Updates - Page 4 of 6

Illuminate: Casting Light on Survivors

“Illuminate: Casting Light on Survivors” is a moving and visually impactful display of floating lanterns symbolizing the collective strength and resilience of survivors affected by sexual violence

Teal Out On The Canal

Join ICESAHT as we kickoff Sexual Assault Awareness Month (SAAM) with the 3rd annual “Teal Out on the Canal” event Come downtown and “Embrace Your Voice” in the work to change the culture and to prevent and end sexual

Sexual Assault Kit Audit Results

Deeper look at assault kit numbers troubling
On Dec 5, both The Journal Gazette (on Page 6A) and the News-Sentinel (Page 5A) published editorials regarding the state’s recent audit of sexual assault kits, stating that there were only 15 untested

Sexual Assault Kit Audit – Final Report

During the 2017 legislative session, Senate Resolution 55 (SR55) was passed and adopted by the Indiana General Assembly In adopting this resolution, the Indiana General Assembly ” urges the Indiana State Police to conduct a thorough audit of all untested

When Will Men StepIn

When Will Men StepIn?
Donald Trump Bill Cosby Harvey Weinstein Roy Price R Kelly James Toback Bill O’Reilly

These are some of the most recent men who have been accused of sexual violence, all with one important thing in common: power

Title IX Changes

DeVos scraps Obama-era Title IX guidance, changes how campuses handle sexual assault
The US Department of Education has issued new guidance for handling allegations of sexual assault on college campuses, scrapping the Obama-era guidelines that had been heralded by advocacy and survivor groups

Engaging Men in Sexual Assault Prevention

“It happens to women, not men, so why should men even be concerned with a ‘women’s issue’?” What role do men play in ending sexual assault? Although the narrative of sexual violence as a “women’s issue” is slowly changing,

Facebook Post Raises Criticism

Lawmaker’s ‘how not to be a victim’ of rape post raises criticism
For the third time in less than a year, a state representative has raised eyebrows with a Facebook post, this time a photo of a letter he wrote

Downtown Indy Canal Goes Teal for SAAM

April 3, 2017, by FOX59 Web

INDIANAPOLIS, Ind – April is Sexual Assault Awareness Month, and the canal in downtown Indianapolis was dyed teal to raise awareness of sexual violence in the community

The event was hosted by the Indiana Coalition

ICESAHT Interview on Ben Davis Teacher

IndyStar interviews ICESAHT on the arrest of Ben Davis teacher, child seduction
Vic Ryckaert, vicryckaert@indystarcom April 4, 2017

A Ben Davis High School teacher and former golf coach met a student for sex in two Indianapolis hotels 22 times since July, according to