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November 11, 2023 Dr. Crystal Feimster
NSVRC talks with Yale Professor Dr. Cyrstal Feimster about the direct throughline between sexual violence during the American slavery era and the sexual violence experienced by Black women and girls today.
November 11, 2023 Marisa Cummings Miakonda
NSVRC talks with Minnesota Indian Women’s Resource Center about how historical oppression of American Indian people is directly linked to their increased risk of sex trafficking today.
November 10, 2023 Marisa Cummings Miakonda
NSVRC talks with Minnesota Indian Women’s Resource Center about how historical oppression of American Indian people is directly linked to their increased risk of sex trafficking today.
November 10, 2023 Aishah Shahidah Simmons
NSVRC talks with filmmaker Aishah Shahidah Simmons about shaping narratives in film that honor the Black female survivor experience.
November 10, 2023 Aishah Shahidah Simmons
NSVRC talks with filmmaker Aishah Shahidah Simmons about shaping narratives in film that honor the Black female survivor experience.
November 10, 2023 Yolanda Edrington
NSVRC Director Yolanda Edrington discusses the lasting importance of the theme for this year’s edition of The Resource, “Racial Equity in the Movement”.
November 9, 2023 Halle Nelson
NSVRC is committed to continuing the ongoing conversation about racial equity in the sexual violence movement. For the theme of this issue of The Resource, we emphasize that racism, and all forms of oppression, are inextricably tied to sexual violence. Racial equity must be at the forefront of our efforts to respond to and prevent sexual harassment, […]
October 24, 2023 Laura Palumbo
The National Sexual Violence Resource Center (NSVRC) was awarded $500,000 as one of two Sexual Assault Capacity Building Centers that will work to improve trauma-informed, developmentally sensitive, and culturally relevant services for survivors of dating violence, domestic violence, and sexual assault nationwide.
October 10, 2023 Jennifer Benner and Jennifer Grove
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention just released a new report, The National Intimate Partner and Sexual Violence Survey: 2016/2017 Report on Victimization by Sexual Identity. This report highlights findings from the National Intimate Partner and Sexual Violence Survey (NISVS) specific to sexual identity. This report fills gaps in research about the lifetime experiences […]
September 26, 2023 NSVRC
Guest blog post by Laura Lorenz, PhD, MEd and Diana Weggler, Photovoice Worldwide Since 1992, Photovoice has been used by people all over the world as an action research tool to create positive change. A participatory visual approach using photographs and captions, Photovoice creates opportunities for people with valuable lived experience—referred to as co-researchers or […]
