"You gain strength, courage, and confidence from
every experience in which you really stop to look fear in the face.You
are able to say to yourself, 'I lived through this horror. I can take
the next thing that comes along.'"
~Eleanor Roosevelt
Community
SAAV supports many different organizations both local and national that deal with sexual assault and the healing process.Here are some links to organizations we feel do very important work in the community:
Organizations Founded By Survivors
- The Voices and Faces Project - www.voicesandfaces.org
- SOAR (Speaking Out About Rape) - www.soar99.org
- RAINN (Rape Abuse & Incest National Network) - www.rainn.org
- Operation Freefall - www.operationfreefall.com
(a SOAR & RAINN annual national fundraising event, hosted in Southern California by SAAV)
Local Los Angeles Rape Crisis Centers
- Los Angeles Commission on Assaults Against Women - www.lacaaw.org
- Rape Treatment Center, Santa Monica UCLA Medical Center - www.rape911.org
- More to come…