Latest News | October 19, 2021
Highlights from RAINN’s Thrive Together Panel Series Now Available

As part of RAINN’s Thrive Together campaign, in 2020 and 2021, RAINN hosted a series of engaging and thoughtful virtual panel discussions to help bring our anti-sexual violence work to life for donors and supporters and provide a closer look behind the scenes. Thrive Together is a two-year, $10...

Latest News | October 19, 2021
Faces of the National Sexual Assault Hotline: Meet Bilingual Shift Manager Francisca

RAINN’s National Sexual Assault Hotline is available 24/7 in both English and Spanish. This October, as we continue to celebrate and uplift the voices of those who support survivors on the Spanish hotline. National Sexual Assault Hotline bilingual shift manager Francisca Merino shares how working...

Latest News | October 19, 2021
RAINN’s New Director of Federal Affairs on What Lies Ahead on Capitol Hill this Fall

Samantha Cadet recently joined RAINN as the director of federal affairs, where she oversees federal policy efforts, with an emphasis on national coalition-building and federal appropriations. She sat down with RAINNews’ Sierra Scott to share the Public Policy team’s goals for this session of...

Latest News | September 29, 2021
Calls to the National Sexual Assault Hotline Nearly Double in Wake of Lifetime’s "Aly Raisman: Darkness to Light” Special

Washington, D.C. - RAINN experienced a 99 percent increase in calls to the National Sexual Assault Hotline (800.656.4673 and online.rainn.org) Sept. 24 and 25 following the airing of Lifetime’s “Aly Raisman: Darkness to Light.” The three-hour special featured RAINN experts and Speakers Bureau...

Latest News | September 27, 2021
RAINN Statement on Guilty Verdict in Federal Trial Against R. Kelly

Washington, D.C. – Today, RAINN released the following statement after a jury convicted R. Kelly on federal sex crime charges:

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Tips for Interviewing Survivors

As journalists continue to cover stories related to sexual assault or abuse, it can be helpful to have a better understanding of how to interview survivors of these type of crimes.

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