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National Crime Victims’ Rights Week (NCVRW) is an annual observance that brings communities together and raises awareness about victims’ rights, protections, and services. This is an opportunity to honor survivors and advocate for them. It’s also about recognizing organizations (like us) that have been fighting for victims’ rights for decades, forging new partnerships to better serve and support victims of crime, and strengthening existing partnerships.
This year the week will be observed April 21–27. The theme is — Options, services and hope for crime survivors.
This year’s theme challenges all of us to be prepared to help victims of crime by learning about the available resources in our communities and being able to offer support if someone confides in us about something that happened to them.
April is also Sexual Assault Awareness Month! The White House proclamation (linked below) declaring this states:
More than half of all women and nearly one-third of all men in America have experienced sexual violence. The rate of sexual violence is even higher for people of color. Survivors have faced this violence wherever life happens — at work, at school, at home, and online. It can upend people’s jobs and contribute to mental health issues like depression, anxiety, and post-traumatic stress disorder. It is an insult to our most basic humanity and everything we stand for as a Nation.
1 in every 2 women, and 1 of every 3 men experience sexual violence at some point in their lives. Wow. So many of us are the functioning wounded.
If that defines you, please find someone safe to talk with who can help you to heal. Don’t allow that trauma define your future.
We are part of a collaborative group of service providers who focus on helping victims, as we’re fully aware that our survivors need as much healthy help as they can access. We encourage them to not allow their past trauma to fully define their future.
As we watch flowers begin to bloom this spring, may we each experience hope blooming within our lives. We’re grateful for those of you who walk with us along this path of providing opportunities for survivors to find healing, hope, and to bloom.
We invite you to join the Human Trafficking Task Force of Southern Colorado, which meets in our office (615 Wooten Road) the 2nd Tuesday each month, 5:45-7:15 pm. This April 9, our Survivor Care Team will be talking about our program – feel free to join us if you are curious to know more!
Blessings,
Sues Hess, Exec. Dir., and the RHope Team
Save the Date!
Save the date for our annual Fundraising Dinner on October 11th. If you’d like to be involved in the planning, please reach out to us. More info to come!
What Can I Do?
Prayer
Hope Bag Needs
Shine a Light Event
Human Trafficking in the News
A Proclamation on National Sexual Assault Awareness and Prevention Month, 2024…
Sexual violence affects every community in this Nation.
Denver prosecutors anticipate historic human trafficking sentence following conviction…
a jury on Tuesday returned a guilty verdict against Robert Hawkins on more than a dozen counts — four of which were human trafficking charges.
Victim Blaming in Family Court: How Child Custody Impacts Survivors…
To help survivors become thrivers, and to fulfill their role as mother, family court systems need to drastically transform their knowledge of human trafficking and listen to survivors when they explain their situation.
Click here to sign Polaris’ Petition in support of the Trafficking Survivors Relief Act
Thank you!
We are so grateful for all donations made to Reclaiming Hope. If you need a Gift In Kind Receipt for any donations made please contact the office Tuesday – Friday 10 am to 4 pm at 719/425 – 9405 or at info@reclaiming-hope.org