Texas that is the unifying force bringing together parties involved in and affected by sexual assault as a catalyst for change.

The Turning Point

The Turning Point provides counseling, education and advocacy for those impacted by sexual violence. The organization offers services for persons in crisis, advocacy services, a free clinic that provides forensic exams, referral services for counseling, legal help and more.

The United States Department Of Justice / Local Resources

The U. S. Department of Justice, Office of Violence Against Women (OVW) provides resource information and works to reduce violence against women, administer justice for and strengthen services for victims of domestic violence, sexual assault, and stalking.

Resources

These articles target the shameful truth about sexual assault and rape in the united states. The statistics are alarmingly high Yet the cultural norms promote it and most of the crimes go unpunished.

Videos

These videos define rape culture, the language used within the culture to maintain a power imbalance that negates the bodily integrity and autonomy of women, and why women don’t leave a relationship after being sexually assaulted.