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...
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...
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),...
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...
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 (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...
United Way of San Antonio and Bexar County honored The Rape Crisis Center’s staff for their contributions as part of an annual employee giving campaign to benefit United Way. In three days, 20 participating Rape Crisis Center employees raised $4,372, surpassing...
Thousands of women are turned away from domestic violence shelters and rape crisis centers every day because these programs do not have the funding they need to keep up with demand.
SAN ANTONIO- A woman is sharing her own story of sexual assault after meeting a man on an online dating website. “I remember waking up and he was on top of me,” the woman who wished not to be identified said. It started off normal enough, she said, she and...
