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....
by Sarah Beaulieu | Nov 28, 2009 | Uncategorized
Roman Polanski's bail set at a fraction of his net worth
by Sarah Beaulieu | Nov 24, 2009 | Advocacy and Activism
Dear Governor Patrick, I’m writing as your constituent to urge you to sign the $400K included in the FY2010 supplemental budget for the Sexual Assault Nurse Examiner Program. (Line Item 4510-0810 of the Department of Public Health). I also urge you to...
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by Sarah Beaulieu | Nov 16, 2009 | Sexual Violence
If there is a crime to get away with, it is rape. Only 16% of rapists will ever spend a day in jail. Read about it on the RAINN website. Artwork by Paul Pierson
by Sarah Beaulieu | Oct 29, 2009 | Sexual Violence
I recently met Katie Simon, a senior at Concord Academy, and the founder of this amazing group called Minga. Minga is an organization focused on organizing youth to raise awareness about the child sex trade. Katie's opinion is that we have have an...
by Sarah Beaulieu | Oct 12, 2009 | Supporting Survivors
What would you say to your closest friend if she were raped or sexual assaulted? How would you respond? What words of comfort would you offer him? Sometimes, we are afraid to say anything. We are afraid to say the wrong thing, or not the best thing. Or, we might...
by Sarah Beaulieu | Oct 6, 2009 | Sexual Violence
When I was in college at Brown University, there was a date rape case that received national media attention thanks to John Stossel at 20/20. The campus was in an uproar over whether or not a male student had sexually assaulted a female student while...
