SEXUAL VIOLENCE CENTER

Give thanks. Give hope. Give support to victims and survivors of sexual violence.

What does your donation do?
It allows the Sexual Violence Center (SVC) to continue to provide more than 2000 youth and adults with 24-hour crisis phone service, individual counseling, support groups, hospital emergency room advocacy and legal clinics at no cost. There is no need for insurance, a qualifying income level or any other restrictions for receiving services from SVC. Since 1985 our agency has been serving victims/survivors of sexual violence who are 12 years of age or older, and their families, in Hennepin, Carver, Scott and other metro counties. We have offices in Minneapolis and Chaska.

Our work extends beyond working directly with victims/survivors of sexual violence.
SVC is launching the Green Dot Strategy in Minnesota! This approach focuses on engaging bystanders to actively prevent a sexual assault either through a direct action, distraction or involving a third party such as the police or other bystanders in the area. There are typically between 20-40 bystanders who at some point in a situation or a relationship that could have intervened to prevent a sexual assault.(Please seewww.livethegreendot.com for more information on this strategy.)

SVC also coordinates two multi-disciplinary teams that focus on ensuring that all systems (i.e. judicial, law enforcement, medical, victim service providers, community corrections, etc.) that work with victims/survivors of sexual violence are victim-centered with victim safety and offender accountability as the highest priorities. These types of teams have been shown to increase victim safety, charging and conviction rates of sexual offenders, and improve legal outcomes for victims/survivors.

If sexual violence has not touched your life ....give thanks and help us give hope to victims/survivors of sexual violence through your donation to the Sexual Violence Center.

Check out our website www.sexualviolencecenter.org.

You can also see more prevention tip videos on youtube:http://www.youtube.com/user/sexualviolencecenter