Clothesline Project

Wednesday July 13, 2011

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 The Sexual Assault Crisis Program is an intervention and prevention program that seeks to improve the quality of life for those victimized by sexual assault.

The program offers support and healing to survivors and promotes awareness of issues resulting from sexual violence. Services are free and available to

those 12 years of age and older.

Sexual assault survivors are given personalized, emotional support, and are taught prevention techniques. Program services include: counseling; 24-hour accompaniment to hospitals, court, or police stations directly following an attack; self-defense classes; and prevention and community education.

Services We Provide:

  • Accompaniement - 24 hr advocate support at hospitals, law enforcement agencies, and courts.
  • Advocacy-intervention with agencies and individuals on behalf of victims/survivors.
  • Community Education-provide workshops and community events to increase awareness about sexual violence.
  • Counseling-invidual, group counseling and healing art services.
  • Crisis Intervention-24-hour crisis line and community resources.
  • Prevention Education-provide workshops and events to decrease the occurrence of sexual violence.
  • Self-Defense a women's empowerment model based on awareness, assertiveness and physical techniques.
  • Clothesline Project-create t-shirts, that depict various forms of violence against women, then publicly display them to "air out the dirty laundry."

24-hour crisis hotline

1-877- Y HELPS U (1-877-943-5778)

 

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