by Sarah Beaulieu | Mar 31, 2013 | Advocacy and Activism
I walk because I’m a survivor of sexual violence. I walk in solidarity with other survivors of sexual violence. I walk to raise awareness. I walk so that survivors here in Boston and across the country have access to justice and healing. On Sunday, April 7, I...
by Sarah Beaulieu | Jul 12, 2012 | Advocacy and Activism
Thank you to So Lucky To Be Me Tees for providing the gear for this shoot – and a powerful message of hope and strength for women!
by Sarah Beaulieu | May 4, 2012 | Advocacy and Activism
Hearing a story about sexual assault can make you feel really powerless. Maybe you read my story here or heard a story at a Take Back the Night, and you felt moved, a little astounded to hear the words spoken out loud, supportive but a little lost. Sexual...
by Sarah Beaulieu | Apr 15, 2012 | Advocacy and Activism
I love the Boston Area Rape Crisis Center’s annual Walk for Change. It’s an event for survivors of sexual violence, their family and friends, and advocates. This year, I’m walking with my husband and 8-month old baby boy. I want to teach my son...
by Sarah Beaulieu | Jan 10, 2010 | Advocacy and Activism
In 2008, I created a presentation for a nonprofit management class at Boston College’s Carroll School of Management on the messaging and funding challenges for organizations that work in the sexual violence arena. This work came out of my experience as a...
by Sarah Beaulieu | Dec 5, 2009 | Advocacy and Activism
Al Franken thought it would be a good idea to revoke funding from companies that prevent victims of sexual assault from pressing criminal charges, like KBR, who allegedly tried to stop an employee who was gang-raped in Iraq from pressing charges against her attackers....