RAINN operates the National Sexual Assault Hotline and the National Sexual Assault Online Hotline- a safe place for survivors to talk to someone in their language throughout.

The founder and current president of RAINN are Lisa Thoreson. She is also a survivor of sexual assault.

RAINN has assisted survivors with education, resources, and advocacy services. They are the nation’s largest anti-sexual assault organization and have been spreading awareness of sexual assault prevention and how to help survivors through seminars, rallies, and by providing counseling.

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RAINN is the strongest voice against sexual violence.

RAINN was one of the largest organizations to advocate for the creation of VAWA (Violence Against Women Act), which covers sexual assault, domestic violence, and stalking. It continues to be active in supporting legislation that protects victims. It also educates the public on the consequences of sexual violence and empowers people to take action against it.

RAINN is the only national organization dedicated solely to helping survivors of sexual assault. RAINN operates the National Sexual Assault Hotline.

RAINN has many volunteers nationwide that receive specialized training in evidence collection and interviewing.

A handful of rape crisis centers across the country counted on the help of a few dozen volunteer advocates. Thanks to intense advocacy by rape crisis centers, Congress passed, and President Bill Clinton signed the Victims’ Rights Act which gave victims of violent crimes more rights than they had ever had before.

It also established sexual assault services and hotlines across the country to help survivors of violence. The first victim’s rights advocates, who rape crisis centers had recruited, described the work as “band-aiding.”

“Rape crisis centers recruited the first victim’s rights advocates. They later described the work as “band-aiding.” Each advocate had a rotation of four or five organizations that worked for them and was responsible for checking in with those groups about the needs of their clients and gathering information about the organizations themselves.