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Podcast

Episode 2 – Consent

01.25.23

Season 1, Episode 2 – In this episode, the KCSARC prevention team sits down to discuss the topic of consent. To begin, Chris, Jessica, and Hannah each recount their experiences learning about consent. Then they discuss why consent is included in their curriculum, and how it is taught. The team explains how they use the acronym FRIES to teach students the elements of consent.

Podcast

Episode 1: Let’s Get Started!

01.25.23

Season 1, Episode 1 – In this first episode, the KCSARC prevention team of Chris, Jessica, and Hannah, will introduce themselves and their school-based project in Renton. This project is called Making Prevention Possible. The team discusses how The Link to Prevention is part of the project, who they’re trying to reach, and what their initial reflections are as prevention educators in the classroom this school year.

Podcast

Introducing ‘The Link to Prevention’ podcast

01.25.23

Season 1, Episode 0 – The prevention team at KCSARC is excited to share “The Link to Prevention,” an occasionally recorded podcast with a focus on reaching parents, guardians, or any adult who has kids in their lives.

Our prevention team will discuss their experiences providing education to children and teens about consent, healthy relationships, boundaries, and online safety in the Renton School District this year.

Listen here at the KCSARC website, or on your favorite podcast service.

Press Releases

Community Providers launch Seattle Sexual Assault Resource Connector Tool

01.24.23

Seattle Indian Health Board, King County Sexual Assault Resource Center, UW and Harborview Abuse & Trauma Center partner to speed, expand response to sexual assault victims

01.18.23

We're looking for a Chief Financial Officer and a Giving Manager to join KCSARC! Please share with anyone you know who would like to help us fulfill our mission. https://t.co/WUDyReGdDq https://t.co/1GKI0c2fv2

Supporter message: KCSARC CEO to retire in 2023

10.05.22

A message from Board President Marilyn Sherron: After an incredible 43 years leading KCSARC, CEO Mary Ellen Stone will be retiring, effective in the fall of 2023.

Empowering survivors to make medical decisions best for them

06.29.22

Centering on what helps empower survivors, and restores their well-being, sense of control and long-term recovery drives our medical advocacy work — and everything else we do at KCSARC.

Weighing in on SCOTUS decision

06.24.22

Our statement on U.S. Supreme Court decision on abortion

KCSARC welcomes Gold Medal Gymnast Aly Raisman at Drawing on Our Strength 2022

06.21.22

Aly Raisman is a leader both on and off the gymnastics floor. The former team captain of gold medal-winning Women’s Gymnastics teams uses her platform to normalize the conversation around mental health and advocate for the eradication of sexual abuse. She will keynote KCSARC’s Drawing on Our Strength fundraiser Sept. 28.

Press Mention

Seattle PD unveils plan to tackle sexual assault investigations backlog caused by staff shortage

06.02.22

Fox 13 Seattle

The King County Sexual Assault Resource Center said only a small fraction of victims choose to report to law enforcement. Mary Ellen Stone, CEO, said in a statement, “Those who do report tell us they often feel their experience, this crime, is not taken seriously.  When victims are not given basic information about timing, options and next steps in their cases, the system is failing them.”

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