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April is sexual assault awareness, children abuse prevention month
By By Suree Sompamitwong, Southwest Crisis Center’s Rock and Nobles regional advocate
April 26, 2022
Though sexual assault and child abuse happens every day, now is a particular time to remember those impacted by it. April is Sexual Assault Awareness Month and Child Abuse Prevention Month. According to RAINN (Rape, Abuse and Incest National Network), every 68 seconds someone in America is sexually assaulted. Furthermore, one in 10 children will experience some sort of abuse as a child. Locally,…
COVID-19 brings an increase in sexual assault, sexual exploitation, and domestic violence
By Sara Wahl, executive director of Southwest Crisis Center
April 28, 2020
Earlier this month, Minnesota Governor Walz reported that two-thirds of police calls over the weekend were related to domestic violence. As individuals are coping with the uncertainty of the COVID- 19 virus, loss of income and staying in their homes, the stress can be overwhelming. Abusers often resort to the use of manipulation, power, control and violence, correlating to higher incidence of…
Human trafficking is real.
By Allan Bakke, Safe Harbor Regional Navigator, Southwest Minnesota Crisis Center, Worthington
January 21, 2020
During the month of January, advocates, organizations and individuals unite to raise awareness about the issue of human trafficking. While movements like #MeToo have started to bring crimes like sexual harassment and sexual assault out of the shadows, human trafficking largely remains hidden. Putting an end to human trafficking starts with acknowledging its existence. Victims of sex trafficking…
October if Domestic Violence Awareness month
By Jennifer Lindsey, Southwest Crisis Center, Luverne
October 01, 2019
October is often a busy month with school sports, fall festivals and harvest season upon us. Easily forgotten is that October is Domestic Violence Awareness month. In the past year, the Southwest Crisis Center in Rock County has provided services for 88 individuals who experienced domestic and sexual violence. To help bring awareness that domestic violence does happen here in Rock County, the…
Back to school time is gut-check time
By Miranda Roskamp, Southwest Crisis Center Youth Advocate
September 12, 2017
With school back in session, students and parents are focused on classes and schedules, but it’s also time to recognize and prepare for the possibility of various forms of violence. Domestic and sexual violence do not discriminate. Any time is a good time to start ongoing conversations with young people about what these types of violence look like, how they may be affected by it, how to help…
The domestic violence you don't see
By Jen Lindsey, guest editorialist
October 03, 2016
October is Domestic Violence Awareness Month. In the past year, two domestic violence-related hashtags have made a huge impact on social media. One in the summer of 2015 began close to home for us. A young Sioux Falls woman was physically assaulted by her boyfriend while she was driving. She later asked a friend, who was a photographer, to do a photo shoot showing her black eyes and bruising.…
'It's not your fault'
By Jen Lindsey, Southwest Crisis Center, Rock County office
April 25, 2016
Dear survivors of sexual assault, It’s not your fault. You didn’t ask for it. I believe you. You might be thinking that you’re not a victim of sexual violence because you weren’t kicking and screaming or because it was someone you knew. The truth is that 82 percent of sexual assaults are perpetrated by someone the victim knows. Sexual assault is not only what most people think of as rape. If…

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