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.

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.

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.

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.

NSVRC talks with filmmaker Aishah Shahidah Simmons about shaping narratives in film that honor the Black female survivor experience.

NSVRC talks with filmmaker Aishah Shahidah Simmons about shaping narratives in film that honor the Black female survivor experience.

NSVRC Director Yolanda Edrington discusses the lasting importance of the theme for this year’s edition of The Resource, “Racial Equity in the Movement”.

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,...

“If I love you, I have to make you conscious of the things you don’t see.”  James Baldwin xvi Before you decide to have a conversation, take the time to educate yourself, find some support for you, and make a plan for what you want to say and where you would like to have this...

“If not now, when?” Hillel the Elder xiii  There is considerable research about when a bystander is most likely to intervene. They will be more likely to say or do something when the situation is viewed as an emergency, when there is no one else available, when there is a social norm of responsibility for...