Sexual Assault Awareness Month Resources!

These websites contain information for survivors of sexual assault as well as survivor support systems. Please visit them for more information about sexual assault awareness, survivor resources, and more!

The Women’s Center of Greater Danbury is a local safe haven for survivors of domestic violence and sexual assault, servicing 13 towns, including Bethel, Bridgewater, Brookfield, Danbury, Kent, New Fairfield, New Milford, Newtown, Redding, Ridgefield, Roxbury, Sherman, and Washington. Their website (wcogd.org), details their services, education, training, and outreach programs, events, and details on how to get involved. They also offer two hotlines for domestic violence and sexual assault survivors and support systems

The Connecticut Alliance to End Sexual Violence is a local organization that offers resources to survivors of sexual violence in the state of Connecticut. Their website (endsexualviolencect.org) offers materials for survivors of all kinds, including LGBTQIA+ identifying survivors; resources for survivor supporters, details of a survivor’s legal rights, a list of all sexual assault crisis programs in the state, information about support groups, and much more..

The National Sexual Violence Resource Center (NSVRC) is an organization that developed Sexual Assault Awareness Month (SAAM). Their website (nsvrc.org) contains news about sexual assault awareness, anti-sexual violence publications, lists of allied organizations, and a national library of resources on issues related to sexual violence and its prevention.

NO MORE / NO MÁS is a group aiming to raise public awareness and engagement around ending domestic violence and sexual assault. Their website (nomore.org) contains multiple public awareness campaigns and public service announcements dedicated to the cause of ending domestic violence and sexual assault as well as resources on how to recognize violence, how to support friends and family members who are survivors of violence, how to respond to violence as it is occurring, and what bystanders can do in a situation in which violence is occurring.

RAINN (Rape, Abuse & Incest National Network) is the largest anti-sexual violence organization in the U.S. Their website (rainn.org) lists information about victim services, sexual safety and prevention of sexual assault, public education, public policy and action, and consulting services, as well as a live chat feature