MORGANTOWN – The Rape and Domestic Violence Information Center is hosting its annual Walking with Survivors event next week. First, though, some history. RDVIC, as the outreach organization is known across the region, has been around since 1973. You can thank Virginia Hopkins for ...
Awareness is a key factor in the fight against sexual assault and domestic violence and that is what the Rape and Domestic Violence Information Center’s (RDVIC) annual Walking with Survivor’s event brings to Morgantown and the surrounding areas. The first agency of its kind in ...
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 ...
Human trafficking is a crime that is said to be “hidden in plain sight.” Often equated to modern-day slavery, there are many ways humans are trafficked. The most common types involve the commercial sex trade or physical labor. There are myriad ways to define human trafficking, ...
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, ...