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This blog post was written by Samantha Weeks and Natalie Shafer, interns with the BARCC Legal Advocacy team. In May, the federal Department of…
Help Pass this Bill to Prevent Sexual Assault Harassment, and Abuse Update July 31, 2020: While the legislature has recently extended formal…
Name: Ellen Miller Volunteer program: Web chat hotline How long have you volunteered for BARCC? A little over a year now—I was a legal intern…
Name: Sarah Clark Volunteer program: Medical Advocacy How long have you volunteered for BARCC? 18 months What do you do when you're not…
There are countless Black activists who work tirelessly to end both sexual violence and racism. As people throughout the nation take time to honor…
From TikTok to Teen Job Fairs to Tarana Burke
BARCC’s Youth Leadership Corps (YLC) in Action.
Since last fall, this year’s cohort of the BARCC’s Youth Leadership Corps (YLC) has been hard at work developing and exercising their…
Content note: post-traumatic stress, COVID-19, sexual assault and harassment, child sexual abuse, racism, and police violence. Even if you have not…
Especially during COVID-19 We asked a few of our Medical Advocacy volunteers to share their thoughts on how significant others and loved ones can…
All of us at BARCC join the millions of people throughout the country who are outraged, scared, and deeply saddened by the murders of George Floyd,…
In the midst of the COVID-19 public health crisis, it’s important that our communities and legislators have conversations about the release…
Nationwide protests against the killings of George Floyd, Ahmaud Arbery, Breonna Taylor, and so many more continue. Like all of us at the Boston…
[Content note: some descriptions and links contain mentions of sexual violence.] The month of May is Asian and Pacific Islander American Heritage…
We couldn’t do the Walk for Change in person this year, but nothing—not even a global pandemic—could stop us from working for…
In a conversation with Boston Neighborhood Network News, Katia Santiago-Taylor, BARCC's policy director, discusses the detrimental changes to…
This past week, outreach and education manager Eliza Campbell of the Boston Area Rape Crisis Center was featured as one of several guest speakers…
This week, the Trump administration published long anticipated regulations governing Title IX, the 1972 law that prohibits sex-based discrimination…
Three of our Survivor Speakers Bureau volunteers answered a few questions for us to share with all the survivors out there during this especially…
And Why It Matters Now More than Ever The COVID-19 public health crisis has affected all of us, and some people much more than others. The deep…
Don’t miss her speak at this weekend’s Virtual Walk for Change Congresswoman Ayanna Pressley is fond of saying, “the people…
Because sexual violence cuts across all racial, ethnic, age, religious, gender, and socioeconomic lines, BARCC is grateful to collaborate with…
The COVID-19 public health crisis has created upheaval in all of our lives, and it can be especially traumatic for survivors of sexual or domestic…
This past week, Sharon Imperato, clinnical innovation projects and training director of the Boston Area Rape Crisis Center, spoke with Boston.com…
April is Sexual Assault Awareness Month (SAAM), a time nationally dedicated to raising public awareness about sexual violence and educating…
To put it simply: things are hard right now. You might be worried about your health and your loved ones’ health. You might be grieving a…