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Resources: 2020 COVID Response
Staying at home is one of the primary ways to prevent the spread of COVID-19. It's important that we all practice "social distancing" - staying at least 6 feet apart where possible, washing our hands frequently, avoid touching our faces to avoid getting sick or spreading the virus to others.
Update to our Community
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’m someone who loves a full calendar, and a whirlwind of meetings, conversations and ideas. But it’s a different world now for all of us.
One thing that remains unchanged: sexual violence continues to affect too many individuals and families.
BE LOUD Story from Cindy
I was born in a small town on the coast of Honduras. As a toddler, I was quiet and curious. I enjoyed carefree days exploring outside and took afternoon naps in a hammock. I was an only child in my home where I lived with my mom, my great-grandmother and five aunts who always made me feel safe and loved. My father had left for the United States soon after I was born.
Table Captains Share Their Why
Some of our 2020 BE LOUD Breakfast table captains wonder what to say when inviting others to join them at the event or support the King County Sexual Assault Resource Center. Two of our BE LOUD Breakfast table captains, Diana Schuetz and Angela Bultemeier, shared how they approach others about KCSARC and what drives their passion to ensure survivors receive the help they need.
What is sexual assault?
What is sexual assault — and how does KCSARC help?
Sexual violence takes many forms, and includes behaviors and comments that are designed to make another person uncomfortable. The victim is usually someone with less power in a given situation. An example is a manager who comments on an employee’s body or makes requests for sexual favors.
Sexual assault is a form of sexual violence. It is any sexual contact or behavior that occurs without express consent. That includes rape, child sexual abuse, groping, and other behaviors.
Can sex ed prevent violence?
Sexual violence exists on a continuum that includes a range of behaviors: from sexist or raunchy jokes, to homophobic slurs, to physical sexual assault.
The range of offensive and traumatizing behavior is wide, but it is all connected -- even supported -- by ingrained cultural misunderstandings of gender, power, privilege, respect, personal boundaries, consent and other concepts that form the basis for building healthy relationships.
