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The National Resource Center on Domestic Violence (NRCDV) today, released the technical assistance guidance, “Responding to the Long-term Needs of Adult Children Exposed to Domestic Violence: Exploring the connection to suicide risk,” through their national online resource library VA

The Visionary Voice Awards are presented annually by the NSVRC in conjunction with Sexual Assault Awareness Month, a national campaign held each April to raise awareness about preventing sexual violence.

Unlike Canada, where indigenous leaders and advocates have pressured the government to begin to confirm the numbers of missing and murdered indigenous women, the U.S. has done little to address the issue.

Tanya Red Road, program coordinator for the Fargo Native American Center reported that she receives several calls each week from people seeking information about missing women from all over Indian country. “So many people are searching for missing loved ones,” she said. “We take their names and promise to keep an eye out for them.”

The National Resource Center on Domestic Violence (NRCDV) is honored to observe April as National Sexual Assault Awareness Mont

At our country’s core is a basic belief in the inherent dignity of every person. Too many women and men of all ages suffer the outrage that is sexual assault, and too often, this crime is not condemned as loudly as it should be. Together, we must stand up and speak out to change the culture that questions the actions of victims, rather than those of their attackers.