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Rape Crisis Center helps victims get compensation
SAN ANTONIO -- Over the past year, the Rape Crisis Center has helped more than 3,000 people. Survivors and family go to the non-profit for counseling services and healing, and part of that healing may include moving to a new home. "We all know that moving is very...
UT System releases science backed guidelines for sexual assault responses
SAN ANTONIO - Researchers with the University of Texas System say 23% of female college students are victims of sex assault. UT hopes to help more victims come forward through thee way it trains campus police. On Tuesday, the system released the guidelines of how they...
‘The Vagina Monologues’
V-Day is a global activist movement to end violence against women and girls, that was created by Eve Ensler, the Tony Award-winning playwright and author of “The Vagina Monologues.” The ‘V’ in V-Day stands for victory, valentine and vagina. Through local V-Day...
Monólogos de la Vagina ayuda a víctimas de violación
Este miércoles se presentaron Los Monólogos de la Vagina, en el Teatro Woodlawn; una función para ayudar a las víctimas de violencia sexual.
Study shows most sexual assaults go unreported
A new study released by the University of Texas at Austin offers new information on sexual assaults - data reaching across the state. Victims' advocates met at the San Antonio Police Headquarters early Friday afternoon to talk about these findings and how San Antonio...
Remembering Shelley Botello (1961-2016)
Dear Friends of RCC: On January 15, 2016, The Sexual Assault Response Team which includes The Rape Crisis Center suffered a great loss. Shelley Blalock Botello, the program coordinator for the sexual assault nurse examiner program at Methodist Specialty and Transplant...
Q&A: Driven to Care
The members of Driven to Care, a regional philanthropy program of Discount Tire, have been ambassadors of The Rape Crisis Center since 2013. From simply spreading the word about our services to organizing fundraisers (as pictured above for a craft and wreath auction),...
This Pediatric Nurse is Taking a Stand Against Rape Culture and Porn
The non-stop increase in sexual violence and demand for human trafficking in the U.S. and specifically San Antonio is a sad commentary of society's growing culture of sexual disrespect. We hope that increased awareness of the significance of this epidemic will help...
Local rape crisis center receives much-needed items
During November, the 32nd Medical Brigade Sexual Harassment/Assault Response and Prevention team coordinated a drive to collect basic care items such as toothbrushes, toothpaste, creams, soaps and more for the Rape Crisis Center for Children and Adults in San Antonio....
The Rape Crisis Center’s PREA hotline awarded “Community Project of the Year”
The Rape Crisis Center's PREA (Prison Rape Elimination Act) hotline was honored by the The Alamo Area Council of Governments (AACOG), winning the 2015 Community/Non-profit Project of the Year Award on December 9, 2015. This award has been given out annually since 1974...
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