October 15, 2007 —September 27th marked RAINN DAY 2007, RAINN’s nationwide college outreach program for students to raise awareness about sexual assault. Thanks to the support of Kaiser Permanente, RAINN was able to educate over one million students this year!...
The NPower Technology Innovation Award recognizes nonprofits in the greater D.C. community whose innovative use of technology is enabling them to more effectively fulfill their mission....
August 20, 2006 - On July 18, 2006, RAINN President and Founder Scott Berkowitz presided over the NASDAQ Closing Bell ceremony to commemorate helping one million people through the National Sexual Assault Hotline. He was joined by several rape crisis center representatives, RAINN staff members, sexual assault survivors and other supporters....
September 6, 2006 - This past summer, RAINN's National Sexual Assault Hotline reached a milestone — connecting one million callers to the support they need from local services. The hotline launched in 1994 and has grown to include over 1,100 affiliate crisis centers who provide crucial help to victims of sexual assault and their friends and family. ...
January 4, 2007 - This year, make volunteering for RAINN your New Year's resolution. Join us in providing support to those who need it most. By becoming a volunteer for the new National Sexual Assault Online Hotline, you can be a part of this generation's most innovative source of support for sexual assault victims. ...
February 12, 2007 - RAINN released the following statement in response to an article that ran recently in the Central Connecticut State University newspaper. The article was a "satire" about rape and led to many protests on the campus and in the surrounding community....
February 12, 2007 —If a woman consents to having sex with a man but then during intercourse says no, and the man continues, is it rape? The answer depends on where you live. The highest courts of seven states, including Connecticut and Kansas, have ruled that a woman may withdraw her consent at any time, and if the man doesn't stop, he is committing rape....
June 2006 — Pictured is RAINN's vice-president of public policy Evelyn Fortier with Representatives Ted Poe (R-TX) and Jim Costa (D-CA) at a June 2006 reception in Washington, DC. The representatives are the co-chairmen of the Congressional Victims Rights Caucus, a bipartisan group of representatives that cosponsored House Resolution 889 honoring RAINN's National Sexual Assault Hotline....
January 2006 —With RAINN's support, Congress recently passed, and President Bush signed, a new federal law that represents a huge step forward for sexual assault victims. RAINN played an active role in pushing for enactment of the 2005 Sexual Assault Services Program (SASP). Until SASP's enactment in December 2005, there was no federal funding stream solely dedicated to the victim services ...




