ROCKSTAR RESOURCES!
The more tools in the toolbox the better! We’ve put together free and helpful worksheets developed by Lindy Ariff, LCSW to help you on your journey.
**If you are in need of emergency help, go to the nearest hospital and/or call 911
Helpful Websites
Here are a list of websites we recommend:
**If you are in need of emergency help, go to the nearest hospital and/or call 911
National Organizations:
Rape, Abuse & Incest National Network (RAINN)
RAINN is the nation’s largest anti-sexual assault organization. RAINN operates the National Sexual Assault Hotline at 1.800.656.HOPE. RAINN carries out programs to prevent sexual assault, help victims and ensure that rapists are brought to justice. RAINN uses its extensive entertainment industry and community-based connections to educate more than 120 million Americans each year about sexual assault.
Toll-Free: (800)656-HOPE | Website: www.rainn.org
Startbybelieving.org
Start by Believing is a public awareness campaign uniquely focused on the public response to sexual assault. Because a friend or family member is typically the first person a victim confides in after an assault, each individual’s personal reaction is the first step in a long path toward justice and healing. Knowing how to respond is critical—a negative response can worsen the trauma and foster an environment where perpetrators face zero consequences for their crimes.
Because rapists attack an average of six times, one failed response can equal five more victims. Start byBelieving will lead the way toward stopping this cycle, by creating a positive community response, informing the public, uniting allies and supporters, and improving our personal reactions. The goal is to change the world, and outcomes for victims, one response at a time. | Website: www.startbybelieving.org
MaleSurvivor
The National Organization against Male Sexual Victimization, is committed to preventing, healing, and eliminating all forms of sexual victimization of boys and men through treatment, research, education, advocacy, and activism. The organization maintains a web site (www.malesurvivor.org) that includes a wealth of information for survivors and professionals about male sexual victimization as well as a Discussion Board and live Chat Room where survivors can network and support one another, anonymously if they wish. MaleSurvivor also publishes a newsletter and sponsors periodic conferences and healing retreats. | Website: www.malesurvivor.org
AdvocateWeb
AdvocateWeb is the largest internet resource dealing with sexual misconduct, exploitation, and abuse of clients by mental health professionals, medical professionals, clergy, lawyers, educators, and law enforcement officials. AdvocateWeb offers extensive free resources for victims, survivors, their families, friends, victim advocates, and professionals seeking to address this problem. | Website:www.advocateweb.org
The Awareness Center
The Awareness Center is the Jewish Coalition Against Sexual Abuse/Assault (JCASA). JCASA is dedicated to addressing sexual violence in the Jewish communities around the world. | Website: www.theawarenesscenter.org
The DATE SAFE Project
The DATE SAFE Project is committed to being a national leader in the mission to teach youth and adults that “asking first” makes all the difference in creating safer intimacy and decreasing occurrences of sexual assault. By producing interactive presentations, educational resources, and other national initiatives, we teach how a better understanding of consent leads to healthier dating and to a greater awareness of the many issues surrounding human sexuality and sexual assault. | Website: www.datesafeproject.org
National Domestic Violence Registry
The first national database model for domestic violence convictions available to the public. We have the opportunity to provide a major program that will vastly help in the prevention of domestic violence, guide citizens to making more informed decisions about those they date, exponentially raise awareness nationally for domestic violence incidences, and provide the opportunity to influence the history of crime prevention throughout the United States. | Website: www.domesticviolencedatabase.org.
FaithTrust Institute
A national multi-faith organization working to end sexual and domestic violence. WE provide communities and advocates with the tools and knowledge they need to address religious and cultural issues related to abuse. Through training, consultation, and educational materials, we equip religious leaders sexual and domestic violence in their communities. | Website: www.faithtrustinstitute.org
National Sexual Violence Resource Center (NSVRC)
A comprehensive collection and distribution center for information, statistics, and resources related to sexual violence. It serves as a resource for coalitions, rape crisis centers, allied organizations, and others working to eliminate sexual assault. The NSVRC does not provide direct services to sexual assault victims but rather supports those who do. | Website: http://www.nsvrc.org
SAKHI for South Asian Women
Uniting survivors, communities, and institutions to eradicate domestic violence and form healthy communities. | Website: www.sakhi.org
Stop It Now!
A national non-profit working to prevent child sexual abuse using the tools of public health. Since 1992, our public policy, public education, and research programs have protected children by emphasizing adult and community responsibility. | Website: www.stopitnow.org
Security On Campus, Inc.
The only national non-profit organization devoted exclusively to providing services to the victims of violence on college campuses and to educate students. When SOC works with victims, university policies are changed for the better. | Website: http://clerycenter.org/
Men Can Stop Rape
Men Can Stop Rape mobilizes male youth to prevent men’s violence against women. The organization builds young men’s capacity to challenge harmful aspects of traditional masculinity, to value alternative visions of male strength, and to embrace their vital role as allies with women and girls in fostering healthy relationships and gender equity. | Website: www.mencanstoprape.org
Survivors Manchester
Survivors Manchester is a survivor-led/survivor-run voluntary organisation that aims to create and facilitate a safe space for male survivors of sexual abuse and rape to work through personal and sometimes painful issues. Our work is concentrated on empowering men to make their own positive life choices and begin their own unique journey of healing. Being in contact with other survivors allows one to feel less isolated; feel connected and break the silence and legacy of abuse. | Website: www.mencanstoprape.org
Survivors Manchester
Survivors Manchester is a survivor-led/survivor-run voluntary organisation that aims to create and facilitate a safe space for male survivors of sexual abuse and rape to work through personal and sometimes painful issues. Our work is concentrated on empowering men to make their own positive life choices and begin their own unique journey of healing. Being in contact with other survivors allows one to feel less isolated; feel connected and break the silence and legacy of abuse. | Website: https://www.survivorsmanchester.org.uk
CPTSD Foundation
Successfully equipping complex trauma survivors and practitioners with compassionate support, skills, and trauma-informed education since 2014. | Website: https://cptsdfoundation.org
Psychology Today
Mental health articles and opportunity to find a mental health professional worldwide. | Website: https://www.psychologytoday.com/us
Domestic Shelters
Website offering help for survivors of domestic violence. The site also has a ton of articles and other information for survivors. | Website: https://www.psychologytoday.com/us