Took over Union Square May 18, 2008 Survivors, friends, family and others came together to celebrate healing and recovery from sexual violence. The festival featured music, performances, dancers, spoken word, inspirational speakers, and more. The annual event, now in its 5th year, is sponsored by the New York City Alliance Against Sexual Assault in association with Midnight Kitchen Media. [Read more.] |
1 IN 6 NYC TEENS ABUSEDJune 24, 2008By BETH BRAVERMAN June 24, 2008 -- Sexual violence against high-school aged kids is "prevalent" in the city - and the percentage of teens who say they've been victimized by their dating partners, family members or others is far higher than the national average, according to a new survey. The nonprofit NYC Alliance Against Sexual Assault's report on sexual and dating violence among city high-school students surveyed 1,454 students, the majority of them 15 or 16 years old, at four unnamed high schools. It found that 16.2 percent reported experiencing sexual violence at some point in their lives. Nationwide, between 7 percent and 10.2 percent of kids 12-17 years old said they have been victims of sexual assault. Of the teens assaulted, 89 percent said they knew the person who victimized them, according to the study done with Columbia's Center for Youth Violence Prevention. Go to this article on The New York Post » ← previous article | next article → |
Voices and Faces:
Christa Desir 
"As a childhood sexual assault survivor, it took me years to understand that I shouldn't blame myself for what happened -- and sometimes I still do. I am working to change that, for my children's sake and my own."
Read more about Christa at The Voices and Faces Project »
SAYSO 2008 Album 8
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