Education Overview

Sexual assault and violence is constantly growing in our communities according to recent statistics.  The only thing that can bring these numbers down is strong penalties for those who commit the acts, and effective education to the whole community concerning different areas of sexual assault & violence.  Rape Crisis Center of Catawba County has established a number of educational programming to help achieve this goal.

Our community outreach department is always working hard to find new ways to educate everyday people about sexual assault and violence.  Our progressive approach to education, helps save the lives of hundreds of people in our community.  We educate on a number of topics from the penalties of committing sexual assault & rape, to ways to keep yourself safe, to identifying behavior in strangers that could result in assault.

All of our educational programs are not specific to stopping sexual violence, we have a number of very unique programs for victims of sexual assault & rape.  These educational programs allows victims of sexual assault to truly impact their communities with their stories.  They also help victims make safe & healthy decisions, and to live a happy life after their assault.

No one can ever forget an assault, but working with our community we can help stop sexual violence where it starts.  By developing these programs, we will see the numbers of sexual assault and rape go down and the numbers of survivors go up.  That is our goal in all we do at Rape Crisis Center.

If you are interested in learning more, feel free to follow the links in the menu to your left by placing your mouse over the word EDUCATION.  Together, we can make a difference and turn victims into SURVIVORS!