Help A Voice For The Innocent to support sexual crime victims, help educate, and raise awareness.

Website

http://www.facebook.com/avoicefortheinnocent

How would you cultivate a deeper relationship with the community you’d like to serve?

The entire basis of A Voice For The Innocent is to create a community of victims and help them (us) to build a support system for each other. We want to help people come and share their stories of sexual abuse or rape with people who have gone through similar experiences. There are countless people who have gone through various, similar horrific events who feel like they can't tell anyone, feel like they are alone in their situation, or simply don't realize that they are going something abusive or out-of-the-ordinary, as shocking as that may seem. Along with helping build a support group, we will offer resources for people who wish to report rape/abuse, get counseling, and even have access to substance abuse and suicide hotlines. We will also provide statistics to help raise awareness about the prevalence of sex crimes in our communities. We want to curb the feelings of shame and guilt that come along with being raped/abused, and let the victims know that they aren't alone.

How would you use the $1,000 to turn your idea into a reality?

My first step is to file for my 510©(3), using this money to cover the filing fees. I will also begin to have large amounts of literature printed out to hand them out at local events that I host. I plan on having tee shirts printed, along with stickers and buttons. I want to ‘paint the town’ with our message. I want to get the communities to understand that this is a huge problem, and our voices will not be silent anymore. I want to sponsor events…get people talking. Take away the shame from being a victim, and turn it into pride that we are survivors. To do this, to spread the word, I have to put money into promotion, brand recognition, and the printing to help me do this. The $1000 would help get this all started.

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