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The Torch
Health & Forensic Service Updates

The Alliance is launching an innovative public information campaign this summer to raise widespread awareness about the many comprehensive services available to sexual assault victims throughout New York City. The NYCDOH has certified 19 Emergency Departments as SAFE (Sexual Assault Forensic Examiner) Centers of Excellence. A multimedia campaign is being developed which will spread the message that free, private, compassionate, and victim-centered care is available at these centers. [Read more.]

Photos - SAYSO 2006 Album 1

Part vigil, part art happening, the Sexual Assault Yearly Speak Out breaks the silence around NYC’s epidemic of sexual violence. 24 hours of survivor stories and performances in Union Square Park, April 21-22, 2006.

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Photos by Marc Kelly.



Celebration: Survivor Karen Carroll, associate director of the Bronx Sexual Assault Response Team
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Celebration: Survivor Karen Carroll, associate director of the Bronx Sexual Assault Response Team

Liberation: A survivor comforted after her testimony
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Liberation: A survivor comforted after her testimony

Inspiration: Nitestar Program/STAR Theatre in the house
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Inspiration: Nitestar Program/STAR Theatre in the house

Instigation: A public empowered
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Instigation: A public empowered

Declaration: Survivor O’Brien Dennis reads from his book, The Cries of Men
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Declaration: Survivor O’Brien Dennis reads from his book, The Cries of Men


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Exhortation: Letting loose love and fury
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Exhortation: Letting loose love and fury

Reclamation: Laughing at shadows
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Reclamation: Laughing at shadows

Vindication: Facing the darkness
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Vindication: Facing the darkness