April allows us to recognize impact. This month, we highlight resources in honor of Volunteer Appreciation Month, National Child Abuse Prevention Month, and Sexual Assault Prevention Month. Together, these themes remind us of the power of showing up for others by protecting vulnerable communities.
This month's themes:
Volunteer Appreciation 🙋♀️🙋♂️:
- The Vicarious Trauma Toolkit (VTT) offers a way to understand how helping others in crisis can affect service providers, volunteers and first responders. bit.ly/vicarioustt_res
- Volunteer Match is a directory of local and remote volunteer opportunities based on interests bit.ly/VOL_res
- Do Something is a website that connects you with volunteer and advocacy opportunities on a wide range of community-related topics: bit.ly/DS_ref
Child Abuse Prevention ⚠️:
- Childhelp is a website that provides information about spotting and reporting child abuse, training, intervention, and treatment: bit.ly/CHHL_res
- CyberTipline is a reporting system wherein people can make reports of suspected online child sexual abuse and exploitation. bit.ly/NCT_res
Sexual Assault & Prevention ‼️:
- (EN/ES) RAINN is a website that provides information and a Helpline for immediate help after sexual assault. Call 1-800-656-4673 or visit: bit.ly/RAINN_ref
- Incest Aware educates and advocates to end incest by providing information about different types of incest, resources for survivors, and support. bit.ly/IA_res
- This quick guide from MeToo covers what happens after someone chooses to report sexual violence. It covers medical forensic exams, interactions with the police and legal system, and some grounding/coping techniques. bit.ly/w2e_en
- My Story, My Terms is a workbook that supports survivors in discovering their resilience and in learning how to tell their story with self-compassion. bit.ly/msmt_en
- Survivor’s Sanctuary & Healing Room is a self-guided/self-paced learning and healing platform to aid survivors of sexual violence as they heal. bit.ly/sam2_en
