Author name: Respect Together

Please join us in welcoming five new members to Respect Together’s Board of Directors!  Paulette Keo Carpenter  Darrien Davenport  Dan Saltzman  Stephanie Gilbert  Marie Janoski  We’re grateful for the time, expertise, and leadership they are bringing to our organization as we continue working toward a future free from sexual abuse, assault, and harassment.  Our Board of Directors provides strategic

Each year, the National Sexual Assault Conference® (NSAC) brings together more than 2,000 advocates, preventionists, researchers, educators, service providers, and allied professionals from across the country to learn, collaborate, and strengthen the movement to end sexual abuse, assault, and harassment.  Hosted by Respect Together, NSAC 2026 will take place August 19–21, 2026, in Washington, D.C., under the theme “United in Purpose,

Thank you to everyone who joined us last week for Respect Together’s Open House in Harrisburg. The event was a wonderful opportunity to connect with partners, supporters, and community members while sharing more about our work to respond to and prevent sexual abuse, assault, and harassment. Guests enjoyed refreshments, networking opportunities, and conversations with staff

Understanding and addressing the factors that increase the risk of sexual violence is essential to building safer, more equitable communities. The latest issue of The Resource, published by Respect Together’s national division, the National Sexual Violence Resource Center (NSVRC), examines the intersection of disability and gender-based violence and invites readers to deepen their understanding of

In an op-ed published by The Philadelphia Inquirer, Respect Together CEO Yolanda Edrington and COO of our statewide division, the Pennsylvania Coalition to Advance Respect, Joyce Lukima, warn that technology is changing sexual violence faster than our systems are responding in Pennsylvania.

This April, Respect Together’s national division, the National Sexual Violence Resource Center (NSVRC), is celebrating an incredible milestone: 25 years of the national Sexual Assault Awareness Month (SAAM) campaign. Since 2001, NSVRC has led the national SAAM campaign through creating free awareness-raising and prevention education materials to help communities across the country engage in Sexual

“Every person that works at a rape crisis center makes a conscious choice to show up to work each day, believe survivors, and make their community a safer place. Resilience is a constant thread in their work and the lives of survivors. No matter what, these people do not give up. To me, being resilient

While the Pennsylvania Coalition to Advance Respect (PCAR) continues to advocate fiercely for state funding, the National Sexual Violence Resource Center (NSVRC) is tracking a troubling national trend: widespread underfunding for victim services and prevention.     Jennifer Grove, NSVRC’s Chief Operating Officer, has spent nearly three decades in this movement and says the financial strain