Sexual harassment, abuse, and assault happens every day, in every community. No gender, age, race or social group is unaffected by these crimes — anyone can experience or perpetrate sexual violence. According to The National Sexual Violence Resource Center (NSVRC), sexual violence is any ...
This October is the 37th Domestic Violence Awareness Month — and the 50th anniversary of north-central West Virginia’s Rape and Domestic Violence Information Center. As one would expect from an organization that helps survivors of assault and abuse, RDVIC’s origin story isn’t a ...
Every two minutes, someone in the United States becomes a victim of sexual assault or abuse. Anyone can be a victim of sexual violence, regardless of their gender, race, age, sexual orientation, socio-economic status, or religion. Victims can include women, men, infants, people of color, ...
“A little more than five years ago, I had the privilege of playing a very small role in creating a space where survivors of traumatic crime could work with police in compassionate surroundings, reflective not only of a trauma-aware police department but also a trauma-aware ...
Victim, advocates didn’t stay quiet by Christine Ledbetter Quincy, the county seat of Adams County in downstate Illinois, is a quiet town. Here residents vote conservative, prize neighborliness and don’t raise voices. Controversy isn’t courted. But that changed when a ...
MORGANTOWN — In 2014, roughly $18 million in bonds were issued to finance the transformation of the former Harley O. Staggers federal building into the Monongalia County Justice Center. Due to the county’s high credit rating at the time, those bonds were issued with a seven-year ...