Serving Survivors During SAAM 2025 and Beyond
This month’s compilation includes webinars, articles, and more to consider about preventing sexual violence and supporting survivors
Sexual Violence and Suicide Risk among LGBTQ+ Young People
This understandable research brief highlights findings that LGBTQ+ young people report higher rates of sexual violence than the general population. Nearly two in five LGBTQ+ young people (39%) reported that they had ever been forced to do “sexual things” that they did not want to do.
Safety Planning and Risk Assessment: Building Trans Survivor Skills
In this workshop, we’ll look at tools for assessing risk in different situations, how to ask for support from others, and what might be included in a safety plan. Safety planning can be a useful process to think ahead about ways to increase safety and decrease risks.
Getting It Right: Medical and Law Enforcement Responses to Trans Patients/Survivors
This webinar reviews trauma-informed ways to respond to trans patients/survivors in a compassionate, effective way, at every step as a medical provider conducting SAMFEs and law enforcement official.
Treating Sexual Traumas Experienced by Transgender Uniformed Members During and After Their Service
This two-part interview discusses the need for health equity for transgender survivors of sexual assault in the military. They discuss challenges unique to those in the military, challenges unique to transgender survivors, and how those challenges often overlap.
Listen to the Experts: Young People Tell Us What They Need for Successful Reentry
This webinar features a panel of young people talking about their reentry experiences with the goal of helping professionals better understand and help young people to thrive.
Five Things About Juvenile Delinquency Intervention and Treatment
Juvenile delinquency intervention and treatment programs have the broad goals of preventing crime and reducing recidivism by providing treatment and services to youth who have committed crimes. This short article talks about approaches that have been proven effective and those that haven’t.
Let’s Talk: Helping Justice-Involved Youth Reach Their Full Potential
A conversation between NRS and Margaret Windham, Executive Director at Cafe Momentum in Dallas about youth who have been involved in the juvenile justice system. They discuss the importance of community partnerships and the joy young people experience through their internships and externships.
When Victims of Battering are Charged with Crimes: Webinar Series
This webinar series explores reasons victims of bettering get arrested, challenges faced in the legal system, effective advocacy strategies, and how to help victim-defendants navigate concurrent protection order proceedings.
Interrupting Criminalization: What is driving mass criminalization of WOMEN and LGBTQ people?
This report provides statistics and explanations for the rise of incarceration of women and LGBTQ+ people. It points out problematic policing trends. It also provides many suggestions for impactful action to intervene on this issue.