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On February 18, 2012, our annual live and silent auction will focus on the valuable services the Rape Crisis Center provides through an “Un Maskarade”. You can help remove the mask for victims of sexual assault and violence in our community through your generous support. Learn more about the event, purchase tickets, or sponsor the event. |
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Self Defense Classes
The next Self Defense class offered for women, taught by women is currently not scheduled. Please check back for future class information. Bring a friend or your daughter to this wonderful class. For registration contact Rape Crisis at 233-3000 or email us.
If you are a RN with 2 or more years experience and have an interest in forensic nursing, now is the time to become a SANE (Sexual Assault Nurse Examiner)! The next SANE Training will be announced soon. The training is 40 hours long so be prepared to spend all week in training. Basic SANE training $200.00 for 40hr training. Manual and lunch included. For information contact Rape Crisis at 233-3000 or email the RCC more information |
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Become a volunteer! Answer the 24-hour crisis line and/or respond to the hospital with rape victims. Volunteer training will take place on February 29th (6pm-9pm), March 1st (6pm-9pm), 3rd (8:30am-4pm), 5th (6pm-9pm), 6th (6pm-9pm) and 7th (6pm-9pm).
If you are interested in volunteering to
respond to the hospital when a victim reports a rape to
the police OR answer the 24-hour crisis line. Please call
233-3000 or email
us.
Click on here to learn more about being a volunteer.
Contact us with
any questions concerning
Volunteering.
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Telling
If the occurrence of rape were audible, its decibel level equal to its frequency,
it would overpower our days and nights, interrupt our meals, our bedtime
stories, howl behind our lovemaking, and insistent jackhammer of distress.
We would demand an end to it. And if we failed to locate its source, we would
condemn the whole structure. We would refuse to live under such conditions.
- Patricia Weaver Franciso
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Basic Philosophies
- Our Primary focus is on the victim
and her process of recovery.
- Confidentiality is critical for the
safety of our clients and the trust that they have
in us, as advocates.
- Sexual assault is never the victim's
fault. The rapist is the one who did the raping.
- Empowerment through giving support and
information will help to strengthen the victim, so
that she can follow through with the criminal justice
process, function on her job, or just get on with her
life in general. We cannot make everything ok, but
we can focus on her power as the only witness to the
crime and as a person who can regain her sense of herself.
- Every victim of sexual assault has the
right and the choice of reporting and having a rape
examination, regardless of the circumstances of her
case. She also has a right to be heard and to heal
at her own pace.
- Every victim is in a state of crisis
and is experiencing trauma on some level. This is normal
and it contributes to her confusion, her indecision,
and her fear. She may also be greatly affected by the
damage to her self-esteem and this can have a profound
influence on interactions with the police, medical
and court personnel.
- The victim needs the police and the
police need her in order to prosecute. However, the
relationship is not an equal one. The police represent
authority and she may feel powerless and easily intimidated.
As advocates, we can be the buffer between the victim
and the police, helping her understand their role in
the process
- A victim's greatest fear is that she
will not be believed. Considering how difficult it
is to report a rape, the likelihood of anyone reporting
falsely is very unusual. As advocates, we believe her
from the beginning, knowing that if there is any falsehood,
it will eventually surface. In cases of false reports,
the victim often has other problems that should be
addressed and referrals should be made to to other
agencies.
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