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Picturing Your Program: Planning for Organizational Growth Taylor Teichman Fri, 02/21/2020

Taking a thorough look at how programs have structured services for survivors of sexual violence is an essential part of how we care for
survivors. This toolkit provides guidelines to explore program values, resources, and structures related to sexual violence services.

Publish Date

February 2020

It Matters! How Defining Sexual Violence Defines Advocacy Programs

How advocacy programs view and define sexual violence shapes their identity and impacts the concrete ways they offer services and speak to the community. This resource explores how by widening our view of sexual violence, we can open our doors to a wider diversity of survivors. For more resources from the Sexual Assault Demonstration Initiative (SADI) click here.

Publish Date

April 2019

Event Planning Guide

The Event Planning guide for the 2019 Sexual Assault Awareness Month Campaign, I Ask. This guide goes into detail about how to plan a Sexual Assault Awareness Month Event. For best graphic quality, download the PDF and then print it out.

Publish Date

December 2018

Responding to Survivors with Autism Spectrum Disorders: An Overview for Sexual Assault Advocates

This guide was developed for local rape crisis advocates who may be asked to work with a survivor with autism.  It is a brief primer on autism, how persons who have autism may respond to a traumatic event and the importance of working with disability providers in a collaborative fashion. There are resource lists for advocates as well as organizational tools designed to assist programs who want to better serve the disability communities.

Publish Date

September 2018