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With accurate information about the law and support from friends and family, many sexual assault survivors choose to report the crime and participate in a criminal case against the perpetrator. It is not an easy process for the survivor, but some have found it to be helpful in their journey to healing. If you decide to speak to the police, you can have a friend or an advocate present to support you. You may want to write down everything you can remember about the assault and the perpetrator prior to filing a report. This will help you when you meet with a police officer.

As we move into the homestretch of this semester, SAPAC would like to remind our students, at the University, of the range of CAPS services that  can be used the same day or within the same week.  These are listed below -- some are familiar to you, and the first two CAPS has added as new services this semester to help meet the demand. 

Services at CAPs:

The Women's Studies Department is seeking nominations for our inaugural Feminist Practice Award.  The deadline is Monday, April 2.  Self-nominations are welcome.

The Men’s Activism Program was honored to receive a donation of $1000 from Baits II at their prom-style event Balling on Sunday, April 1st. Baits II’s residence hall council is invested in teaching others about healthy relationships, and decided to invite the Men’s Activism Program as well as the Peer Educators to Balling to talk about the work they do and meet Baits residents. The Men’s Activism Program would like to thank Baits II, as well as VOICES, Baits I, Couzens, Stockwell and West Quad hall councils for being so generous and choosing to support their mission.

You are cordially invited to the SAPAC Men's Activism event "All Men are Created Equal: Some Just Treat Women Different," a presentation by Alan J. C. Jones during the Martin Luther King Symposium.

Our website is being used as a model to develop George Washington University's HAVEN website. Check out this article from The GW Hatchet about the new website that quotes our director Holly!