Damary Rodriguez is the Language Access Coordinator for the Pennsylvania Coalition Against Rape. Damary has worked as an advocate at a county domestic and sexual violence program. She holds a Bachelor’s degree in Global Studies from Penn State University.
- May 14, 2019
- Damary Rodriguez
These organizations and resources are focused on serving Asian and Pacific Islander communities.
- Feb 01, 2019
- Damary Rodriguez
The first step to healing is learning about anti-Blackness and how we perpetuate it. Here are a few articles discussing anti-Blackness within different communities of color and some ways to combat it.
- Nov 08, 2018
- Damary Rodriguez
It has been over a year since the Harvey Weinstein allegations broke and brought attention to the #MeToo movement. It is amazing to see survivors sharing their stories but often marginalized folks, in particular trans people, are left out of the conversation.
- Sep 14, 2018
- Damary Rodriguez
Here are a few ways to help uplift Afro-Latina/x folks during Hispanic Heritage Month and beyond.
- Feb 13, 2018
- Damary Rodriguez
The #MeToo movement has been empowering to survivors of sexual violence. Tarana Burke founded #MeToo to "help survivors of sexual violence, particularly young women of color from low wealth communities, find pathways to healing.” As an advocate, I have seen few black women advocates and survivors, and encountered even fewer black men involved in the anti-sexual violence movement. So when I heard Charlamagne tha God from the radio show The Breakfast Club Power 105.1 FM explaining his realization that men have been raised on rape culture, I was pleasantly surprised It spurred the thought of reaching out to black men about their thoughts on the #MeToo movement, the intersections of race and sexual violence, and how the movement has affected black folks.
- Sep 22, 2017
- Damary Rodriguez
By Damary Rodriguez, Database and Resource Assistant for the National Sexual Violence Resource Center
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