{"id":6470,"date":"2020-03-30T03:40:18","date_gmt":"2020-03-30T03:40:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/forallseasonsinc.org\/?p=6470"},"modified":"2024-04-24T01:16:13","modified_gmt":"2024-04-24T01:16:13","slug":"sexual-assault-awareness","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forallseasonsinc.org\/sexual-assault-awareness\/","title":{"rendered":"Sexual Assault Awareness"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE (EASTON, MD \u2013 MARCH 30, 2020)<br \/>\nCONTACT: BETH ANNE LANGRELL, 410-822-1018<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0April is Sexual Assault Awareness Month, and For All Seasons will be raising public awareness about sexual violence and educating communities on how to prevent it. Sexual violence happens in all communities. With the impacts of COVID-19, including social distancing, the rise of unemployment, and individuals stuck in their homes &#8211; the number of domestic violence incidents and sexual assaults is on the rise. Over the past two weeks, For All Seasons Rape Crisis advocates have seen a 100% increase in their visits with sexual assault survivors at local emergency rooms. Three out of four of these survivors knew their perpetrator. Agency advocates have also been helping several sexual assault survivors find shelter, and at this time domestic violence shelters in the region remain operational.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0For All Seasons, which is the only Rape Crisis Center on the Mid Shore, serving Caroline, Dorchester, Kent, Queen Anne, and Talbot counties. For All Seasons Rape Crisis Center offers certified sexual assault victim advocates, counseling and support groups, free and confidential services in English and Spanish, support in the hospital, police department, and court, and referrals to social and legal services.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0One important project of our agency is creating \u201cComfort Kits\u201d &#8211; as a way for For All Seasons Victim Advocates to bring comfort on every call to the hospital to support a victim of rape, sexual assault, abuse, or a traumatic experience. Because a victim\u2019s clothing often needs to be left behind as evidence, each \u201cComfort Kit\u201d includes a nice travel bag, basic clothing, footwear, and undergarments, personal hygiene items, a journal, and other items to return dignity, provide comfort and let them know someone cares. Any business that wishes to support the \u201cComfort Kits\u201d should contact Stella Lee Coulbourne, For All Seasons Director of Sexual Assault Programming, at 410-822-1018.<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE (EASTON, MD \u2013 MARCH 30, 2020) CONTACT: BETH ANNE LANGRELL, 410-822-1018 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0April is Sexual Assault Awareness Month, and For All Seasons will be raising public&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":6474,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_exactmetrics_skip_tracking":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_active":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_note":"","_exactmetrics_sitenote_category":0,"_price":"","_stock":"","_tribe_ticket_header":"","_tribe_default_ticket_provider":"","_tribe_ticket_capacity":"0","_ticket_start_date":"","_ticket_end_date":"","_tribe_ticket_show_description":"","_tribe_ticket_show_not_going":false,"_tribe_ticket_use_global_stock":"","_tribe_ticket_global_stock_level":"","_global_stock_mode":"","_global_stock_cap":"","_tribe_rsvp_for_event":"","_tribe_ticket_going_count":"","_tribe_ticket_not_going_count":"","_tribe_tickets_list":"[]","_tribe_ticket_has_attendee_info_fields":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[45,46,32,47,48],"post_folder":[],"class_list":["post-6470","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-advocacy-services","tag-crisis-support","tag-mental-health","tag-sexual-assault-awareness","tag-trauma"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/forallseasonsinc.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6470","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/forallseasonsinc.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/forallseasonsinc.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forallseasonsinc.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forallseasonsinc.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6470"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/forallseasonsinc.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6470\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8853,"href":"https:\/\/forallseasonsinc.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6470\/revisions\/8853"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forallseasonsinc.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/6474"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/forallseasonsinc.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6470"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forallseasonsinc.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6470"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forallseasonsinc.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6470"},{"taxonomy":"post_folder","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forallseasonsinc.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/post_folder?post=6470"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}