Human Trafficking Awareness Month Calendar of Events
January 7, 2020
January is Human Trafficking Awareness Month Cleveland Rape Crisis Center is proud to partner and participate in a variety of in-person and virtual events during the month of January 2020. Join us at one of these events, and learn what you can do to help spread awareness about the issue of Human Trafficking in our...continue
70+ students attend Forward: Empowering Young Men Event
December 20, 2019
More than 70 young men from various Cleveland Metropolitan School District schools attended Forward: Empowering Young Men, an event for young men in grades 9-12. Students learned about healthy relationships, healthy masculinity, and what it means to be a leader....continue
Take Action Today
November 8, 2019
Please contact your elected officials to support survivors of rape and sexual abuse in our community. Cleveland Rape Crisis Center is seeking funding to support its core services through the Cuyahoga County budget process. As the only organization providing comprehensive healing services for survivors of rape and sexual abuse in our community, Cleveland Rape Crisis...continue
10 years later: Promises of reform have not been kept following the Anthony Sowell murders
October 30, 2019
CLEVELAND — On Oct. 29, 2009, Cleveland police arrived at 12205 Seymour Avenue to serve an arrest warrant on Anthony Sowell. It was a list of charges that would soon grow. Sowell wasn’t home, but inside the home police found the remains of two decomposing bodies. The next day they found an additional...continue
Remembering the Imperial Avenue Victims
October 22, 2019
A decade after Cleveland’s Imperial Avenue tragedy, it’s not too late to enact change. When tragedy happens, it can be hard to find hope in the midst of grief, anger, loss and suffering. Sometimes, the best we can hope for is to learn from the past to prevent similar tragedies from happening in the future....continue
Sexual violence survivors deserve better from the Cleveland police department (Cleveland.com)
October 4, 2019
By Sondra Miller, President & CEO, Cleveland Rape Crisis Center, Guest Columnist, cleveland.com CLEVELAND — I believe you. These three simple words can transform the experiences of a rape survivor. I believe you. This simple statement has the ability to negate the shame and self-doubt that far too many survivors face when reporting their...continue
A Message on the “Case Closed” Series
September 29, 2019
Dear Survivors, Friends and Supporters of Cleveland Rape Crisis Center: Like many of you, it has been difficult for me to read the series “Case Closed,” which was written by Rachel Dissell and Andrea Simakis and published on Cleveland.com last week and in The Plain Dealer special section today. The series follows the journey of...continue
Red Zone: First weeks of college most dangerous for sexual assault (Fox 8)
September 6, 2019
CLEVELAND — With students back on college campuses, experts say there’s more to worry about than new classes. The first six weeks of the school year are known as the “red zone” because of a spike in reports of sexual assault during the period. “The statistics on undergraduate sexual assault are pretty staggering,” said Sarah...continue