We provide training, advocacy, support and resources for survivors, families and agencies or organizations
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To empower, support, and advocate for sexual assault survivors and their families, while working toward the prevention of sexual violence.
What is Sexual Assault?
Sexual assault is any forced, coerced, unwanted sexual contact. While there are specific legal definitions of rape and sexual assault, sexual violence is best understood as a broader continuum of unwanted non-mutual sexual activities that range from subtle to extremely violent.
Sexual assault can include, but is not limited to, the concepts of rape, sexual threats and intimidation, incest, sexual assault by intimate partners, child sexual abuse, human sexual trafficking, sexual harassment, street harassment and other forms of unwelcome, coerced or non-consensual activity. The terms sexual violence and sexual abuse are also often used to describe the wide range of activities that constitute sexual assault
Sexual assault can include, but is not limited to, the concepts of rape, sexual threats and intimidation, incest, sexual assault by intimate partners, child sexual abuse, human sexual trafficking, sexual harassment, street harassment and other forms of unwelcome, coerced or non-consensual activity. The terms sexual violence and sexual abuse are also often used to describe the wide range of activities that constitute sexual assault
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KEY DETAILS
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Mission: To empower, support, and advocate for sexual assault survivors and their families, while working toward the prevention of sexual violence.
Activities: ACAR provides training for allied professionals, community education, and technical assistance to local crisis programs to ensure consistent, high-quality care.
Advocacy: The coalition works on statewide policy, research, and networking with other agencies to improve the investigation and prosecution of sexual assault.
Structure: It operates as an umbrella organization for local rape crisis centers across Alabama.
Activities: ACAR provides training for allied professionals, community education, and technical assistance to local crisis programs to ensure consistent, high-quality care.
Advocacy: The coalition works on statewide policy, research, and networking with other agencies to improve the investigation and prosecution of sexual assault.
Structure: It operates as an umbrella organization for local rape crisis centers across Alabama.
