I chanced upon site while browsing Pinterest.
This is a site which seems to Help Rape Victims in a manner that is discreet and it is confidential,if you chose to.
It has advice and suggestions for the victim’ friends and Family.
Advice for past victims are also available.
Want to go on an adventure?” – I was 7, he was 16
“All women are whores. It’s in the Bible!” – Co-worker
“You’re a classic PTSD case.” – My therapist- “This is how a dad is supposed to take care of his little girl”
All attacks were done when I would come home from the hospital. He knew when I was drugged I couldn’t fight back and would remind me the case would never hold up in court. To this day I fight all medications from making me relax. He took advantage of my illness.
14 years old – 17 years old
He was my only father figure.
Project Unbreakable was created in October of 2011 by Grace Brown. Grace works with survivors of sexual assault, photographing them holding a poster with a quote from their attacker. Grace has photographed over two hundred people and has received over a thousand submissions. TIME magazine has also named it one of the top 30 Tumblr blogs to follow.
If you are interested in participating by submitting in your own image, you may send an email to projectunbreakablesubmissions @gmail.com, and the pictures will appear at olapic.com/photos/projectunbreakable. If you are interested in being photographed, you may send her an email at projectunbreakable @gmail.com with the subject line “Photograph Me.”
Note: Grace, or anyone else associated with this project, is not qualified to give certified advice on this subject. If you are struggling, RAINN has a free, confidential, 24/7 sexual assault hotline: 1.800.656.HOPE(4673). RAINN also has an online hotline:
Live Help for Sexual Assault Victims and Their Friends and Families
Free. Confidential. Secure.
What This site is About:
- First, go to a safe place. If you are in immediate danger, call 911.
- Talk to someone:
- Call the National Sexual Assault Hotline for free, confidential help, 24 hours a day: 1.800.656.HOPE.
- Visit the National Sexual Assault Online Hotline for free, confidential help online, 24 hours a day.
- Talk to a trusted friend or family member.
- Speak to a trusted clergy member, teacher, or doctor.
- Report the assault to police.
- Call the police (dial 911 in most areas) to report the crime.
- If possible, preserve evidence of the attack; don’t bathe, brush your teeth, or change or destroy your clothing — your clothes are also evidence.
- Write down all the details you can recall about the attack and the attacker.
- If the assault took place in your home, do not rearrange and/or clean up anything.
- While we encourage all victims to report the attack to police, we understand that you may have questions or concerns. Call 1.800.656.HOPE to find out more about the reporting process in your area.
- Take care of yourself:
- Get medical attention. Even if you aren’t physically injured, it is important to determine the risks of sexually-transmitted infectionsand pregnancy.
- To preserve the forensic evidence that will be crucial to a successful prosecution, ask the hospital to conduct a “rape kit” exam.
- If you suspect you may have been drugged, ask that a urine sample be collected (this is not part of the standard exam). The sample will need to be analyzed by a forensic lab.
- If you have questions about how to access a forensic exam in your area please contact your local rape crisis center by calling 1.800.656.HOPE.
- Get medical attention. Even if you aren’t physically injured, it is important to determine the risks of sexually-transmitted infectionsand pregnancy.
- And remember, what happened is not your fault, and you will recover.
If you were assaulted in the past:
- Talk to someone:
- Call the National Sexual Assault Hotline for free, confidential help, 24 hours a day: 1.800.656.HOPE.
- Visit the National Sexual Assault Online Hotline for free, confidential help online, 24 hours a day.
- Talk to a trusted friend or family member.
- Speak to a trusted clergy member, teacher, or doctor.
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